[ncdnhc-discuss] Who will run .us?

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

I suspect that DoC answer would be that it remains the .us delegee and the
firm hired is merely its subcontractor.  I don't see anything in IANA
rules that prevents subcontracting.  Do you?

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Milton Mueller wrote:

> Chun:
> This message made me laugh, but it contains
> a very serious point. You are asking the 
> US Commerce Department to abide by the 
> procedures set up by its own little creature
> (ICANN). This is very clever. You should
> send this message to Karen Rose and a few
> US Congress people. 
> 
> Let me know when you get an answer ;-)
> 
> --MM
> 
> >>> Chun Eung Hwi <ehchun at peacenet.or.kr> 10/19/01 21:59 PM >>>
> Dear Chris Chiu and others,
> 
> I have some questions regarding the redelegation of .us.
> 
> First, in my understanding, .us is also one ccTLD that is included in IANA
> database - http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm Therefore, it is very
> natural for the redelegation to abide by RFC1591 and ICP-1. For the
> redelegation of one specific ccTLD, we have very clear documented
> procedure.
> 
> Second, according to that procedure, IANA should make a report for
> redelegation and get the authorization of ICANN board like all other
> redelegation cases up to now. Moreover, the operator of .us like all other
> ccTLD cases should make a formal contract with ICANN. Those contract
> drafts has already been posted on ICANN website for public comment.
> 
> Third, I heard that CDT have tried to make an MoU with new operator
> together with other public interest groups. This activity could be
> justified as follwing statements of ICP-1.
> 
> "(a) ... The IANA will make them a major consideration in any TLD
> delegation/transfer discussions. Significantly interested parties in the
> domain should agree that the proposed TLD manager is the appropriate
> party. ...  
> 
> (snip)
> 
> (e) ... It is also very helpful for the IANA to receive communications
> from other parties that may be concernedor affected by the transfer. In
> the event of a conflict over designation of a TLD manager, the IANA tries
> to have conflicting parties reach agreement among themselves and generally
> takes no action unless all contending parties agree. ..."
> (Excerpts from http://www.icann.org/icp/icp-1.htm)
> 
> Then, still I have never look at IANA report for the redelegation of .us.
> And I want to know what CDT and other public interest groups would respond
> to the DoC's plan.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chun Eung Hwi
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Chun Eung Hwi
> General Secretary, PeaceNet | phone:     (+82) 2- 583-3033
> Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81   |   pcs:     (+82) 019-259-2667 
> Seoul, 158-600, Korea       | eMail:   ehchun at peacenet.or.kr   
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Chris Chiu wrote:
> 
> > The United States Commerce Department still plans to pick the future
> > operator of the .us country-code top-level domain by the end of October
> > 2001. 
> > 
> > See
> > http://www.internetdemocracyproject.org/#highlights
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Christopher Chiu
> > Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer
> > American Civil Liberties Union
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