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.
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That concerns me, too. We had extensive discussion of the periodicity issue and seem to agree on a contract period of around 5 years. This needs to be incorporated into the draft. Milton L. Mueller Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html