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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leah and all former DNSO GA members or other interested parties,

 Our members came to your stated conclusion several years ago
now.  None the less Leah, your conclusion below is a reasonable
and wise one given ICANN's known and now well documented
history.

L. Gallegos wrote:

> On 9 Aug 2003 at 4:08, 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?
>
> IANA, if the ccTLD is not functioning according to guidelines.
>
> Where would one go to air grievances against any business?    Why is a
> ccTLD different from any other business - profit or non-profit?  At what
> point would a governing agency step in?  I'm  thinking non-regulated
> industries and private vs governement entrerprises.
>
> Some ccTLDs do not allow personal registrations; some do not allow any
> private registrations; some are open to all comers.  Those decisions are
> not made by IANA, but by the managers or governments, depending on how
> those ccTLDs are held.  It should not be a simple task to unseat a ccTLD
> manager, IMO.  It should not be difficult to set up an opposing  or
> additional TLD either.  I think that is more of an issue than unseating an
> existing manager.
>
> >
> > 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?
> >
> Then IANA should issue a RFP for a new manager and consider only the
> guidelines in considering the replacement.
>
> Answer:  Define the IANA non-discriminatory, apolitical, technical
> guidelines, but keep it out of the hands of ICANN where ccTLDs are
> concerned.

Regards,

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