Re: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_list@hotmail.com>]

Leah,

>
>Actually, you have a serious point.  I have long wondered why
>ccTLDs should not simply be included in the root and let it go at
>that.


With which mechanism?
I mean, who decides if a "thing" is a ccTLD or not, and if the operator is 
authoritative?
Somebody must have the responsibility for inclusion of a new TLD, things do 
not just happen by themselves.

>
>On 30 Aug 2001, at 20:08, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
>
> > Actually, I kind of wonder
> > 1. why icann should have ANY say over ccTLDs?

Because ccTLDs have no other possibility to be included in the root.
The situation is not static, countries appear and disappear, and new records 
shall be created/removed.
You may consider it unfortunate, but ICANN has this authority, even if it 
acts only under adult supervision by USG (by USG has made it clear since the 
Ira Magaziner times that it wants to operate behind the curtain, delegating 
the front role to an entity acting under agreement with USG). In other 
words, if it is not ICANN, it must be somebody else, since the real owner 
(USG) considers politically unwise to act directly.


> > 2. why ccTLDs should have ANY say over ICANN?
> >

If they don't want to, they should be free not to.
But if I were a ccTLD Registry, I would consider myself a stakeholder, and 
would like to have a say in what is going on. Just like Registrants are 
trying to do.

Regards
Roberto

P.S.: Just curious, why these questions? What is the alternative scenario 
that you envisage for entry/exit from the root?
- ccTLDs "self-manage";
- USG acting directly;
- a third entity different from ICANN does it (VeriSign?)


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