[council] Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-26-en
Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA 
Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions
In Brief

The organizations that have adopted the charter for the Cross Community Working 
Group (CWG) to develop an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) 
Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions call for observers 
to join this effort. The primary goal of the CWG is to produce a consolidated 
transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to the 
Domain Name System.

Participating as observer

Participation in the CWG is open to members and observers. In addition to 
members, who are appointed by the chartering organizations, anyone interested 
in the work of the CWG, can join as an observer. Observers are expected to 
actively participate and attend all meetings. The only difference between a 
member and an observer is that any consensus calls or formal decisions that may 
need to be made will be limited to CWG members appointed by the chartering 
organizations. However, this does not take away that it is the expectation that 
the CWG will operate as much as possible with the views and consensus support 
of all participants in mind as the importance of considering all input and 
views on this important topic is recognized. Observers may be from a chartering 
organization, from a stakeholder group or organization not represented in the 
CWG or currently active within ICANN, or self-appointed.

How to join

If you are interested in joining, please contact Grace Abuhamad 
(grace.abuhamad@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:grace.abuhamad@xxxxxxxxx>), or the 
secretariats of your Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee. All 
participants (members and observers) will be listed on the CWG's webpage. All 
observers are also required to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) following 
the procedures of their chartering organization, or where that is not 
applicable for observers, the GNSO Procedures should be followed (see 
https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg).

Next steps

The CWG is currently in formation. To date, the At-Large Advisory Committee 
(ALAC), the Country Code Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the Generic Names 
Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Security and Stability Advisory 
Committee (SSAC) have adopted the charter, and are in the process of appointing 
members. The CWG will have its first 
meeting<https://community.icann.org/x/6grxAg> (via teleconference) on 6 October 
at 13.00 UTC, followed by a F2F meeting in Los Angeles during the ICANN 
meeting<http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-iana-stewardship-naming> 
(scheduled for Monday 13 October from 12.15 - 13.45 local time (19.15 - 22.45 
UTC), with remote participation). Both sessions will be recorded and 
transcribed.

Background

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has 
requested that ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to 
transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA 
Functions and related root zone management. In making its announcement, the 
NTIA specified that the transition proposal must have broad community support 
and meet the following principles:

  *   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.

NTIA also specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA 
role with a government-led or an intergovernmental organization solution.

On June 6 ICANN proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition 
Coordination Group (ICG) "responsible for preparing a transition proposal 
reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA 
functions."

It was determined that Stewardship Transition proposals for each of the IANA 
functions should be developed by the directly affected communities, the IETF 
and IAB for IANA functions related to Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, 
the ASO, and the RIRs for functions related the management and distribution of 
numbering resources; and the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain 
Name System. These efforts will inform the work of the ICG, whose 
responsibility is to develop an overall integrated transition proposal from 
these autonomously developed components.

Two of IANA's global directly affected communities, the addressing and Internet 
protocol parameter communities, have responded to the NTIA's announcement and 
the formation of the ICG, by establishing working groups to provide input on 
their specific needs and expectations with respect to the IANA Stewardship 
Transition.

This CWG was formed as an integral part of this transition process, and to 
develop a proposal for the elements of the IANA Stewardship Transition that 
directly affect the naming community.

Further Information

  *   Charter of Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to develop an IANA 
Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related 
Functions<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14aug14-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 277 KB]
  *   CWG Wiki<https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg>
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org