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====ICANN Mission====

====ICANN Mission====

At the time of the ERC's work, neither ICANN's mission nor the organization's values were described in the bylaws.<ref name="feb02bl">[https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/bylaws-2002-02-12-en ICANN Bylaws], as amended February 12, 2002</ref> The ERC created a draft mission statement and core values based on a wide variety of documents and agreements, most importantly the [[White Paper]], the 1998 Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Commerce, the [[IANA Contract]], and the Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the IETF.<ref name="missionwp">[https://archive.icann.org/en/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-mission-06may02.htm Working Paper on ICANN's Mission and Core Values], May 6, 2002</ref> The draft mission statement identifies ICANN's mission as "coordinat[ing] the stable operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems," including the allocation and assignment of domain names, IP addresses, autonomous process addresses, and protocol port and parameter numbers, as well as the operation and evolution of the DNS's root name server system.<ref name="missionwp" /> The working paper also identifies an array of "core values," although some of the listed values are more akin to operational mandates.<ref name="missionwp" />

At the time of the ERC's work, neither ICANN's mission nor the organization's values were described in the bylaws.<ref name="feb02bl">[https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/bylaws-2002-02-12-en ICANN Bylaws], as amended February 12, 2002</ref> The ERC created a draft mission statement and core values based on a wide variety of documents and agreements, most importantly the [[White Paper]], the 1998 Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Commerce, the [[IANA Contract]], and the Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the IETF.<ref name="missionwp">[https://archive.icann.org/en/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-mission-06may02.htm ERC Working Paper on ICANN's Mission and Core Values], May 6, 2002</ref> The draft mission statement identifies ICANN's mission as "coordinat[ing] the stable operation of the Internet's unique identifier systems," including the allocation and assignment of domain names, IP addresses, autonomous process addresses, and protocol port and parameter numbers, as well as the operation and evolution of the DNS's root name server system.<ref name="missionwp" /> The working paper also identifies an array of "core values," although some of the listed values are more akin to operational mandates.<ref name="missionwp" />

The Mission & Core Values working paper received 9 comments.<ref name="missionpc">[https://forum.icann.org/reform-comments/mission/ ICANN Listserv Archive - Working Paper on Mission & Core Values]</ref>

The Mission & Core Values working paper received 9 comments.<ref name="missionpc">[https://forum.icann.org/reform-comments/mission/ ICANN Listserv Archive - Working Paper on Mission & Core Values]</ref> The comments varied widely in terms of support for the draft mission statement and values. Some commenters  noted that the representation of all members of the multistakeholder community was not mentioned; rather the core values identified "inclusivity" of diverse viewpoints.<ref name ="missionpc" />

 

The results of ICANN's policy development process to date in 2002 was, in the view of the ERC, "at best uneven, with the predominant outcomes slow or exceedingly general or both."<ref name="pdpwp">[https://archive.icann.org/en/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-process-07may02.htm ERC Working Paper on ICANN's Policy Development Process], May 7, 2002</ref>

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