Another of the previous failed postings. A ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> ----- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 19:53:25 -0500 From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> To: Christopher Wilkinson <cw@christopherwilkinson.eu> Cc: Becky Burr <becky.burr@neustar.biz>, SSAC SSAC <ssac@icann.org>, Accountability Community <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>, ROELOF MEIJER <roelof.meijer@sidn.nl>, Lyman Chapin <lyman@interisle.net>, "IAB@Iab.org" <iab@iab.org>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [IAB] [CCWG-ACCT] Please review regarding IAB comments on Mission Statement List-Id: "Internet Architecture Board \(IAB\)" <iab.iab.org> On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 05:41:38PM +0100, Christopher Wilkinson wrote:

There has to be a global level of "coordinating the allocation and assignment of the DNS unique identifiers … ". Preferably with accountability to all categories of users. If not ICANN, then where?

This isn't about only DNS unique identifiers (which anyway do not in fact need global co-ordination except in the root zone -- that's the whole point of the design of the DNS). It's about many different kinds of identifiers, only some of which are co-ordinated by ICANN. Protocol parameters are co-ordinated in the IETF. There is no need to integrate that co-ordination into ICANN, and it would be a poor fit if we tried. In any case, I don't think it's helpful now to talk about radical restructuring of the way work happens or the responsibilities of different organizations. The only thing the IAB has been asking is that a bylaw that is proposed to be modified anyway by the CCWG be modified in an accurate way so that it reflects the actual scope of ICANN's responsibilities. Best regards, A (speaking for myself) -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com