[council] Volume 5: An Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions, Special Edition on the ICANN Accountability Enhancements Draft

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Volume 5: An Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions, Special Edition on the 
ICANN Accountability Enhancements Draft
CCWG-Accountability draft now open for public comment

On 4 May, the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 
(CCWG-Accountability<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability>)
 published its initial draft report on the elements of the ICANN accountability 
framework that it has identified as essential to happen, or be committed to, 
before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place. This initial draft report 
will be open for public comment for 30 days. Following community input during 
the comment period and at ICANN 53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/> in 
Buenos Aires, the CCWG-Accountability will produce a second draft report for a 
40-day public comment period in July.

The recommendations in the initial draft now out for comment are not presented 
as the consensus of the CCWG-Accountability. Instead, the CCWG-Accountability 
has published the draft to solicit feedback from the community on the 
CCWG-Accountability’s approach as well as guidance on several options under 
consideration.

The CCWG-Accountability initial draft report is the fourth major community 
developed proposal to undergo public consultation as a part of the IANA 
Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability processes.

Key links

  *   Draft 
report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-without-annexes-04may15-en.pdf>
 – 108 pages [no annexes]
  *   Draft report & 
annexes<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-with-annexes-04may15-en.pdf>
 – 143 pages
  *   Graphical 
Supplement<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-graphic-04may15-en.pdf>
 [12 pages of pictorial representations of the main concepts included in the 
draft report]
  *   Announcement of call for public 
comments<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en>
  *   Archive of public comments 
received<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15/>

How to submit a public comment

Comment on the draft report, 
with<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-with-annexes-04may15-en.pdf>
 or 
without<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-without-annexes-04may15-en.pdf>
 annexes, by 3 June 2015, 23:59 UTC (convert to your time 
zone<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=End+of+Public+Comment+Period+-+CCWG-Accountability+Work+Stream+1+draft+report&iso=20150603T235959&p1=%3A>):

  *   Respond to any or all of the 3 general questions and 15 issue-specific 
questions related to Work Stream 1 included in the announcement of the public 
comment 
period<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en>
 as well as in section 11 of the draft report. There is also an additional 
question on Work Stream 2 to help guide the CCWG-Accountability with its work.
  *   Send your comments to:

mailto:mcomments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15@xxxxxxxxx

  *   When you receive an automatically generated email asking you to confirm 
your submission, please follow the instructions in the email to ensure your 
comments are submitted to the archive of public 
comments<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-22apr15/>.

To help better understand the contents and context of the draft proposal, you 
may wish to join one of the two following 
webinars<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53773485> 
live:

  *   11 May from 11:00 – 12:30 UTC (time zone converter 
here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T11&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30>)
  *   11 May from 19:00 – 20:30 UTC (time zone converter 
here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T19&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30>)

The webinars will also be transcribed and published from this 
CCWG-Accountability webpage<https://community.icann.org/x/rYQ0Aw> in the six UN 
languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).

A timeline of events and processes related to the accountability proposal

Below is a summary of upcoming key meetings and processes specifically related 
to Work Stream 1 draft report and its interactions with the naming related 
portion of the IANA Stewardship Transition proposal. A list of dates associated 
with a wider range of stewardship transition related activities is included 
near the end of this report.

4 May 2015


The CCWG-Accountability halts work on draft Work Stream 1 accountability 
enhancements. Work Stream 2 accountability work continues.


20 May 2015


Last day for community comments on the CWG-Stewardship second draft proposal.


1 Jun 2015


ICANN staff publishes report of public comments on the CWG-Stewardship’s second 
draft proposal.


3 Jun 2015


Last day for community comments on the ICANN accountability enhancements (Work 
Stream 1).


4-29 Jun 2015


ICANN staff compiles a report of the public comments received on 
CCWG-Accountability’s draft report on Work Stream 1-related ICANN 
accountability enhancements.


5-18 Jun 2015


The CCWG-Accountability reviews public comments on Work Stream 1 accountability 
enhancements and prepares documents for ICANN 53 briefings with the community.


8 Jun 2015


The CWG-Stewardship presents revised version of its proposal to their 
chartering members (Supporting Organizations and Advisory Councils) for review 
and adoption.


8-25 Jun 2015


ALAC, ccNSO, GAC and GNSO review and consider adoption of CWG-Stewardship’s 
revised proposal.


19 Jun 2015


The CCWG-Accountability meets for working session before ICANN 
53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/>.


21-25 Jun 2015


All ICANN communities and other parties interested in IANA meet during ICANN 
53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/> in Buenos Aires, and online via remote 
participation, to discuss the IANA stewardship transition in a number of 
cross-community as well as stakeholder-specific sessions. (See preliminary 
schedule<http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_blockschedule_april2015.pdf>).


25 Jun 2015


The CWG-Stewardship delivers the final proposal on the naming related portion 
of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG<http://ianacg.org/>).


20 Jul 2015


The CCWG-Accountability publishes second, revised, version of draft report on 
Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements for public comment.


29 Aug 2015


Last day for community comments on the second draft of ICANN accountability 
enhancements (Work Stream 1).


30 Sep-15 Oct 2015


ALAC, ASO, ccNSO, GAC and GNSO review and consider adoption of 
CCWG-Accountability’s revised proposal.


22 Oct 2015


The CCWG-Accountability present Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements 
report to the ICANN Board.


Updates on other transition-related activities
IETF Working Group on Planning for the IANA/NTIA Transition (IANAPLAN)

On 30 April, the chairs of IETF, IAOC and IAB 
notified<http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ianaplan/current/msg01680.html> 
members of IANAPLAN<https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ianaplan/documents/> of the 
status of work between IETF and ICANN regarding the annual SLA or Supplemental 
Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between IETF and ICANN in 
relation to IANA’s performance of the protocol parameters function. Following 
that notification, there was much discussion on the IANAPLAN mailing 
list<http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ianaplan/current/maillist.html> about 
the possible reasons behind ICANN’s communication to IETF that it believed that 
agreeing to the proposed text of the SLA would possibly put ICANN in breach of 
its existing agreement with the NTIA. The discussion was 
forwarded<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-April/003018.html> 
on to the CWG-Stewardship mailing list and, in response, ICANN 
clarified<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-May/003029.html> 
that the concerns it had expressed were not related to the proposed stewardship 
model for the protocol parameters function of IANA after the expiration of 
ICANN’s contract with NTIA, but were specifically related to constraints that 
applied solely while the current contract with NTIA remained in place. ICANN 
expressed it did not want to pre-empt or create a perception of pre-empting any 
of the community consensus process around any areas in the finalization of the 
transition. A further email was 
posted<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-May/002686.html>
 to the CCWG-Accountability list by a member of the ICANN Board containing more 
information on the MoU and the process IETF can invoke to terminate the 
agreement.

Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) Team

As a result of the CRISP<https://www.nro.net/crisp-team> Team’s draft proposal 
for the numbers component of the IANA functions, the Number Resource 
Organization (NRO<http://www.nro.net>) has produced a Draft Service Level 
Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services<http://www.nro.net/sla>. The 
draft SLA, which has not been reviewed by the CRISP Team nor negotiated with 
any other parties, including ICANN, is available for 
comment<https://www.nro.net/news/call-for-comments-for-a-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services>
 until 14 June 2015. Comments received are archived on the NRO’s ianaxfer 
mailing list<https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer>.

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)

The ICG<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/> has announced that it has 
published its final 
process<http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/Community-Comments-Handling-1May15-final.pdf>
 for how it will handle comments sent by members of the community to the ICG 
forum<http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/icg-forum_ianacg.org/>. Comments may be 
directly submitted to the ICG any time via 
icg-forum@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:icg-forum@xxxxxxxxxx>. In response to the 
SLA-related discussions described in the sections above, the ICG has posted a 
statement on its homepage<http://www.ianacg.org/> that encourages all 
interested parties, including ICANN staff and Board members, to participate 
within the open, transparent processes being used by the three operational 
communities to transition the stewardship of the IANA functions away from NTIA. 
Board Chair, Steve Crocker, issued a 
response<http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/2015-May/000450.html>.
  The ICG has also created Twitter<https://twitter.com/ianastewardship> and 
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ianastewardship> accounts to assist with 
disseminating information about their activities.

