Re: [Ianaplan] What's happening at ICANN?

Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> Tue, 13 October 2015 18:35 UTC

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For reference sake, if IETF/ISOC setup could be synonymous to the proposed
PTI(the new IFO) to be setup within ICANN. Then in that sense, yes IETF
does have legal standing.

Cheers!

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On 13 Oct 2015 19:31, "Donald Eastlake" <d3e3e3@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Avri Doria <avri@acm.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > One essential difference is that IETF has an appeal mechanism on process
> > to the Internet Society Board of Trustees.
> > This is the backstop for the IETF.
> >
> > From what I have learned in the ICANN Accountability process, the most
> > legal training I have ever had, the IETF as the IETF might have trouble
> > suing anyone given that is is not a legal person.  Fortunately the IETF
> > does not live in an environment where suits, of either kind, are the
> norm.
>
> Even though I'm right and what you and lots of other people believe is
> wrong :-) I don't usually both to point that out. It is usually not
> worth the effort to argue with people having very strong convictions.
> But either the IETF is just part of the ISOC, which is a corporation
> and can obviously sue or be sued, or the IETF is a separate
> unincorporated non-profit association.
>
> In the United States, unincorporated non-profit associations have
> legal existence and can sue and be sued. To take examples from
> business and labor, for over 150 years the New York Stock Exchange was
> an unincorporated association having numerous employees and contracts
> as wel as the occasional lawsuit, until sometime in the 1950s when it
> incorporated and it only did that then to get the advantage of some US
> Federal tax provisions for pensions that were only available to
> corporations. All or almost all labor unions in the US are
> unincorporated associations (and laws attempting to force them to
> incorporate have been declared to violate the US Constitution as a
> violation of the right of freedom of association). I acted as the
> agent for an unincorporated association which applied for and was
> granted US trademarks (the certificate issued by the US Patent and
> Trademark Office explicit recites that the organization is a "US
> unincorporated association").
>
> The often repeated claim the the IETF does not legally exist is and
> always has been just plain wrong.
>
> Thanks,
> Donald
> =============================
>  Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
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>  d3e3e3@gmail.com
>
> > avri
> >
> > On 10-Oct-15 12:57, Soininen, Jonne (Nokia - FI/Espoo) wrote:
> > > Hi Brian,
> > >
> > > like Bernard and Dave said, part of the story is the press tries to
> spin
> > > an interesting story. Partly the story is that there are strong
> emotions
> > > in play at the ICANN in this topic.
> > >
> > > So, the topic is ICANN accountability. The claim is that as long as
> there
> > > was the NTIA contract on IANA there has been a backstop on ICANN's
> > > decisions, especially the board's. The theory is that if ICANN (the
> staff
> > > and the board, not the community) would do something silly NTIA could
> at
> > > least threaten to take IANA away and pressure ICANN to reconsider the
> > > decision get to the right path. However, with the IANA stewardship
> > > transition there would be no backstop anymore and potentially a future
> > > board could go rogue and do whatever they want disregarding the
> community.
> > > Therefore, there needs to be new accountability mechanisms.
> > >
> > > The main accountability mechanisms discussed have been spilling the
> > > complete board, removing a board member and control/veto the ICANN
> budget
> > > and bylaws changes. There is pretty much consensus that in some form or
> > > another these are reasonable requirements. However, the discussion is
> > > about what is the right enforceability mechanism. Enforcement means how
> > > can you legally enforce ICANN/board do something - basically, how can
> you
> > > sue ICANN if the board/staff doesn't do what the community expects it
> to
> > > do.
> > >
> > > In the IETF, we have a bit different approach to these things. I
> wouldn't
> > > think we would have ever the discussion the IETF community should be
> able
> > > to take the IESG or IAB to court. Interesting thought, though... ;)
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Jonne.
> >
> >
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