Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 09 July 2014 20:39 UTC

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On 10/07/2014 06:06, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Stephen Farrell wrote:
>>
>> On 09/07/14 18:14, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>>> But I'm not sure this list is the right place to try to
>>> tell ICANN how it ought to run its process for figuring out the
>>> names-relevant transition of the IANA function.
>> I agree. Which makes it even more of a shame that icann
>> seem block-headedly intent on shuttering the mailing list
>> where that discussion would be appropriate.
>>
>>
> Kind of sums up in a sentence all the reasons that ICANN needs continued
> oversight.

Yes. I am very disillusioned by this. I agree with Lynn's suggestion
about triggering some high-level messages about this, but it suggests
that a watchdog with teeth is needed (and I'm not at all convinced that
NTIA has teeth in practice). "Teeth" generally means having the power
to fire people.

    Brian