[Info] Update on IANA Stewardship Transition/ICANN Accountability Discussions

Tue Feb 24 19:57:16 EET 2015

Hi everyone,

below you will find a update about IANA stewardship transition and ICANN
accountability, compiled by ICANN. probably a good way to prepare
beforehand for our webinar in Thursday 26th 15:00 UTC.

Best Regards,

Rafik

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From: Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad at icann.org>
Date: 2015-02-25 5:59 GMT+09:00
Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Update on IANA Stewardship Transition/ICANN
Accountability Discussions
To: "cwg-stewardship at icann.org" <cwg-stewardship at icann.org>

Please see the original links here:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/update-on-iana-stewardship-discussion-24-february-2015

ICANN is compiling bi-weekly updates on the community discussions and
progress of the IANAStewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability
Processes. This information is positioned to help inform interested
stakeholders in the recent developments in the processes, upcoming key
dates, latest documents and drafts and a snapshot of any news coverage that
occurs over the timeframe.
An Update on IANA Stewardship DiscussionsICANN 52

During ICANN 52 <http://singapore52.icann.org/en/> in Singapore, between 6
and 12 February, more than 41 hours were spent on discussions around the
IANA stewardship transition and related ICANN accountability processes. The
discussions consisted of:

   - Community-wide information and question and answer sessions
   - Public working sessions by:
      - IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG
      <http://ianacg.org/>)
      - Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship
      Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG Stewardship
      <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions>
      )
      - Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG
      Accountability
      <https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability>
      ).
   - Stakeholder-specific discussions within individual Supporting
   Organizations, including many of the component constituencies of the GNSO,
   and within the Advisory Committees.

The community-wide sessions provided online participation mechanisms and
were webcast and transcribed live. Transcripts and audio of all sessions,
including those not transcribed live, are nowavailable online
<http://singapore52.icann.org/en/materials>.
*The following is a summary of transition and accountability-related
discussions atICANN 52.* Clarifications from NTIA:

   - NTIA <http://ntia.doc.gov/> reiterated that although the current
IANA contract
   expires 30 September 2015, that is not a deadline for the transition but a
   target date. The transition can occur whenever the multistakeholder
   community develops a plan both it and NTIA can accept.
   - NTIA expects a single proposal for the IANA stewardship transition.
   - NTIA does not expect any dissenting opinions to accompany the final
   proposal.
   - NTIA expects the IANA-related accountability mechanisms being
   developed through Work Stream 1 of CCWG Accountability to be submitted at
   the same time as the ICG proposal.
   - Although the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
   2015
   <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-113HPRT91668/pdf/CPRT-113HPRT91668.pdf>
[PDF,
   3.44 MB] prohibits NTIA from spending any money to relinquish the
   contract through 30 September 2015, this does not prevent the NTIA from
   providing informal feedback when asked questions by the community nor does
   it prevent the community's ability to continue developing a proposal for
   the transition.

Key ICG updates and discussions:

   - The ICG discussed the progress of the review of the protocol
   parameters and numbers community proposals the group had received,
   resolving
   <https://www.dropbox.com/s/wad3entgv3dqr3m/Summary%20of%20internally%20resolved%20questions-v2.xlsx?dl=0>
a
   number of questions ICG members had had about both proposals. There was
   discussion about how to handle public comments on the names proposal, once
   submitted, due to concerns that the proposal could attract significant
   numbers of public comments and that it might not be practical to forward
   each individual comment to the CWG Stewardship for its consideration.
   - There were discussions about the effect that the extended timeline for
   the CWG Stewardship proposal would have on the ICG's final proposal,
   with agreement to review the ICG's current timeline based on more
   detailed review of the work that can be completed independent of the names
   proposal. It was noted that, as many members of the ICG were following
   the CWG Stewardship work, much of the ICG's work on the names proposal
   could take place before the final CWG proposal was formally delivered to
   the ICG.

CWG Stewardship and CCWG Accountability:

   - The two groups confirmed they were planning to use the same legal
   counsel for advice on the legal viability of proposal ideas under
   discussion. Although ICANN would pay for the legal advice, the clients
   would be the CWG and CCWG, not ICANN.
   - Recognizing the interdependent and interrelated nature of the two
   groups, the Chairs of both groups are also in regular contact to ensure
   close coordination between the two processes.

Key CWG Stewardship updates and discussions:

   - A final version of a Discussion Document
   <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49351404/CWG-SingaporeDiscussionDocument-Final.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1422998880000&api=v2>
[PDF,
   447 KB] was published on 3 February to bring the wider community up to date
   on its work and encourage further community input.
   - The CWG Stewardship explained that the reasons the names component of
   the IANA stewardship proposal was taking longer than the numbers and
   protocol parameters components was due to the complexity of the names
   communities. CWG members were meeting very regularly – sometimes daily – to
   progress the work of the group.
   - The CWG Stewardship clarified that although there were still
   significant differences of opinion about the two main models on the table –
   "external" trust (oversight of IANA exists outside ICANN) versus
   "internal" trust (ICANN performs IANA stewardship function, with
   possibly a "golden bylaw" to ensure ICANN can be held accountable to
   community) – the vast majority of issues under discussion in the CWG were
   enjoying significant consensus. The CWG hoped that after it received legal
   advice on the external and internal options under discussion, some of the
   current proposal options could be found to be unviable and reduce the
   number of options from which the CWG needed to choose.

Key CCWG Accountability updates and discussions:

   - Work Stream 1, which is examining the accountability mechanisms that
   must be in place or committed to within the timeframe of the IANA
stewardship
   transition, has formed two Working Parties (WP): WP 1 is examining how the
   community can be empowered to hold the ICANN Board accountable while WP
   2 is examining possible review and redress processes. There was a
   suggestion to clarify which accountability mechanisms in Work Stream 1 were
   "triggered" (by a specific action or non-action by ICANN) or
   "non-triggered" (part of regular ICANN processes).

Governmental Advisory Committee:

   - In its Singapore Communiqué
   <https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC_SINGAPORE52_COMMUNIQUE_FINAL2.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1423724031000&api=v2>
[PDF,
   113 KB], the *ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee*(GAC
   <https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee>)
   committed to continue working with the CWG-Stewardship and
   CCWG-Accountability both through individual GAC members and through the
   designated GAC representatives to both groups. The GAC also noted that
   the IANA stewardship process would have the highest priority for the GAC's
   intersessional work in the lead-up to ICANN 53
   <https://buenosaires53.icann.org/> in Buenos Aires.

*More detailed information about post-ICANN 52 work in the ICG,
CWG-Stewardship, and CCWG-Accountability will follow in the next update.*
Updates on other transition-related activities

   1. ICANN Board

   On 12 February, a short statement from the ICANN Board
   <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-02-12-en> was published.
   The key section of the statement is included below:

   "ICANN is expecting to receive both proposals [from the ICG and CCWG
   Accountability] at roughly the same time. When ICANN receives these
   proposals, we will forward them promptly and without modification to NTIA.
   As we have previously stated, if we do submit the proposals with an
   accompanying communication of comments, they will be on points we had
   already shared with the community during the development of the proposals.
   […] With respect to improvements in our accountability, we are definitely
   open to improvements."

   2. Internet Society (ISOC)

   At its 15 February meeting
   <http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-board-trustees-encourages-continued-trust-multistakeholder-process-iana>,
   the ISOC Board stressed that "successful transition will reinforce the
   value of the collaborative, multistakeholder model", with the Board Chair
   noting that the process "is a true reflection of the power of the
   multistakeholder approach to bring parties together to solve complex
   problems".
   3. International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

   During the ITU's Member States-only Council Working Group on
   International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet
   <http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html>), 2-3
   February, one Member State proposed including theIANA stewardship
   transition as a topic for open consultations preceding the CWG-Internet's
   next meeting in October, with the aim of CWG-Internet providing input into
   the IANA stewardship process. There was support from some States at the
   meeting to hold such a consultation while others were opposed. Therefore,
   the topic will not proceed to public consultation. However, supporting
   States indicated they might suggest the IANA stewardship transition as a
   topic again at the October meeting for the CWG-Internet's subsequent open
   consultation.

Upcoming key dates 24 Feb 2015CWG-Stewardship Meeting #23
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>,
17:00-19:00
CCWG-Accountability meeting #14
<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings>, 19:00-21:00
UTC 25 Feb 2015ICG Call #12
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/internal-cg/2015-February/003106.html>,
4:00-5:30 UTC
Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance
<http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=683924ae-83d7-4bf4-922a-cdecb9556ba9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a&MonthDisplay=2&YearDisplay=2015>
–
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on
IANAstewardship,
15:00 UTC 26 Feb 2015CWG-Stewardship Meeting #24
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>,
11:00-13:00 UTC 3 Mar 2015CCWG-Accountability meeting #15
<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings>, 12:00-14:00
UTC
CWG-Stewardship Meeting #25
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>,
17:00-19:00 UTC 4 Mar 2015Update on the IANA Stewardship Transition Process
<http://www.internetsociety.org/ianaxfer> – ISOC webinar 14:00 UTC 5 Mar
2015CWG-Stewardship Meeting #26
<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>,
11:00-13:00 UTC 23-24 Mar 2015 CCWG-Accountability Face-to-Face meeting.
Details to be confirmed. 26-27 Mar 2015 CWG-Stewardship Face-to-Face
meeting. Details to be confirmed. Latest documents and drafts 12 Feb
2015CWG-Stewardship
Chairs' Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting
<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52889466> 18 Feb
2015Feedback collected from ICANN 52 for review & analysis by CWG
Stewardship
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49351404/CollectedFeedbackfromICANN52.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1424306998000&api=v2>[DOCX,
40 KB]
CWG-Stewardship timeline
<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/internal-cg/attachments/20150219/0e71f1df/CWG-Stewardship-ProjPlan-20150218-0001.pdf>
[PDF,
243 KB] 21 Feb 2015ICG summary of internally resolved questions regarding
the protocol parameters & numbers proposals
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/wad3entgv3dqr3m/Summary%20of%20internally%20resolved%20questions-v2.xlsx?dl=0>
IANA stewardship in the news Feb 2015ДО СИХ ПОР НЕЯСНА БУДУЩАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА
КОНТРОЛЯ НАД ФУНКЦИЯМИ IANA
<http://pircenter.org/media/content/files/13/14243433340.pdf> [PDF, 388
KB], PIR Center [RU] 10 Feb 2015ICANN 52: Where does the IANA transition
and Internet governance go from here?,
<https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/icann-52-where-does-the-iana-transition-and-internet-governance-go-from-here-i/>
National
Law University Delhi [EN] 10 Feb 2015The last third: Why the IANA transition
for names is hard
<http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/02/10/the-last-third-why-the-iana-transition-for-names-is-hard/>,
Internet Governance Project [EN] 13 Feb 2015ICANN-Tagung: Experten fordern
von den USA unabhängige IANA
<http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ICANN-Tagung-Experten-fordern-von-den-USA-unabhaengige-IANA-2548976.html>,
Heise Online [DE] 20 Feb 2015ICANN 52 reflection
<https://internetnz.nz/blog/icann-52-reflection>, InternetNZ [EN] You can
play a role in IANA's future…

*Anyone can participate in discussions about the future of IANA's
stewardship and ICANN accountability. For information on
joining CWG-Stewardship, contact grace.abuhamad at icann.org
<grace.abuhamad at icann.org>. For information on joining CCWG-Accountability,
contact accountability-staff at icann.org <accountability-staff at icann.org>.*

This update can also be found here:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en
------------------------------

*Compiled on behalf of ICANN by Samantha Dickinson | 23 February 2015*

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