Hi,
I also seems to to rule out any uni-stakeholder based solution.
avri
On 15-Mar-14 19:18, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> Amr:
>
> The NTIA statement is pretty clear. All it rules out is a government-led
> solution. While it asks ICANN to “convene” the process for reaching
> agreement on a solution, it does not stipulate that ICANN will inherit
> the IANA functions or that structural separation is off the table. We
> can certainly expect ICANN to resist that kind of separation, but there
> will be heavy pressure on it to run a fair process. That doesn’t mean
> the process won’t be slanted toward an outcome desired by the I*
> organizations, but it does mean that they may not get everything they want.
>
> --MM
>
> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of
> *Amr Elsadr
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:44 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [NCSG-Discuss] US Government Announcement about transfer
> IANA functions stewardship
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m trying to figure out what this means as a result of how the decision
> seems to have been framed. On one hand, the NetMundial and NCUC
> Conference discussions on the topic will be of much more relevance since
> this is not a hypothetical situation anymore. On the other hand, have
> any proposals suggesting that institutional separation of the IANA
> function from ICANN been preemptively squashed?? Or is the principle
> still a viable option that can be promoted??
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:23 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> This of course has been in the works for some time. Among the
> issues that had to be sorted were a) timing—had to be before
> Netmundial, and preferably before Singapore (will affect much of the
> week’s activity), but there were complications; b) the
> framing----beginning a dialogue about how to transition, up to ICANN
> to convene stakeholders globally and build a consensual transition
> plan, only fixed timeline is that the current IANA functions
> contract expires 30 September 2015—which leaves wiggle room to deal
> with the ebb and flow etc.; c) anticipating and prepositioning for
> the pushback campaign from certain segments US business, which has
> been underway for sometime and is cloaked as being about ‘top down
> vs bottom up’ leadership; and d) by extension, the wider and more
> rabid politicized campaign from the US political right, which will
> now launch big time. It will be rather interesting to watch
> Congressional candidates in the November US mid-term figure out what
> to say about the IANA functions contract.
>
> All of which is why we have Larry and Fiona at the NCUC conference
> on the 21st and at our Constituency Day on the 25th. Lots to talk
> about.
>
> Bill
>
> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:03 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> quite big news happened today with the United States Government
> announcing its intention to transfer the "stewardship" of IANA
> functions to global internet multistakeholder community.
>
> a consultation process to work on the transition framework will
> be setup and definitely the Singapore meeting will be mostly
> about that.
>
> a lot of work ahead!
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *David Olive* <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Date: 2014-03-15 7:04 GMT+09:00
> Subject: [Soac-infoalert] US Government Announcement
> To: "[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>
> Dear SO/AC SG Leaders:
>
> As you may be aware, the United States government announced
> its intention to transfer its stewardship of the IANA Functions
> to the global Internet multistakeholder community.NTIA release
> is up
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions
>
> In 1998, the year ICANN was formed, the U.S. government
> determined that, as the Internet continued to expand globally,
> stewardship of that technical role would one day become the
> responsibility of all Internet stakeholders representing, not
> just governments, but also business, non-commercial interests,
> technical and academic communities and independent Internet
> users around the world.
>
> in fulfilling its contractual obligations in executing the IANA
> Functions since 1998, ICANN has achieved both operational
> excellence and organizational maturity. That has prompted the
> United States government to designate ICANN to launch a process
> that allows the community to design a framework for the IANA
> Function transition through its bottom-up, multistakeholder
> model. That will include opportunities for global stakeholder
> input, including from ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and
> Advisory Committees and directly-impacted parties.
>
> If you are interested in becoming further involved with this
> community consultation process, please see the timeline below. I
> look forward to having your support as we move forward on this
> significant transitional process.
>
> A Saturday , March 15 webinar is planned for the Community. An
> announcement will be made shortly.
>
> The ICANN Release is here:
>
> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
> *14 March 2014*
>
> *Administrator of Domain Name System Launches Global
> Multistakeholder Accountability Process*
>
> *Press Briefing Scheduled with Board Chair and CEO*
>
> /*Los Angeles, California...*/The Internet Corporation for
> Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today launched a process to
> transition the role of the United States Government relating to
> the Internet’s unique identifiers system.
>
> ICANN’s announcement comes on the heels of an historic
> announcement today by the U.S. Government stating that it is
> ready to transfer its stewardship of the important Internet
> technical functions to the global Internet community. The U.S.
> Government’s current responsibilities to be transitioned include
> the procedural role of administering changes to the Domain Name
> System’s (DNS) to the authoritative root zone file - the
> database containing the lists of names and addresses of all
> top-level domains – as well as serving as the historic steward
> of the unique identifiers registries for Domain names, IP
> addresses, and protocol parameters.
>
> In doing so, the U.S. recognized ICANN’s maturation in becoming
> an effective multistakeholder organization and requested that
> ICANN convene the global community to develop the transition
> process from of the U.S. stewardship to a global community
> consensus-driven mechanism.
>
> “We are inviting governments, the private sector, civil society,
> and other Internet organizations from the whole world to join us
> in developing this transition process,” said Fadi Chehadé,
> ICANN’s President and CEO. ”All stakeholders deserve a voice in
> the management and governance of this global resource as equal
> partners.”
>
> Independent of the U.S. transition, the roles of the Internet
> technical organizations, including ICANN’s role as administrator
> of the Internet’s unique identifier system, remain unchanged.
> The Internet’s Unique Identifier functions are not apparent to
> most Internet users, but they play a critical role in
> maintaining a single, global, unified and interoperable Internet.
>
> “Even though ICANN will continue to perform these vital
> technical functions, the U.S. has long envisioned the day when
> stewardship over them would be transitioned to the global
> community,” said Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, ICANN’s Board Chair.
> “In other words, we have all long known the destination. Now it
> is up to our global stakeholder community to determine the best
> route to get us there.”
>
> “The global multistakeholder process is defined by inclusion,
> and it will take some time to make sure that we obtain all of
> the necessary inputs,” said Chehadé. “By the time the current
> contract with the U.S. Government expires in September 2015, we
> will have a defined and clear process for global
> multistakeholder stewardship of ICANN’s performance of these
> technical functions.”
>
> The first community-wide dialogue about the development of the
> transitional process will begin March 23-27 during ICANN’s 49^th
> Public Meeting, in Singapore. All global stakeholders are
> welcome to participate in person or remotely.
>
> ##
>
> To see more about the IANA Functions survey go here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-15jan14-en
>
> *Press Briefing*
>
> *Note:* Because of the historic nature of this announcement,
> *ICANN Board Chair Dr. Stephen D. Crocker* and *ICANN CEO Fadi
> Chehadé* will make themselves available to answer journalists’
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>
> *Date/Time:* /Friday, 14 March 2014 at 11PM UTC / 7PM U.S. EDT/
>
> *Telephone Access Numbers: */International access numbers may be
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>
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>
> * /Your name./
> * /Your news organization./
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> * /The conference operator will notify the moderator, who will
> then introduce you./
>
> o /Your line will be unmuted and you may ask your question./
>
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