<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi, <br><br></div>What would the community make of analogy suggested here? I think, it points to the right direction in helping to establish whether Contract Co. as a not-profit organization or body. Making the Contract Co. performing root zone management, is not one of the functions of NTIA currently? Or do we envisage spinning this off from the new entity?<br><br></div>Regards, <br></div>Wale <br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 30-Nov-14 04:18, Milton L Mueller
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<pre>The PRT is temporary and multistakeholder and the contract Co. does what the PRT tells it to do at a particular time, that is my understanding. I think it seems like a good way to avoid some of the potential problems associated with replacing the NTIA. Others can speak up if they think I got it wrong. How this works legally? I will let the lawyers explain. </pre>
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I agree, and that is the point I was making in my Trust-like
structure. In my view this was a small legal entity empowered with
making, breaking and administering a contract with the IANA function
contractor at the direction of the PRT.<br>
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It is what enables the PRT to be intermittent, it gives its
directions to the Administrator employed by the Contract Co. and
then goes to sleep until the next time it is needed to either deal
with an emergency, e.g. an escalated emergency issue from the CSC,
or for its appointed time for a [yeary] review of IANA performance,
or its [N yearly] RFP and (re) assignment of the contract for the
IANA function. <br>
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As I indicated, if we decide that a contnuing clerical Root Zone
Management Process
Administrator is needed (i think that may be a good idea) it can
perform this as well, as it is a rule driven task and requires no
policy.<br>
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I envision it as somewhat similar to the function defined in IETF
BCP 101 <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp101" target="_blank"><http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp101></a> (which may
provide an example of existing langauge for the lawyers/diplomats
among us) to the IETF Adminsitrative Director (IAD) who responds to
the directions of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee
(IAOC), which is analoguous to the PRT. Though the Contract Co,
would not have as many powers as the IAD does as the IANA
administrative function is not as broad as the administrative
function of the IETF.<br>
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From BCP 101<br>
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<pre> The IAD is responsible for working with the IAOC and others to
understand the administrative requirements of the IETF, and for
managing the IASA to meet those needs. This includes determining the
structure of the IASA effort, establishing an operating budget,
negotiating contracts with service providers, managing the business
relationship with those providers, and establishing mechanisms to
track their performance. The IAD may also manage other contractors
or ISOC employees (such as support staff) as necessary, when such
contractors or employees are engaged in IASA-related work.</pre>
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In this replace:<br>
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IETF with IANA contract<br>
IASA with the nameless "4 new entities to replace the current NTIA
arrangements."<br>
IAD with Contract Co.<br>
IAOC with PRT<br>
ISOC with IANA Contractor (in the initial case, ICANN)<br>
Service providers may include things like the company hired to do
audits &c or arrange the meeting of the PRT and CSC.<br>
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Note, this is an analogy, I am not suggesting a word for word cut
and paste, meant to illustrate the scope and structure I had in
mind. One major difference is that in the IASA, the contracts are
entered into by ISOC, whereas in the IANA transition solution they
would be entered into by Contract Co, a legal entity in its own
right that serves the interests of the Internet community, and holds
the contract with IANA in 'trust', i.e. "for the benefit of," for
that community.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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avri<br>
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