Re: [ga] Re: ICANN before the US Senate...

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:08 a.m. 9/08/2003, Jim Ayson wrote:
> At 02:32 PM 8/6/2003 -0400, L. Gallegos wrote:
>
> > > 1) Who will decide of the redelegation of a ccTLD? Especially in
> > > complicated cases like a fight between two local groups? This is not a
> > > clerical process, it is a political one, by essence.
> >
> > If an existing manager is doing its job, there would be no change.  A
> > local fight doesn't change the rules.  If a government nationalizes
> > private industry and takes over businesses, there is little or no choice
> > since governments may do this whether we like it or not.  At that point,
> > the "local group" no longer exists and the government prevails.
>
> Interesting discussion. What if members of the local Internet community 
> believes the existing ccTLD manager is not doing a good job - and the 
> local government doesn't give a hoot about Internet issues? Where does the 
> community go to air its grievances?


One of the problems is that "members of the local Internet community" 
cannot be quantified in any fair democratic sense. It still needs a 
transparent political process.
No Body that is "in control" of redelegations can sidestep that issue, 
unless the case is clear-cut enough for a local court-decision.


> Also in the case of the number of individuals who were appointed by Postel 
> to run ccTLDs (and there are still a number of them), what happens if one 
> of them gets hit by a bus? Who decides who the new ccTLD manager is?

"the IANA function"



-joop-