[CCWG-ACCT] ICANN doesn't "allocate" or "assign" beyond the root (was Re: CCWG - Proposed Responses to questions on Draft Bylaws)

[Mueller, Milton L]

Agree 100%, this really is a mission-critical issue, to coin a phrase. This is not a quibble over phrasing. 

> -----Original Message-----
> The current bylaw language quite clearly says not only that ICANN can make
> such a rule, but that making rules of this sort is part of ICANN's mission.  By
> restricting the policy making throughout the tree to the contractual
> relationships ICANN actually has, we stop making this about where in the DNS
> the name appears and turn it into a normal contractual obligation.  This gets
> away from the notion of ICANN-as-regulator.
>