<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">James: Under the external Trust model, ICANN is replaceable, but only by Trustees, representative of, and acting on behalf of the entire global multistakeholder community, but only then under very limited circumstances in accordance with the terms of the Trust instrument (and even then subject to judicial review). But you have made my previous point exactly--I do not buy the argument that IETF or RIRs somehow should be elevated above others in the global multistakeholder community, or should be empowered alone to make that decision unilaterally. The IANA functions belong to the entire global multistakeholder community, not just IETF or RIRs.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Best regards,<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">John Poole<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br>On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:22 PM, James Gannon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank">james@cyberinvasion.net</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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Perhaps I am showing my ignorance of a nuance here but I would have thought it was the other way around, ICANN is replaceable, the IETF and RIRs will walk away and select a new IANA functions operator outside of ICANN if necessary, or at least that has been
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<div>Very open to correction by more educated people than myself here!</div><span class="">
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<div>On 23 Feb 2015, at 19:53, John Poole <<a href="mailto:jp1@expri.com" target="_blank">jp1@expri.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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or RIRs or anyone else--governments included--choose not to participate in IANA or ICANN, let them walk--no one is irreplaceable. ICANN, the IANA functions operator, should never be subject to extortionate demands from any source.</span></blockquote>
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