hi On 01-Dec-14 16:20, Avri Doria wrote:
On another topic, it concerns me that our draft document seems to have buried the notion of the periodic RFP. RFP is listed on page 30, but Annex 3 seems to avoid mention at all. and even in section 3, there is no notion of a periodic RFC, just the fact that there can be one. I believe that without a peridoic RFP for the IANA contract there can be no accountability for the IANA function at ICANN or anywhere else for that matter - and this is not something that can be remedied by the CCSG Accountability. The IETF and the RIRs can walk away from ICANN if they are ever unhappy. The Names community needs the ability to move the IANA contract elsewhere as well. Whether the contract is held in 'trust' for us by ISOC or Company Co. matters less to me that it be held externally.
on rereading the 1.6 version I see a function of the MRT (was PRT).
o Managing a rebidding process in the case of performance deficiencies or at regular rebidding intervals;
this comes real close to what I mean by Periodic RFPs. Was looking too narrowly for identical text instead of reading what was actually there. I think it is necessary and I am glad to see this there. apologies. avri