RE: [ga] RE: Sponsorship of IGF Workshops

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Auerbach wrote:
> 
> Given that ICANN has a limited charter and is funded, if 
> indirectly, out of the pockets of users of the internet, it 
> does seem that for ICANN to expend money and staff to 
> participate in the IGF efforts is ultra vires.

In principle, I agree with Karl, it definitively would be the case.
But unfortunately the IGF itself is going out of its charter and discussing
alternate ways to dela with "critical resources", which is intended to be
domain names and addresses. And this subject is exactly the charter of
ICANN, so I believe that it is necessary that ICANN participates to the
debate.

Cheers,
Roberto