Rudi,

If I recall correctly the incorporators worked for Jones Day, and their acts as incorporators were approved by the initial Board on 10-25-98.

 ISI, where Dr. Jon Postel was employed, and the IANA Function conducted (mostly by Jon), is a unit of USC.

You can of course ask Ira, as he may know, or you can ask any of Esther, Michael, or Louis.

I don't recall any other jurisdictions being considered at the time, Deleware is the usual, but really offers little advantage.

In any event, trivial pursuits of early ICANNia is off-topic for the CCWG, and WG4.

Eric

On 12/18/14 10:16 AM, Rudolph Daniel wrote:

I would also like to know the reason ICANN chose to register in Calif.
Other jurisdictions were considered at the time.

Rudi Daniel
ICT consulting & LED lighting
784 430 9235

On Dec 18, 2014 1:57 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

ICANN has disclosed that the email credentials of several members of staff have been compromised. [1]

I suggest that a credible scenario is the compromise of some resource critical to some accountability process. The form of compromise may be loss of the resource, such as the loss of a cryptographic key, or the disclosure of the resource, such as email credentials.

The accountability process compromised could be any one or more of the Corporation's ByLaws Redress Mechanisms [2], or those which are external to the Corporation [3].

I will follow up with Staff on the existing Business Continuity Plan of Record, as credential loss and/or disclosure should fall within the Corporation's BC PoR, and it may be somewhat pertinent at the moment.

Regards,
Eric Brunner-Williams
Eugene, Oregon


[1] https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-12-16-en
[2] (a) Reconsideration, (b) Independent third-party review, (c) Periodic review, and (d) Ombudsman.
[3] (a) Affirmation of Commitments, (b) Jurisdiction of California and the United States, (c) Other Jurisdictions, and (d) Contractual requirements.

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