[CWG-Stewardship] A liaison from the Board to CWG

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Sat Feb 21 02:58:26 UTC 2015


+1

I have never understood - other than this malignant propensity to obfuscate
or as we say in my corner of the world 'sell a 6 for a 9' - why, despite
the plain facts, there is been so much invested in denial!

-Carlton


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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>  Martin, in ccTLD land ICANN may not look like a regulator but in gTLD
> land here is what it does:
>
> ·        impose dispute resolution rules on every gTLD registrant in the
> world
>
> ·        decides on the supply of a resource (TLDs),
>
> ·        accredits registrars,
>
> ·        fixes or has the ability to fix the price for registries’
> wholesale prices
>
> ·        establishes requirements, terms and conditions for the
> registry-registrar relationship
>
> ·        requires the use of certain technologies (e.g., DNSSEC)
>
> I could go on…
>
> Regulators can run things but whether they do or not, ICANN is a
> regulator/policy maker.
>
>
>
> *From:* cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
> cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Martin Boyle
> *Sent:* Friday, February 20, 2015 1:45 PM
> *To:* Christopher Wilkinson; cwg-stewardship at icann.org Stewardship
>
> *Subject:* Re: [CWG-Stewardship] A liaison from the Board to CWG
>
>
>
> Definitely +1 to this idea, Lise.
>
>
>
> And in response to Christopher, I heard Strickling refer to ICANN as one
> of the stakeholders.  I’m not sure about ICANN as regulator and IANA
> functions operator – regulators don’t really run stuff, do they?  It might
> be a regulator for the gTLD (registry and registrar) operations, but I’d
> like to understand why you’d think that this also applied to the IANA
> functions operation.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> *From:* cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [
> mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org
> <cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Wilkinson
> *Sent:* 20 February 2015 15:17
> *To:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org Stewardship
> *Subject:* Re: [CWG-Stewardship] A liaison from the Board to CWG
>
>
>
> Okay, +1         CW
>
>
>
> PS:        However, I do not see the ICANN Board as a 'stakeholder' in
> its own right.
>
>             Rather, the ICANN Board is the Regulator holding the Ring
> among all the Stakeholders.
>
>
>
>             That is why the composition of the Board, the way it is
> appointed and its accountability to the Community, including Governments,
> is so important, going forward.
>
>
>
> On 20 Feb 2015, at 12:15, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Lise,
>
> This is a welcome idea and i am in support of it.
>
> Thanks for providing prior notice
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Lise Fuhr <lise.fuhr at difo.dk> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> During the meeting in Singapore the co-chairs have picked up that ICANN
> Board is an important stakeholder for this groups as well. We have noticed
> that there have been involvement from the Board in the CWG work during
> calls and during the actual meetings in Singapore. Because of this
> involvement, the fact that the board is a stakeholder and in order to
> ensure a continuously and open dialogue with the CWG, we find that having a
> liaison from the board could be helpful. Not that the liaison will have a
> special status within the group but serve as a link between the CWG  and
> the ICANN board, in line with how the CCWG has a liaison from ICANN Board.
>
>
>
> Jonathan and I intend to approach the board regarding this in the
> beginning of next week.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jonathan and Lise
>
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