[CCWG-ACCT] Answers to some common questions being encountered by the ICANN staff

[John Curran]

On Sep 10, 2016, at 8:28 PM, Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:
> ...
> Agreed.   There has been a tendency at times to over simplify with the result that ICANN’s role appears far broader than it actually is.   The work the CCWG did on more clearly defining ICANN’s narrow mission helps – but it does need to be translated into simple messages going forward.   There is still a perception that control of ICANN equals control of the Internet.

A consistent strategy of communicating exactly what ICANN is (and is not) 
would help avoid misunderstandings to the contrary.   This may also require
that the various roles that ICANN serves within its overall mission be more
clearly broken out, since the present amalgamation of roles (ICANN-as-the-
IANA-operator, ICANN-as-the-organizer-of-the-names-community, ICANN-as-
the-secretary-of-the-empowered-immunity, etc.) does not lend itself to easy
explanation to those not already immersed in the stew...

/John

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