But this arrangement worries me, because in the ordinary sense, a wholly-owned subsidiary is most definitely not independent of its parent - in fact, the very opposite is usually true - and I'm just not aware of a lot of models where something like this actually works to counter that inherent dependence. Maybe there are such things out there and I'm just not aware of them, and maybe the right combination of ICANN and PTI by-law provisions, and contract language, and procedures for selecting the PTI Board can be devised to give the PTI Board real independence, and I just haven't seen them yet.
[log in to unmask]" type="cite">But without independence from the ICANN Board, the possibility that it would ever actually exercise the "option of creating a RFP (request for proposal) and possibly finding a new IANA function operator" (even though its parent corporation and sole Member (i.e. ICANN) does not want it to do that) strikes me as pretty slim, and without the ability to do that its not really independent at all.
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