[CWG-Stewardship] ICANN fighting separabiity in the numbers space

[Seun Ojedeji]

Thanks for the update, its interesting that CRISP has not provided this
update on its global list where they communicate with the RIR community OR
perhaps you mean ICANN legal is presently at ARIN meeting where the
discussion is happening? if that is the case, i will really appreciate if
you could post url to transcript so i can follow as well.

Its really news to me and i think its something that should be followed up.
I recall specifically asking ICANN board Chair about the proposal of the
CRISP team during the public comment session in Singapore and his response
was very positive (generally indicating they did not have any significant
issue with it).

Regards

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>  I am at the ARIN meeting in San Francisco, and members of the CRISP team
> gave a report on the status of their proposal.
>
> That discussion revealed several very interesting facts about how ICANN
> legal is negotiating with the numbers community over the CRISP proposal.
>
> Apparently, ICANN legal is fighting very hard against the ability of the
> numbers community to terminate the contract with notice.
>
> It is also resisting the idea that the numbers community could do periodic
> review and competitive selection of an alternate provider if it was deemed
> necessary
>
> The CRISP team pointed out that the contract termination clauses of their
> proposed contract with ICANN was much less one-sided than the current NTIA
> contract, yet ICANN is still resisting it.
>
> It seems clear to me that ICANN will fight very hard to maintain control
> of IANA, and is doing everything it can to mitigate separability as a real
> option.
>
> This provides us with a very clear caution regarding internal proposals.
> When ICANN controls IANA and there is no legal separation we should not be
> naïve about how easy it will be to create “nuclear option” procedures that
> provide for separability.
>
>
>
> Milton L Mueller
>
> Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
>
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>
> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
>
> Internet Governance Project
>
> http://internetgovernance.org
>
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