Apologies for the loose language.  I was not really thinking of "IANA policy" but rather "names" policy, which really only hits IANA after ICANN implements these policies, turns them into rules and processes, and a registry starts a process which results in the IANA staff receiving a request.  Perhaps I was trying to draw a parallel between IETF and RIRs in their relation to the IANA Functions Operations and ICANN (non-IANA) and its relation to the IANA Functions Operations (performed by the IANA staff).

Greg

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:45 PM, David Conrad <david.conrad@icann.org> wrote:
Greg,

I thought the point was that ICANN does not provide any funds to IETF and RIRs for their internal costs (such as they are) relating to IANA processes (which I assume is primarily policy-related).  By contrast, ICANN funds its own costs relating to IANA policy-making, as well as funding the IANA Functions Operator aspect of IANA.

Sorry, what "IANA policy-making" are you talking about?  AFAIK, the vast majority of policy making is related to various gTLD-related issues, with a bit of ccTLD policy thrown in on occasion. There is also tiny bit of numbers-related policy making.  That is, the vast majority of ICANN's resources are spent on stuff that happens before IANA staff gets involved. 

Regards,
-drc