[Chapter-delegates] [Inputs sought] ISOC response to the US Government Notice of Inquiry on the ICANN Joint Project Agreement
Anne Lord
lord at isoc.org
Mon May 18 03:40:59 PDT 2009
Dear Colleagues,
Just an update to my mail below. Many thanks to Franck, we now have a
left hand menu on the chapter wiki listing all the current blogs and
you do not need to login to see them or to post a comment.
http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-list_blogs.php
best wishes,
Anne
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On 18/05/2009, at 7:45 PM, Anne Lord wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As mentioned by Bill in the email below, a blog has now been
> established on the Chapter wiki at the URL below. Please visit the
> blog to provide your comments (login required) or reply to this list.
>
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=4
>
> or
> Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/ohvs9r
>
> We look forward to your feedback,
>
> Many thanks
>
> Anne
> PS. If you have forgotten your password or need help logging in
> click the "I forgot my password" button or send email to <chapter-support at isoc.org
> >
> --
>
> On 12/05/2009, at 11:02 PM, Bill Graham wrote:
>
>> As I pointed out in my note to you on April 24, the United States
>> Department of Commerce has released its notice of inquiry (NOI)
>> "regarding the upcoming expiration of the JPA with ICANN." Comments
>> are due ON OR BEFORE JUNE 8, 2009. The document is attached again
>> here.
>>
>> BACKGROUND
>>
>> The NOI summarizes the history of the JPA and asks eight questions
>> that are very far reaching. They ask about whether the original
>> White Paper principles are still appropriate and whether ICANN has
>> integrated them. They ask if the private sector-led, bottom-up
>> process is still the most appripriate, or if there are better.
>> They ask about ICANN's progress against the JPA core tasks and
>> subsequent commitments made by the ICANN Board. they ask whether
>> progress is sufficient to transition ICANN to full independence,
>> and if not what remains to be done. Then they ask if there enough
>> safeguards in place to ensure continued security and stability of
>> the DNS, and if they can ensure protection of stakeholder interests
>> and the model itself. And finally they ask what the NTIA final
>> report on the JPA should include. It appears they are seeking
>> either oral or written comments, all of which will be put on the
>> public record.
>>
>> ISOC will be responding to this inquiry. ISOC has an important
>> obligation on a matter as critical as this for the future of the
>> Internet and the Internet model as a whole. I want to reaffirm
>> that in line with our mission we will need to consult broadly: with
>> our Board, Chapters and Members, but also within Internet
>> community, IETF, etc., to ensure the most appropriate response
>> possible. Consistent with that mission, I am launching this broad
>> consultation with you to get your overall views of ICANN, its
>> performance and its future which will serve as valuable input to
>> the eventual ISOC response to the NOI.
>> PRELIMINARY IDEAS FOR ISOC RESPONSE
>>
>> Following are some preliminary points I am proposing as elements
>> for the ISOC response (including some suggested areas where I would
>> particularly appreciate hearing your views, in square brackets):
>>
>> -- Emphasize the fundamental role of ICANN as a steward of a global
>> resource. [It might be something like: ICANN must always remember
>> its fundamental responsibility as the steward over a shared global
>> resource. ICANN is not a simple aggregator of the interests of its
>> multiple constituencies. This central obligation should drive the
>> future direction and activities of the organization. And it
>> implies that the ICANN Board must accept the responsibility to do
>> what is right for the Internet, even if that course is not the most
>> popular with some of its most powerful constituencies.]
>>
>> -- Support the original four principles for management of the DNS
>> as having ongoing relevance (those were: stability; competition;
>> private, bottom-up coordination; and representation)
>>
>> -- Support the full privatization of ICANN at the end of the JPA to
>> promote private-sector (defined as non-governmental, private)
>> leadership and bottom-up policy making, consistent with our
>> previous statements to the US government.
>>
>> -- Draw attention to the ongoing need to improve accountability and
>> transparency mechanisms (ref. the first point), but stress that
>> this is something that the ICANN stakeholders can and must accept
>> responsibility for doing.
>>
>> -- Support the identified need to continue to strengthen mechanisms
>> to avoid capture [Are the current mechanisms are sufficiently
>> strong? Are improvements needed and if so what?]
>>
>> -- The US Government emphasizes the requirement that it and ICANN
>> collaborate on a DNS Project Report that will document ICANN's
>> policies and procedures designed and developed pursuant to the
>> agreement. They ask what should be included in this report? [This
>> would be a good place to reiterate the stewardship role. Are there
>> other messages ISOC should propose for inclusion in this report?]
>>
>> TIMELINE
>>
>> The ISOC response must be submitted by the deadline of 8 June. I
>> propose the following timeline, and hope you will be able to help
>> by these deadlines:
>>
>> May 12: Consultation launched, comments invited. Any coordination
>> you may want to do in preparing the comments will be welcomed.
>>
>> May 18: Board of Trustees discussion of response.
>>
>> May 27: End of comment period. I may need to follow up with some
>> of you for clarification or more information.
>>
>> June 8: ISOC files comments with Department of Commerce, shares
>> final version internally.
>>
>> I will also provide an explanation for the rationale for particular
>> choices made in the final response. I believe this will help us
>> all to develop and understanding of how we work together, and also
>> help to build capacity for engaging in this kind of dialogue.
>>
>> HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
>>
>> I propose two ways to collect your comments. The first and most
>> traditional would be if you can please send your comments to me in
>> reply to this message (so I can use the header to sort). The
>> second will be to use a special blog that will be set up to collect
>> your comments. Anne Lord will get that done in the next day or
>> two, and will send you information about how to access the blog
>> when done.
>>
>> Please let me know if any of this is unclear.
>>
>> BACKGROUND MATERIAL
>>
>> As background material, I would also refer you to ISOC's previous
>> inputs to the US Department of Commerce, that can be found at:
>> http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/ISOC_NTIA_response_060707.pdf
>> http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/ISOC_NTIA_statement_060726.pdf
>> http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/docs/ISOC_NTIA_response_080215.pdf
>>
>> and ISOC's inputs to the ICANN President's Strategy Committee on
>> the issues of Improving Institutional Confidence at:
>> http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/community/icann.shtml
>>
>> United States Government archive of background papers on the DNS
>> project are available at:
>> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/background.htm
>>
>> Looking forward to your response
>>
>> Bill Graham
>>
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