hi, And those of us on the GNSO council will need to vote on this. So it is important to know what folks think. avri On 12-Jun-15 20:39, Rafik Dammak wrote: > Hi everyone, > > as you know we were discussing for months about the IANA stewardship > transition and that took countless hours of volunteers time. here we > reached the stage where the stage where the cross-community group from > the names community is sending its final deliverable to chartering > organization for approval. > that will be one of the main topics during the ICANN meeting in Buenos > Aires . > please take time to read in the proposal, attached to the email and > also going here https://community.icann.org/x/sJc0Aw to find several > relevant material and the recording of webinars introducing the proposal. > > I want to thank NCSG members and representative in the working group > who have to commit a lot of time there, arguing. defending positions, > sharing updates and drafting NCSG comments. > > Best Regards, > > Rafik Dammak > > NCSG chair > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > > *For your Information* > > /Sent on behalf of CWG-Stewardship Chairs by support staff. / > > > > To: CWG-Stewardship Chartering SOs and ACs > > The ALAC, ccNSO, GAC, GNSO, and SSAC > > > > Dear SO and AC Chairs, > > *CWG-Stewardship proposed response to the ICG RFP the IANA Stewardship > Transition* > > The Cross Community Working Group on Naming Related Functions > (CWG-Stewardship) is pleased to provide its Chartering Organizations > with its proposed response to the IANA Stewardship Transition > Coordination Group (ICG) Request for Proposals on the IANA Stewardship > Transition for your consideration and approval as per its Charter. > > The response is the result of extensive work by the CWG’s 19 members, > 133 participants and a team of highly qualified legal advisors over > the past year, which included over 100 calls or meetings, 2 public > consultations and more than 4,000 email messages. It represents a > carefully crafted balance between key requirements, specific legal > advice, and significant compromises by all who participated and > includes diligent attention to the input received through the Public > Comment proceedings. The final proposal has received the consensus > support of the CWG-Stewardship with no objections or minority > statements recorded for Chartering Organization consideration. > > As noted in the CWG-Stewardship proposal itself, the proposal is > significantly dependent and expressly conditioned on the > implementation of ICANN-level accountability mechanisms proposed by > the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability > (CCWG-Accountability). The co-chairs of the CWG-Stewardship and the > CCWG-Accountability have coordinated their efforts and the > CWG-Stewardship is confident that the CCWG-Accountability > recommendations, if implemented as expected, will meet the > requirements that the CWG-Stewardship has previously communicated to > the CCWG. If any element of these ICANN level accountability > mechanisms is not implemented as contemplated by the CWG-Stewardship > proposal, this proposal will require revision. > > We also note that there are certain implementation elements that will > require further dialogue in the near future, including with the other > operational communities, and these have been marked as such in the > final proposal. Two specific issues are particularly important to > highlight. One is the finalization of the service level expectations > (SLEs), where the proposal includes a set of agreed principles between > the CWG and IANA, but these remain to be finalized in the form of a > mutually agreed set of SLEs. A detailed plan for this finalisation is > being worked on and it is our view that this detail, whilst vitally > important, does not impact on the substance of the proposal put to you > for approval. The second issue entails the location of intellectual > property rights and this needs further discussion with the other > respondents to the ICG RFP and ICANN. > > As per the CWG-Stewardship’s Charter we now seek your approval to > submit this final proposal to the ICG and ask you to consider this > approval in accordance with your respective SO or AC rules and > procedures by 25 June 2015 to meet the overall timing requirements > which would allow the transition to proceed, noting that final > approval is conditional on the approval of the CCWG-Accountability > Work Stream 1 recommendations. > > > > We will make ourselves, together with or other key contributors, > available to you at the ICANN 53 meeting in Buenos Aires in order to > answer any questions you may have and to explain any details of the > proposal. For your information, further background documents as well > as the slides, recordings and transcripts of recent webinars explain > the details of the final proposal are available here: > https://community.icann.org/x/sJc0Aw. > > > > Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to > contact us. > > > > > > Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson > > /Co-Chairs, CWG-Stewardship/ > > > > > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus