Well said -----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of John R. Levine Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 1:32 PM To: Eric Brunner-Williams Cc: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Article on CircleID by Chris Grundermann (ISOC CO ALS)
John, assuming I understood you correctly then, and frequently previously, are you are of the view that no advice should be offered to the Corporation by the At Large Advisory Committee or any of its regional constituents on the necessity for retaining the public interest as informing allocation policy because ICANN should not attempt to influence NRO and its RIR member allocation policies?
ICANN can offer whatever advice it wants, but it shouldn't be surprised when the RIRs ignore it. I entirely agree that ARIN and RIPE have some dubious policies, but they have their own bottom up multistakeholder blah blah processes which is where these fights will happen. For ICANN, which has not distinguished itself as a steward of the public interest, to attempt to lecture them would be, well, amusing. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------