[governance] IPW - ICANN CEO Wants To Shift “Centre Of Gravity” Away From US

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

If it isn't, then he's just talking about regional offices - which is no
different than any multinational org. In which case the HQ will still
remain - the US! And of course the centre of gravity cannot shift :)

Further the IANA contract would prevent a true shift of the CoG anyways.

When you say a shift of CoG - what fundamentally comes to mind is "if I'm
shifting away from region X, I should be able to operate my organization
independent of region X, and then if I choose to exit region X my
operations should continue unaffected" - if it's not that the CoG is NOT
shifting is it.

-C

-- 
> ICANN local "fragment" (using "fragment" here as opposed to "local office"
> since I expect they will operate somewhat independently in most regions).


I think this is an assumption that may not be correct.

>
> If however ICANN does decide to have X-number of top-management teams, a
> fair few of the current stuff that happens could be deemed illegal within
a
> local context (see: side effects).


I think there will only be one team, globally distributed.


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:44 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar
> <chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Side effects: Ok so some of this is conjecture; but not all. Basically
> the
> > leeway a country gives organizations based in it (as opposed to one based
> > out of another country) is often limited by their perception of it. ICANN
> > would not have immunity to anything in most countries, so for example if
> > they chose to be based in Dubai .XXX may be considered illegal
>
> Well the IANA contract MUST be administered from the USA according to
> the contract itself, so I think that "based in" may be a misnomer.
> ICANN has had offices in other countries for a while, but those nation
> states haven't (yet) tried to impose authority over all of ICANN.  I
> see no difference now with the hubs being put in place.
>
>
> , and the
> > ICANN local "fragment" (using "fragment" here as opposed to "local
> office"
> > since I expect they will operate somewhat independently in most regions).
>
>
> I think this is an assumption that may not be correct.
>
>
> > Various regional regulation would affect ICANN's activities - that's the
> > side effects I'm talking about.
> >
> > If there's an ICANN India "fragment" we can expect regulatory
> interference -
> > if not now then in some time - but it'll more likely be there than not.
>
> Well they could try, but I imagine any country that attempts that
> would see their 'hub" dissapear.
>
>
> >
> > CoG: Centre of Gravity :-/
> >
> > The "centre of power" need not be a government, but it would be one
> country.
> > For most multinational organizations there's always one centre - unless
> they
> > plan to have 10 CEOs and 10 top-management teams. And the centre of power
> > would invariably be in the country where the head office is.
>
>
> I see, but the current strategy tries to spread this "centre of power"
> throughout the world.
>
> >
> > If however ICANN does decide to have X-number of top-management teams, a
> > fair few of the current stuff that happens could be deemed illegal
> within a
> > local context (see: side effects).
>
>
> I think there will only be one team, globally distributed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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