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

[Milton L Mueller]

As I mentioned at the microphone, my understanding of Larry's speech at the State of the Net was that the issue of whether or not there is separability isn't all that germane to the question of acceptability of proposal, what matters in this context is whether or not the accountability requirements imposed by NTIA can be met with the resulting structures.  That is, if you posit a world in which the RIRs can separate themselves from ICANN, how can the RIRs/NRO guarantee the subsequent management of Internet Numbers resources are accountable to the global stakeholder community and are not subject to capture, not susceptible to double-dealing/corruption/influence-peddling, etc.?

MM: And as Mr. Woodcock replied to you, the numbers community (and I would say the names community too) knows what it needs and is capable of exercising the most basic, fundamental form of accountability -- the ability to change providers.
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