[CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update

[John Curran]

On Aug 14, 2016, at 12:30 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 
> On Friday 12 August 2016 12:11 AM, John Curran wrote:
>> snip
>> 
>> ICANN and its community undertake decisions that affect those who make
>> use of the
>> Internet identifiers in question.   There are still a billion plus
>> people on the planet who
>> do not do so, and ICANN has no ‘governance’ function with respect to
>> them, yet your 
>> use of the “public governance body” would lead many to assume
>> otherwise (due to 
>> the traditional role of public authorities in public governance)
> 
> More people do not use cars, or guns, or ...... the list is endless.
> Does not mean that rules around them are not to be considered issues of
> 'public governance'  just for that reason. The Internet today impacts
> practically everyone, whether one uses it or not. Just as laws of
> international trade effects everyone, whether one is directly carrying
> out trade or not.. Excuse me to say it, but this is a very weak argument.

Ah, you’ve transition now into actual laws, and I do agree that such is
the realm of public governance.  Note that it is also the case that laws 
are made by governments – something that ICANN is not.

Thanks,
/John

disclaimer: my views alone.