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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">This is a question for one of us with a
longer history with ICANN than I have. <br>
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I have noticed that the language used to discuss the history
leading up to the transition of IANA oversight the wording does
not <br>
refer to ICANN as a not-for-profit multistakeholder organization
but instead uses variations on the term "private and
international". <br>
Most recently this appears in Wolfgang's piece in circleid.com
where he writes:<br>
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<font color="#660000">"...the privatization and
internationalization of the management of Internet core
resources."<br>
<br>
</font><font color="#660000"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160921_breaking_nonsense_ted_cruz_iana_transition_and_irony_of_life/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/<wbr>20160921_breaking_nonsense_<wbr>ted_cruz_iana_transition_and_<wbr>irony_of_life/</a><br>
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<font color="#000000">I assume there is some history to using
the words "private" and "international" rather than
"not-for-profit" and "multistakeholder". <br>
Can someone shed some light on this?<br>
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Sam L.<br>
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