Re: [Internetgovtech] Costs (Was: Re: Transition to the web)

[Peter Koch <[e-mail]>]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 03:06:45PM +0300, Jari Arkko wrote:

> For what it is worth, David is right above. I would like to suggest that focusing on the costs is the wrong way to approach the issue.

agree with "focussing", since this is not the IETF-IANA migration list.
However, somewhere down the priorities list there should be an item to think about
other options, probably including loooking for a different service
provider. At one of the recent IETF meetings, during an IANA session, we were
informed that the cost for the IETF part of the IANA function isn't even
assessed and instead subsumed under the overall IANA budget.  This likely takes
advantage of some synergies having the 3.25(*) pillars served at the same
place, but OTOH limits the exploration of said other options.  I'm not interested
in the actual figures now and here, nor in (alternative) sources of
funding, but in making sure we do have a way to get there.  As a side
effect, putting a cost against (opening) an IANA registry might give
valuable input to the standardization process.

-Peter

(*) 0.25 extra for the entangled subjects "names" and "root zone"