<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><br><div><div>On Jan 19, 2015, at 2:38 AM, Daniel Karrenberg <<a href="mailto:daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net">daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On 19.01.15 4:38 , Milton L Mueller wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Section B3 of the assessment form refers to the 4 NTIA “principles” as<br>the NTIA criteria. These are:<br><br> * Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;<br> * Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;<br> * Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners<br> of the IANA services; and,<br> * Maintain the openness of the Internet.<br><br>In addition, however, the NTIA stated that: “NTIA will not accept a<br>proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an<br>inter-governmental organization solution.”<br><br>I believe this should be added to B3 as a fifth criterion that must be met.<br><br>Milton L Mueller<br><br>Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor<br><br>Syracuse University School of Information Studies<br><br><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/</a><br><br>Internet Governance Project<br><br>http://internetgovernance.org <http://internetgovernance.org/><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Internal-cg mailing list<br>Internal-cg@icann.org<br>https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg<br><br></blockquote><br><br>I agree.<br><br>We should also notify the operational communities explicitly of this and state clearly that this is not due to our whim but due to an earlier mistake on our part as we forgot to correctly include the NTIA pre-conditions.<br><br>Daniel<br>_______________________________________________<br>Internal-cg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Internal-cg@icann.org">Internal-cg@icann.org</a><br>https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>