Transition timeline and implementation

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has 
written to the chairs of the ICG and CCWG-Accountability requesting information 
on projected dates related to completing the transition proposal, as well as 
the estimated time to implement the transition, to assist the NTIA in planning 
for the transition. The NTIA has requested this information be communicated by 
the end of June.

  *   Letter to the 
CCWG-Accountability<http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-May/002880.html>
  *   Letter to the 
ICG<http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/attachments/20150506/77c3dd16/attachment.pdf>

U.S. Congressional Hearings

On 13 May, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, 
Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing titled Stakeholder 
Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust 
and Accountability in the Internet's 
Operation<http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=7E5AF16E-B1F8-45B8-803B-9E389A9B745E>.
 ICANN submitted written testimony for the record. 
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/icann-to-judiciary-committee-13may15-en.pdf>

Later that afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce 
Committee held a separate hearing titled, Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA 
Transition<http://energycommerce.house.gov/press-release/members-review-dotcom-act-and-discuss-transition-internet-oversight-functions>.
  ICANN also submitted written testimony for the 
record<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/swinehart-to-walden-eshoo-12may15-en.pdf>
 in that hearing.

Upcoming key dates

14 May 2015


CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#47<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53773685>, 
11:00-13:00 UTC


19 May 2015


CCWG-Accountability Meeting 
#33<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings>, 6:00-8:00 UTC
ICG Teleconference<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/> (TBC)
CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#48<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
17:00-19:00 UTC


21 May 2015


CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#49<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
11:00-13:00 UTC


26 May 2015


CCWG-Accountability Meeting 
#34<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings>, 12:00-14:00 UTC
CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#50<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
17:00-19:00 UTC


28 May 2015


CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#51<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
11:00-13:00 UTC


28-29 May 2015


CWG-Stewardship Intensive Working 
Days<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>


2 Jun 2015


CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#52<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
17:00-19:00 UTC
CCWG-Accountability Meeting 
#35<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings>, 19:00-21:00 UTC


4 Jun 2015


CWG-Stewardship Meeting 
#53<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings>, 
11:00-13:00 UTC


14 Jun 2015


Deadline for 
comments<https://www.nro.net/news/call-for-comments-for-a-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services>
 to NRO on Draft Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering 
Services<http://www.nro.net/sla>


18-19 Jun 2015


ICG Face-to-Face Meeting, ICANN 53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/>, Buenos 
Aires, all day


19 Jun 2015


CCWG-Accountability Working Session 1, ICANN 
53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/>, Buenos Aires, all day


21-25 Jun 2015


ICANN 53<https://buenosaires53.icann.org/>, Buenos Aires


IANA stewardship in the news

7 May 2015


Dot What? The surprisingly interesting history of the Internet domain 
system<http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/05/icann_transition_the_interesting_history_of_the_internet_domain_name_system.html>,
 Slate [EN]


6 May 2015


专访张建川解读ICANN互联网管理权移交建议草案内容<http://roll.sohu.com/20150506/n412478971.shtml>, 
Sohu.com [CN]


5 May 2015


Le Burkina veut participer aux instances de la gouvernance mondiale de 
l’internet<http://burkina24.com/2015/05/05/le-burkina-veut-participer-aux-instances-de-la-gouvernance-mondiale-de-linternet/>,
 Burkina24 [FR]


4 May 2015


Internet in Ghana not controlled – Omane 
Boamah<http://www.gbcghana.com/1.3411406>, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [EN]
ICANN will IANA dauerhaft 
betreiben<http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ICANN-will-IANA-dauerhaft-betreiben-2631519.html>,
 Heise Online [DE]


28 April 2015


ICANN ABRE NOVA CONSULTA SOBRE TRANSIÇÃO DE FUNÇÕES 
IANA<http://www.telesintese.com.br/icann-abre-nova-consulta-sobre-transicao-de-funcoes-iana/>,
 Tele Síntese [PT]


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@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:grace.abuhamad@xxxxxxxxx>. For information on 
joining CCWG-Accountability, contact 
accountability-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:accountability-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.

Details

  *   ICANN Blog
  *   Author: Samantha Dickinson
  *   14 May 2015

Glen de Saint Géry
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