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------- > > > <Preview.pdf>_______________________________________________ > > PC-NCSG mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://mailman.ipjustice.org/listinfo/pc-ncsg > > >