On Jun 19, 2014, at 10:51 , Barry Shein <b...@world.std.com> wrote: > > On June 19, 2014 at 04:01 o...@delong.com (Owen DeLong) wrote: >> ICANN != a good sampling of number resource issues or concerns. >> >> As you noticed, the whole mess with domain names and their IP issues >> is the monetary tail that wags the ICANN dog. ICANN barely pays attention >> to number resources and when they do, it’s primarily to do whatever has >> been agreed upon by the policy processes in the various RIRs. >> >> This is actually a good thing and we should seek to preserve this fact >> after ICANN loses its “adult supervision”. > > Really. You're really completely discounting ICANN in having any > leadership or participative role in the IPv4/IPv6 transition?
No. They have some role. They just don't have any leadership role and are not a point to apply any meaningful pressure. Owen