<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Seun,</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks for the update, its interesting that CRISP has not provided this update on its global list where they communicate with the RIR community OR perhaps you mean ICANN legal is presently at ARIN meeting where the discussion is happening? </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div>No, ICANN legal is not at the ARIN meeting.</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I recall specifically asking ICANN board Chair about the proposal of the CRISP team during the public comment session in Singapore and his response was very positive (generally indicating
they did not have any significant issue with it).</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div>Right. While this is not really in my bailiwick (I try to focus on the technical side of things), that was my impression as well.</div><div><br></div><div>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.? </div><div><br></div><div>My impression is that NTIA is not setting a pre-condition that everything must be associated with ICANN, rather they are setting a pre-condition that the accountability mechanisms of whatever structure is proposed must be as good or greater than the existing (or perhaps post-CCWG WG1 outcomes) accountability mechanisms.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></body></html>