Re: [ICANN-EU] US Government's ultimate control.

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Good morning Jeanette and everybody,

Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
...
> This is indeed a good question as the USG's dormant authority
> includes ICANN too. Frankly, I am at a loss for a good answer.
> Thanks to the USG's intervention in the international consensus-
> building process preceding the formation of ICANN, there are at
> present no self-governing structures ready to take over the root zone
> file. This doesn't mean though that they couldn't be formed should the
> USG ever be willing to hand over it's authority. This I fear will never
> happen, and be it only for domestic policy reasons.
> 
> jeanette
> 

Exactly, and that is why I proposed in my furst message ("Statement no.
one") that the ICANN Board should take an action and develop a concrete
plan for when, how and to whom this transition should take place.

Best regards,
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