Re: [iucg] [discuss] ICANN governance structure

John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org> Wed, 19 March 2014 18:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [iucg] [discuss] ICANN governance structure
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On Mar 19, 2014, at 6:52 PM, JFC Morfin <jefsey@jefsey.com> wrote:

> Mike and John,
> 
> Your memories are important. What I gather is that the key evaluation is "The Board discovered almost immediately that Jon's dream of decision making outside of ICANN had no legal basis".
> 
> 1. would you have a precise description of Jon's dream?

I have no idea, but am aware of the Green Paper, the White Paper, and ICANN's
initial Bylaws as documents which reflect some of his views in creating a more
substantial structure for performance of the IANA tasks.

FYI,
/John

Disclaimer: My views alone.