<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2015 at 18:57, Greg Shatan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div><br></div><div><snip> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>However, we can too easily be bogged down in details. In this case, the devil may not be in the details. Instead, I think the issue is at a higher level -- oversight, control and accountability -- and at an even higher level -- trust (not "trusts"...). I think concerns about the trust model arise less from the details and more from a great deal of concern about ICANN being the "rightsholder" in relation to being the IANA Functions Operator, rather than being granted that right by a third-party rightsholder (now, NTIA; potentially in future, Contract Co.) who can "pull" those rights per the contract. These concerns may not abate merely because these rights are being held "in trust" for the beneficiaries (the "community" or some variation). These fundamental concerns relate to both ICANN as the IANA Functions Operator and ICANN generally, </div><div><br></div><div>What we need to resolve, if an internal-to-ICANN solution is to fly, is whether there are methods of oversight, accountability and separability that ICANN can and will adopt that will sufficiently alleviate these deeply held concerns. If not, then we need the best available solution where the right to act as IANA Functions Operator is held outside ICANN,</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think this is the most eloquent statement yet of the nature of the concerns I have about any internal solution.</div><div><br></div><div>It would still be very useful, even at what seems to be quite a late point, for those advocating an internal solution to set out the counter-case...</div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>Jordan</div><div> </div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jordan Carter<br><br>Chief Executive <br><b>InternetNZ</b><br><br>04 495 2118 (office) | +64 21 442 649 (mob)<br><a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a> <br>Skype: jordancarter<br><br><i>To promote the Internet's benefits and uses, and protect its potential.</i><br><br></div></div>
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