[Chapter-delegates] ISOC plans for response to the US governmentNotice of Inquiry on the Joint Project Agreement

[Mike Todd]

Bill,

Your summary was superlative and though I believe the move of my 
family, business and focus from California to Arizona (where I will be 
pursuing my doctoral degree) has prevented me from being as involved 
as I would have liked the substance of your summary appears to have 
covered everything I would have expected to see in our concerted 
efforts.

I feel congratulations are deserved for all staff, chapter 
participants, the Board and the Society for being able to respond 
better than on-time...

Mike Todd
President, Mike Todd Associates - www.MikeTodd.com

President, Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter - www.ISOC-LA.org
  toddm at isoc-la.org

Founder, Digital Divide Task Force, www.ddtf.org (major changes 
coming...)
  miketodd at ddtf.org

Western Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (Western TAAC)
  Phoenix, Arizona program expansion center
Western Research Application Center, Viterbi School of Engineering,
University of Southern California

UOPX email: mltodd at email.phoenix.edu
Alt email:  mike.todd92 at gmail.com
Postal mail:  P.O. Box 607A, Cashion, AZ 85329

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Graham" <graham at isoc.org>
To: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Cc: "ISOC Staff Staff" <staff at elists.isoc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:45
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC plans for response to the US 
governmentNotice of Inquiry on the Joint Project Agreement


> First, thanks to those of you who responded with input to the 
> earlier  request for comments on the ISOC response to the US 
> government Notice  of Inquiry on the Transition of the Technical 
> Coordination and  Management of the Internet's Domain Name and 
> Addressing System. The  responses were very supportive of the 
> approach that was proposed.  We  have now developed a final draft 
> response which was taken to a special  meeting of the Board of 
> Trustees, where members approved our  recommended course of action. 
> I expect to be able to post the reply  to the US government later 
> this week, ahead of the deadline of June 8,  and wanted to give you 
> a preview of what it will say.
>
> There are two sections of the response.  The first simply recommends 
> that the JPA be ended when it expires on 30 September 2009. We state 
> clearly that we believe the open, transparent, bottom-up model is 
> strong enough to make a successful transition to private, 
> multistakeholder leadership in ICANN.  We believe the right place to 
> deal with any continuing challenges is within the organization 
> itself.
>
> The second section makes recommendations for inclusion in the joint 
> report on the conclusion of the DNS Project that the US Department 
> of  Commerce and ICANN are going to prepare.  As I mentioned in my 
> earlier  note, we state very strongly that the report should 
> emphasize the  responsibility for promoting the shared public 
> interest in the  operational stability of the Internet -- a 
> stewardship role.  Even  though this may sometimes require that 
> decisions are made that do not  please all interest groups, it is 
> important for ICANN to step up to  its responsibilities, and act as 
> a steward.  Because that emphasis  requires a strong governance 
> model, the ISOC response goes on to  identify seven areas that we 
> believe ICANN needs to concentrate on as  it moves forward.  Those 
> are: transparency, participation, evidence- based decision making, 
> inclusive dialogue based on discussion of  issues among all 
> constituencies, accountability, evaluation, and an  effective means 
> of responding to complaints.  Each of those is briefly  described.
>
> The conclusion of the report anticipates that the IAB will also be 
> making comments to the NOI, and states ISOC's support for the notion 
> of recoginizing the IETF role in the IANA function, as we have done 
> in  past submissions to the US government inquiries.  We then say 
> that  ISOC is committed to playing a positive role during ICANN's 
> transition, and call on all stakeholders, including the US 
> government,  to do the same from within the ICANN model.
>
> I hope you find this summary useful.  I will be sure to let you know 
> when the document itself is submitted.
>
> regards
>
> Bill
> ========================
> Bill Graham
> Global Strategic Engagement
> The Internet Society
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>  +1.703.439.2157
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