[CCWG-ACCT] I think I'm confused (was Re: Please review regarding IAB comments on Mission Statement)

[Burr, Becky]

The ³in this role² is optional - don¹t think you need to include anything
at all, but it makes more sense in the other contexts.

I think the concern that is being expressed relates to the change from
³coordinate² to ³support² in the chapeau and I was just trying to test my
understanding that the concerns relates largely to functions OTHER than
port and parameter numbers



J. Beckwith Burr
Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer





On 11/2/15, 1:48 PM, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 02:41:06PM +0000, Burr, Becky wrote:
>> I¹d like to try to narrow the issues in play here, in the hopes of
>> reaching closure.
>
>Me too.  But I think I'm confused.  I'm totally prepared to believe
>this is my fault.  Still, let's get clear on the baseline text.
>
>> 4.  Collaborates with other bodies as appropriate to publish core
>> registries needed for the functioning of the Internet.   In this role,
>> with respect to protocol port and parameter numbers, ICANN¹s Mission is
>>to
>> [to be provided by the IETF].
>
>On reading, the "In this roleŠ" portion of that struck me as really
>strange, because the inclusion of specific community things in parts
>of the mission was, I thought, exactly what we were trying to avoid.
>I may have misunderstood some earlier exchanges.  After the exchange
>with Malcolm, here's what I thought I was agreeing to:
>
>    The Mission of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>    Numbers ("ICANN") is to support, at the overall level, certain
>    core Internet registries, and in particular to ensure the stable
>    and secure operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems.
>    Specifically, ICANN:
>
>    1.  Coordinates the allocation and assignment of names in the root
>    zone of the Domain Name System ("DNS").  In this role, ICANN's
>    mission is to coordinate the development and implementation of
>    policies
>
>    € For which uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably
>    necessary to facilitate the openness, interoperability,
>    resilience, security and/or stability;
>
>    € That are developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based
>    multi-stakeholder process and designed to ensure the stable and
>    secure operation of the Internet¹s unique DNS-based name systems;
>
>    2.  Coordinates the operation and evolution of the DNS root name
>    server system;
>
>    3.  Coordinates the allocation and assignment at the top-most
>    level of Internet Protocol ("IP") and Autonomous System ("AS")
>    numbers;
>
>    4.  Collaborates with other bodies as appropriate to publish core
>    registries needed for the functioning of the Internet.
>
>This isn't absolutely perfect in my view, but I think it's pretty good
>in that it expresses plainly and succinctly the specific things ICANN
>does; and the top-most text is already limited.  (I can imagine
>someone getting excited about "ensure the stable and secure operation
>of the Internet's unique identifier systems", but I think that read in
>conjunction with 1-5 is ok.)
>
>Given your question, it seems that you want to have "In this role"
>text for each number, which is how we get the formulation in your
>question.  But the point of (4) in my version above is that it doesn't
>admit of additional "in this role" text at all, because it simply says
>that ICANN collaborates with those other bodies as needed.
>
>For whatever it's worth, if the text instead needs to have an explicit
>limitation provided by the OC in question, then the IETF's is bound to
>be something like, "according to the MoU and supplemental agreements
>between ICANN and the IETF and IAB, so long as those are in effect".
>I am sceptical of a mission statement that includes direct references
>to operational contracts that are updated approximately annually and
>that could be terminated by some other party.  That doesn't sound like
>a mission to me.  Is that really what you want?
>
>A
>
>-- 
>Andrew Sullivan
>ajs at anvilwalrusden.com