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’ > questions during a 1-hour press briefing. Details are: > > *Date/Time:* /Friday, 14 March 2014 at 11PM UTC / 7PM U.S. EDT/ > > *Telephone Access Numbers: */International access numbers may be > obtained here -/ www.adigo.com/icann > <http://www.adigo.com/icann>. /Once you have reached the > conferencing center, dial 25594#./ > > *Journalist Questions:* /Because there are likely to be many > journalists joining this briefing, upon calling in, your line > will be muted. If you have a question, please hit #3 and tell > the conference operator the following:/ > > * /Your name./ > * /Your news organization./ > * /The city and country from which you are calling./ > * /The conference operator will notify the moderator, who will > then introduce you./ > > o /Your line will be unmuted and you may ask your question./ > > *MEDIA CONTACTS: * > > Brad White > ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs > Washington, D.C. > Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20570%207118> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > James Cole > ICANN Global Media Coordinator > Washington, D.C. > Tel. +1 (202) 570 7139 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20570%207139> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Liana Teo > ICANN Head of Communications – Asia/Pacific > Singapore > Tel. +65 6808 6669 <tel:%2B65%206808%206669> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Alexandra Dans > ICANN Communications Manager – Latin America and the Caribbean > Montevideo, Uruguay > Tel. +598 2604 2222 <tel:%2B598%202604%202222> > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > *About ICANN: */ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure > and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the > Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name > or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know > where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique > identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we > wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It > is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants > from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet > secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and > develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN > doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and > it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its > coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have > an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the > Internet./*/ For more information please visit: > /*/*www.icann.org*/ <http://www.icann.org/>/*.*/ > > > > If you would rather not receive future communications from > ICANN, let us know by clicking here. > <http://icann.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?523509x19831x99191x1x3785396x24000x6&Email=david.olive%40icann.org> > ICANN, 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA > 90094-2536 United States > > Best regards, > > David > > -- > > David A. Olive > > *Vice President, Policy Development Support > General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul* > > *Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)* > > *Hakki Yeten Cad. 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