Thanks rafik I think there is a great work that has been done in the last few months in the process of transition. All are worried because only 40 days are left to finish the process but still need more time. The extention to at least the 30th September 2016 will give a good chance for more disscusion and it might be extended to three years. I think NTIA take a good decission because all of us are worried and that is reflected in the number of emails we receive per day from different discussion groups and I think we have to relax and I will not be surprised if we see a change in the agenda of ICANN 54 Dublin On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > please find below the blog post from NITA with update about the process. > quite interesting points: the extension of the contract till September 2016 > and also the proposal submitted by verisign and ICANN. > > Best Regards, > > Rafik Dammak > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Hi all, > > This is relevant to the IANA Stewardship Transition, and the > CWG-Stewardship work by extension. Here is the original link: > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition. The text of the > blog is copied below for your convenience. > > An Update on the IANA Transition > August 17, 2015 by Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information > and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling > [image: Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA > Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling] > > The Internet’s global multistakeholder community has made tremendous > progress in its work to develop a proposal to transition the historic > stewardship role NTIA has played related to Internet’s domain name system > (DNS). > > When we announced > <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions> our > intent in March 2014 to complete the privatization of the DNS, we noted > that the base period of our contract with ICANN to perform technical > functions related to the DNS, known as the IANA functions, expired on > September 30, 2015. However, it has become increasingly apparent over the > last few months that the community needs time to complete its work, have > the plan reviewed by the U.S. Government and then implement it if it is > approved. > > Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition > documents how long it would take to finish and implement their proposals. > After factoring in time for public comment, U.S. Government evaluation and > implementation of the proposals, the community estimated it could take > until at least September 2016 to complete this process. In response to > their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday that we plan to extend our > IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30, 2016. Beyond 2016, > we have options to extend the contract for up to three additional years if > needed. > > This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it needs > to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning the IANA > transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA transition > proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register notice > <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_iana_transition_comment_notice_08102015.pdf>, > we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the > proposals. > > In preparation for the implementation phase of the IANA stewardship > transition, NTIA also asked Verisign and ICANN to submit a proposal > detailing how best to remove NTIA’s administrative role associated with > root zone management, which the groups working on the transition were not > asked to address. We asked Verisign and ICANN to submit a proposal > detailing how best to do this in a manner that maintains the security, > stability and resiliency of the DNS. Under the current root zone management > system, Verisign edits and distributes the root zone file after it has > received authorization to do so from NTIA. Verisign and ICANN have > developed a proposal > <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_proposal-relatedtoiana_functionsste-final.pdf> that > outlines a technical plan and testing regime for phasing out the largely > clerical role NTIA currently plays in this process. 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