IANA Functions Stewardship Transition: Difference between revisions

At [[ICANN 51]], the ICG met with the ALAC and GAC, as well as holding a public engagement session for the entire community.<ref name="icgmtgs" /> The ALAC and GAC meetings featured presentations from ICG members regarding the mission of the ICG, community development of proposals, and expectations and timelines regarding community participation.<ref>[https://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-atlarge-iana-stewardship/presentation-icg-14oct14-en.pdf ICANN.org Archive - ICANN 51 ICG-ALAC Meeting Presentation Deck], October 14, 2014</ref> The public session featured a similar presentation at the beginning, with many questions being fielded from the community.<ref>[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/losangeles2014/en/schedule/thu-icg-community/transcript-icg-community-16oct14-en.html ICANN 51 Archive - Transcript, ICG Community Session], October 16, 2014</ref>  

<blockquote>One other question we've received this week is regarding how we would handle the output from the IANA transition coordination group. What we will do now that we passed this resolution, is we will then send this proposed approach to that coordination group for their consideration. And hopefully we'll be able to come up with a similar mechanism to, again, provide certainty in how we will be handling that.<ref name="51bmtg" /></blockquote> The comment was the subject of discussion in the ICG's meeting the following day.<ref name="51icg">[https://archive.icann.org/meetings/losangeles2014/en/schedule/fri-icg/transcript-icg-17oct14-en.html ICANN 51 Archive - Transcript, ICG Meeting], October 17, 2014</ref>

A week later, on June 25, the closing meeting opened with news that the CWG-Stewardship proposal had received approvals from all of the chartering organizations.<ref name="53close">[https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-icg-working/transcript-icg-working-25jun15-en.pdf ICANN 53 Archive - Transcript, ICG Working Session, June 25, 2015</ref> The goal of the ICG was to deliver a consolidated proposal to the board around the time of ICANN 54 in Dublin.<ref name="53close" />

The CWG-Stewardship working group submitted its final draft for approval by the chartering organizations in June, and after approval from all of those organizations, passed its proposal on behalf of the naming operational community to the ICG at the end of the month. At its teleconference on July 8, 2015, the ICG began the work of assessing the proposal from the names community. There was broad consensus among those who had volunteered to read and present assessments that the proposal's dependencies on the conclusion of Work Stream One elements in the CCWG-Accountability work track rendered the proposal "incomplete," although the implications of that judgement were a matter of some debate.<ref name="july8call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-08jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #19], July 8, 2015</ref> Some members of the ICG thought that the consolidated proposal would not yet be ready for a public comment process, because of the dependencies that existed between the CWG-Stewardship's proposal and the work of the CCWG-Accountability. Others thought that the dependencies could be stipulated as known, and that between close work and communication with the the two working groups, and specificity of expectations regarding the comment period, the ICG could publish a consolidated proposal for comment even if work remained open. There were other issues still pending within the report, including the disposition of the IANA trademarks, website, and domain name.<ref name="july8call" /> The group also discussed some objections to the proposal that had been raised by the community, either through the Stewardship Transition forum or the listserv.<ref name="july8call" /> The ICG also discussed plans for public and press outreach as their work to present a consolidated proposal ramped up.<ref name="july8call" />

<blockquote>Here in accountability there were a few different topics raised. I think the one that got the most attention was the fact that there are dependencies on the work of the CCWG. I think we have a well‐documented plan as to how these will be handled.<br />

Just to recap what the plan is, when we put the transition proposal out for public comment we will make it very clear that there’s a parallel process that is developing the accountability mechanisms in the CCWG and that there are dependencies between the names proposal and the outcome of CCWG work stream 1. We will point people to the public comment process that is to occur on the accountability side to make sure that everyone understands what it is and that it’s available to them. Once the CCWG work has concluded and the final accountability proposal has been sent to the SOs and ACs for approval, we will seek confirmation from the CWG that all of their requirements have been met. At that point, depending on what they say back to us, we can make our final determination about accountability, but we can’t really do it before then for the names piece because we are awaiting the CCWG. That’s the plan. I think people kind of highlighted that there’s the dependency, but we do have a plan for how we will assess later.<ref name="july15call" /></blockquote>

On August 17, 2017, the NTIA announced its decision to extend the IANA functions contract with ICANN for one year.<ref name="ntiaextend">[https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition NTIA Blog - An Update on the IANA Transition], August 17, 2015</ref> In his message to the community, Larry Strickling wrote:

<blockquote>This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register notice<ref>[www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_iana_transition_comment_notice_08102015.pdf Federal Register - IANA Stewardship Transition Consolidated Proposal and ICANN Accountability Enhancements: Request for Comments], August 10, 2015</ref>, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the proposals.<ref name="ntiaextend" /></blockquote>

==Videos==