May 25, 2004
9:46 p.m.
Folks, I'm surprised to hear a BCP is in-budget. First, the necessity has never existed for the IANA, and whatever "business" ICANN conducts that isn't as important as IANA continuity, doesn't need to be in-budget in this budget cycle. Second, the utility of a BCP for ICANN business continuity is not compelling, after continuity of the IANA function is removed. Third, if one is serious about a BCP, we should get the best ROI that we can, and if the MdR facility is "lost", the stand-by site that starts up from archival media could be in a much lower cost venue than MdR. Eric