[CCWG-ACCT] [IAB] Please review regarding IAB comments on Mission Statement

[Andrew Sullivan]

Hi,

I've trimmed some of the cc:s because I'm not really sure why the
original was copied all over.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 07:08:34PM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
> The real question relates to context in the transition though: where are
> core registries and protocol parameters coordinated, if that function is
> removed from ICANN?

They are co-ordinated exactly where they have been at least since the
founding of ICANN: at the IETF.  The IETF makes the decisions about
the protocol parameters registries.  ICANN, in its role as IANA,
records those decisions.  The ICANN role in this case is basically
clerical.  The IETF has been perfectly clear about this all the way
through the entire process.  So has ICANN: that's what the MoU between
ICANN and the IETF (and IAB) says.

I suppose it would be possible to construct an argument that ICANN had
this "co-ordination" function when there was still a Protocol
Supporting Organization, but since the PSO went away rather a long
time ago, that argument is no longer available in any case.  (I happen
not to accept that argument anyway, but since it doesn't ramify I
don't think it's worth exploring in detail.)  

Best regards,

A (speaking for myself)

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Andrew Sullivan
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