Hi, On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 07:27:14PM +0000, Milton L Mueller wrote:
for a lot of the work. The protocols community stopped participating in ICANN as a stakeholder more than a decade ago, when the PSO was ended; it contributes no money to ICANN and has no voting board member.
I don't think it's exactly true that the protocols community stopped participating in ICANN as a stakeholder. What is true is that we have a slightly lightweight, and less formal, relationship than some of the officially-sanctioned SOs and ACs. But the IETF appoints a liaison to the ICANN board, appoints a liaison to the RSSAC, contributes two experts to the technical experts group, and appoints a member of the Nomcom. I know you're aware of this, and I understand the distinction you were trying to draw; I just didn't want the significant participation to be overlooked by those who may be less aware of it. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com