Are contractual changes required?

[elear]

6) In section 2, part IV, under "Transition Implications", the IETF response is "No structural changes are required." This is correct, but I think that some contractual changes are required in order to make it clear that the ultimate authority for the protocol parameters is IETF, not ICANN.

So I would propose to add, at the end of that section, the following three paragraphs.

"At present, article I.1 of the ICANN Bylaws implies that ICANN has the overall responsibility for the coordination and allocation and assignment of the protocol parameters. That article should be modified to make it clear that, as specified in RFC 2860, it is the IETF that has the overall responsibility for the coordination and allocation and assignment of the protocol parameters.

"And item 4 of RFC 2860 should be modified to read as follows:

"4. Agreed technical work items. ICANN agrees, notwithstanding any provisions in its Bylaws or other corporate documents that might be construed differently, that during the term of this MOU it shall cause IANA to comply ..."

For reference, item 4 of RFC 2860 currently reads "4. Agreed technical work items. ICANN agrees that during the term of this MOU it shall cause IANA to comply ..."

[elear]

Addressed with supplement discussion. Text added.