[bylaws-coord] Group call today or tomorrow

[Mueller, Milton L]

I agree very strongly with Andrew's concerns about eliminating the words "in the root zone" and find Greg's arguments to be unconvincing, primarily because Greg overlooks Andrew's point that ICANN can, via its contracts with  registries and registrars, affect other levels of the DNS naming hierarchy in a limited way. 

For that reason, I find Bruce's proposed language to be acceptable. It keeps "in the root zone" in the bylaw language and yet makes it clear that ICANN has some influence (assuming it is within the other mission limitations, including the prohibition on content regulation) over 2nd and 3rd level names when appropriate.

Dr. Milton L. Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology




> -----Original Message-----
> From: bylaws-coord-bounces at icann.org [mailto:bylaws-coord-
> bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 4:44 PM
> To: bylaws-coord at icann.org
> Subject: Re: [bylaws-coord] Group call today or tomorrow
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a flight around the time of the call, so won’t be able to contribute
> during the call.
> 
> In the spirit of keeping ICANN's mission limited, but not stopping ICANN from
> doing its core activities going forward, here is some language to think about:
> 
> “Coordinates the allocation and assignment of names in the root zone of the
> Domain Name System, and the allocations and assignment of names by gTLD
> registry operators and ICANN accredited registrars.”
> 
> This would exclude the allocation of names by registrants and the lower DNS
> levels of their domain names.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
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