Yes absolutely - that is what I was referring to in the text.  In parallel to the consultation the CWG is working on numerous issues including that one.

I raised this issue about the vagueness of the purpose in the CWG some time ago.  It has now been discussed in the and this is the latest formulation:

“The specific purpose of the Corporation is to operate exclusively to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“ICANN”), by performing the IANA functions on behalf of ICANN.”

This was agreed by the CWG and addresses the issue of purpose.  The point in the comments is to address the issue of potential evolution of the members in the future, which the language above does not account for.

Thanks.
Matthew

On 29/07/2016 20:59, Mueller, Milton L wrote:

Do you think the specific purpose of the organization ought to say something about performing the IANA functions?

Dr. Milton L Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org/

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