On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Wambua,
I wont make it for the meeting but plse register my comment on the above as follows:
1. No single government should have oversight powers over IANA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority>functions(core operational functions of the Internet).
That's what the original White Paper said...it's just 20 years later now. NB: IANA functions are administrative, not operational.
2. It is therefore best that the US government relinquishes oversight powers over the IANA function in a progressive manner i.e. by moving its relationship with ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> over IANA function from the current "Contractual" agreement to a "Cooperation" agreement locally known as an <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum_of_agreement>MOA<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum_of_agreement>and eventually an non-legal agreement sometimes known as an MoU <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum_of_understanding>
that's what ICANN says too: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel