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ALAC Statement on the Draft Proposal of the Principles and Mechanisms and the Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions

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Introduction

Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC and ALAC member from the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) and ALAC Leadership Team member, composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 319 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists.

On 01 May 2014, this Statement was posted on the At-Large Draft Proposal of the Principles and Mechanisms and the Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions Workspace.

On 02 May 2014, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC to send a Call for Comments on the Recommendations to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing List.

On 08 May 2014, a version incorporating the comments received was posted on the aforementioned workspace and the Chair requested that Staff open an ALAC ratification vote on the proposed Statement on 09 May 2014 and close on 15 May 2014.

On that same day, the Chair requested that the Statement, referenced AL-ALAC-ST-0514-06-00-EN, be transmitted to the Public Comment process, copying the ICANN Staff member responsible for this Public Comment topic, with a note that the Statement was pending ALAC ratification.

On 16 May 2014, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 13 votes in favor, 0 votes against, and 1 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=38984yxUXBqUgavnGHGjrc2A.

Summary

  1. The ALAC has already commented on this PC in its Statement Referenced AL-ALAC-ST-0314-06-00-EN, focusing on the overall Principles of any Process.
  2. The ALAC agrees with the proposal for the creation of a Steering Group on the condition that the creation of such a Steering Group should not jeopardize or otherwise hinder the creation of a Community-led ICANN Cross Community Working Group on the same topic.
  3. The ALAC recommends good coordination and a clear division of tasks in order to maximise volunteer time and yield a solution that will uphold the Public Interest.