Re: [Ianaplan] CWG draft and its impact on the IETF

[Olaf Kolkman <[e-mail]>]

On 15 May 2015, at 18:54, John C Klensin wrote:

> First of all and as far as I can tell, if we ended up with the
> IETF and/or RIRs/NRO having agreements about relevant IANA
> functions with ICANN and the names community having an agreement
> with a PTI for IANA functions that are relevant to them, either
> we end up splitting IANA into two (or three) separate
> organizations or we end up with a picture that looks like:
>
> IETF -> ICANN -> IANA Department
> NRO -> ICANN ->  IANA Department
> Names Community -> PTI -> ICANN -> IANA Department

Working from the thesis that what is confusing to me might be confusing to others. I am going to ask for clarification.

My mental model of the setup that is being discussed here (that is, if I were to determine the current consensus):


```
Mental model 1

IETF -> ICANN [-> IANA blackbox ] 
NRO  -> ICANN [—> IANA blackbox ]
Names Community -> PTI 
```

Where the _IANA blackbox_  and _PTI_ deliver the registry publication and maintenance functions. The reason why I picture an IANA blackbox is because the SLA is with ICANN and how the service is being subcontracted is a detail that the IETF and NRO would not particularly care about as long as the SLA is honored.


Depending on how ICANN sub contracts the IANA services the _IANA Blackbox_ could look in fact be the _PTI_, with the IANA department being a one-to-one mapping to the PTI. And the then looks like:

```
Mental Model 1 - implementation 

IETF -> ICANN [-> PTI ] 
NRO  -> ICANN [—> PTI ]
Names Community -> PTI 
```

Where PTI == the IANA department.

The Names Community is organized within ICANN and there is a funding stream from ICANN to the PTI.

If I understand Milton correctly then he favors:

```
Mental model 2

IETF -> PTI
NRO -> PTI
Names Community -> PTI
```


The picture is a bit more complicated since the Names Community is part of 'ICANN' and the funding of the PTI comes through 'ICANN'.

So here is my clarification question: Am I correct in my understanding that my mental model 1 aligns with where most people on this list are going, and Milton, is my mental model 2 a reasonable representation of your thoughts?


—Olaf




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