This is a question for one of us with a
longer history with ICANN than I have.
I have noticed that the language used to discuss the history
leading up to the transition of IANA oversight the wording does
not
refer to ICANN as a not-for-profit multistakeholder organization
but instead uses variations on the term "private and
international".
Most recently this appears in Wolfgang's piece in circleid.com
where he writes:
"...the privatization and
internationalization of the management of Internet core
resources."
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160921_breaking_nonsense_ted_cruz_iana_transition_and_irony_of_life/
I assume there is some history to using
the words "private" and "international" rather than
"not-for-profit" and "multistakeholder".
Can someone shed some light on this?