Re: [ga] Questions for Joe Baptista / Eric Dierker, and why the GA list should be ended

[Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > Except that ICANN covers more than merely names and the GNSO 
> > *only* covers domain names.  The scope of the GA is ICANN 
> > wide, not GNSO wide.
> This GA was born as DNSO/GA, therefore limited to DNSO (now GNSO) matters.
> You are talking of a different animal, which *this* GA has never been, IMHO.
That's not my memory; but in any case, isn't is rather petty to 
encapsulate the *only* body in ICANN that is open to individuals to one 
single subject among the several that ICANN covers?
Global IP address policy is becoming increasingly important as IPv4 
addresses become more and more scarce - one can use the internet without 
a TLD, but one can not use the net without IP addresses.  So if this GA 
is locked into names, then where is the GA for addresses?  It certainly 
isn't in the RIRs - those only do regional IP address policy, not global.
                --karl--