Re: CONSENSUS? [ga] DNSO General Assembly call to change seating rule

[Bob Davis <bob.davis@netzero.net>]

Eric and everyone,

Weisberg wrote:

> Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> > ICANN isn't a government.
>
> By what definition?

  I personally don't believe that one could characterize ICANN as
a government in and of itself.  It is reasonable to consider that ICANN
is a government entity.

>
>
> > The entities over which ICANN has direct influence
>
> What is that "influence?"
>
> > are registries,
> > registrars, and standards bodies.  They would constitute the
> > "governed".
>
> Even with that limitation (focusing on the "governed" but not the "affected"),
> isn't the mechanics of "influencing" the "governed" generally called
> "government?"
>
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