On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:13 PM, John R. Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "NTIA will not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a >> government or an inter-governmental organization solution." > > Let's hope you're right, but I note that the ITU isn't an inter-governmental > organization, it's (depending on which part of their web site you believe) a > specialized agency of the United Nations, or an organization based on > public-private partnership since its inception, with a membership of 193 > countries and over 700 private-sector entities and academic institutions. > Sounds totally multistakeholder to me. > > Unhelpfully, > John > > PS: And the ITU is definitely not a solution.
Excellent point... given that ITU's (full) Members are governments, I suspect it would be deemed an inter-governmental organization, but in the end it's the NTIA's views on this question that will actually matter. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
