Hi everyone,

thanks  for sharing your opinions,
I saw that in other thread, Bill is suggesting a short version. in such
case or when there is any proposal for change or amendment  , it is better
to provide specific rewording and get support others because we don't have
so much time.

best,

Rafik


2014-03-17 18:54 GMT+09:00 Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>:

> Great statement, and a great principle. I hope it receives wide support
> within the NCSG and NCSG PC for endorsement.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Mar 17, 2014, at 2:52 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> (cc NCSG-PC)
>
> Milton volunteered and drafted this statement regarding the NTIA
> announcement. we should be able to discuss (commenting here
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VAkGj39ou5YkypFt0Vwqvyd1FTK31Ojm29s_gX-Ugrw/edit?usp=sharing) and endorse it asap before Singapore meeting to show support and indicate
> our initial positions .
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> ----------statement----------------
>
> NCSG Statement on the globalization of the IANA functions
>
> The Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) welcomes the 13 March 2014
> statement from the U.S. Commerce Department announcing its intention to
> “transition key Internet domain name functions to the global
> multistakeholder community.” We support this move because an Internet
> governance regime that gives one national government exclusive powers over
> a global resource is bound to be politically biased, divisive and promote
> tendencies toward Internet fragmentation. This change is long overdue.
>
> NCSG supports all 5 of the principles NTIA proposed to guide the
> transition. We agree that the transition should:
>
> • Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
>
> • Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
>
> • Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of
> the IANA services;
>
> • Maintain the openness of the Internet;
>
> • Not replace the NTIA role with a government-led or an inter-governmental
> organization.
>
> It is very important to replace the current system with a carefully
> considered, well-designed alternative. We note that noncommercial
> stakeholders have been leaders in developing plans for the proposed
> transition. Submissions to the Netmundial conference from two NCSG members,
> the Internet Governance Project and Avri Doria, have set out specific
> blueprints for the transition.
>
> Consistent with both of these proposals, NCSG proposes an additional
> principle to guide the transition. The transition should:
>
> • Enhance the accountability of ICANN through structural separation of the
> DNS root zone management functions from ICANN’s policy making functions
>
> The root zone management functions, which are currently performed by
> Verisign, Inc. and IANA under contracts with the U.S. government, are
> clerical, technical and operational, The policy making functions of ICANN,
> on the other hand, are highly political. NCSG believes that those two
> aspects of DNS governance must be kept apart, in separate organizations.
> Separating them ensures that those with policy and political objectives
> must win support for their ideas in a fair and open policy development
> process, and cannot arbitrarily impose them upon Internet users and service
> providers by virtue of their control of the operational levers of the
> global domain name system.
>
> The existing IANA contract attempts to keep the two separate; however, if
> ICANN simply absorbs the IANA and Verisign functions without any oversight
> from the U.S. government, there is a danger that the two could become
> integrated and intermingled in unhealthy ways. That is why the NCSG, along
> with supporters from other stakeholder groups, will insist on this new
> principle of separation during the transition process.
>
> The Department of Commerce has asked ICANN to “conven[e] stakeholders
> across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition
> plan.” Unfortunately, ICANN’s management seems to have interpreted this as
> a mandate to implement its own transition plan, in which it would simply
> take over the IANA functions with no oversight. NCSG wishes to remind ICANN
> that it has been charged with convening a process, not with controlling it.
> The transition will not work unless ICANN runs a truly open and
> deliberative process that allows the all ideas to be considered and the
> best ideas to win.
>
> NCSG is the voice of civil society and nonprofit organizations in ICANN’s
> domain name policy making organ, the Generic Names Supporting Organization.
> It is composed of two constituencies, the Noncommercial Users Constituency (
> http://ncuc.org) and the Non-Profit Operational Constituencies (
> http://www.npoc.org)
> ----------end of statement-------
>
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