[CWG-Stewardship] Names Community vs the other two communities

Thu Oct 16 00:08:22 UTC 2014

Guru,

1. I’m not able to comment on any hypothetical approaches rather than looking forward to the incoming substantial proposals.

2. I’m in agreement that all possible options have to be taken into consideration diligently.

3. In order to achieve a common consensus based proposal there is obviously extensive communication needed between the 3 lines already throughout this process and not after the different proposals have been submitted to the ICG. I’m hoping that your hypotheses are still hypotheses.

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich

From: Guru Acharya 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:53 PM
To: WUKnoben 
Cc: Gomes, Chuck ; Krishna Seeburn ; cwg-stewardship at icann.org 
Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Names Community vs the other two communities

What do you mean when you say that all three proposals have to be treated in the same way? 

Hypothetically, consider that the current proposals of the numbers (AOC+SLA with NRO) and protocol (MOU with IETF) community are their final proposal to the ICG. Also consider that Option (i) mentioned in this mail is the final proposal of the names community to the ICG.

I believe that all three proposals can co-exist as the new entity suggested in Option (i) will only have oversight over the IANA that relates to the names community - assuming we can structurally separate the IANA of the three communities. Do you think that such structural separation of the three IANAs is feasible?

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:34 AM, WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de> wrote:

  +1

  and btw the reference line quotes “Names Community vs the other two communities”.

  There is nothing “versus” between these 3 lines. They have to be treated in the same way regarding the outcome of a common proposal.

  Best regards

  Wolf-Ulrich

  From: Gomes, Chuck 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:43 PM
  To: Krishna Seeburn ; Guru Acharya 
  Cc: cwg-stewardship at icann.org 
  Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Names Community vs the other two communities

  Forgive me for being slow but it is not obvious to me that option 1 makes sense, i.e., ‘create a new legal entity’.  I see it as one option, but before we decide it is the best option we should explore as many options as possible.  Even if we eliminate the other options mentioned below, we should not assume that we have considered all possible options.

  Chuck

  From: cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Krishna Seeburn
  Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:30 PM
  To: Guru Acharya
  Cc: cwg-stewardship at icann.org
  Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Names Community vs the other two communities

  Thanks for those acharya.

  IETF and the RIRs were already working in that direction from the very start and even before the official formal announcement from icann / ntia. These were already talks and were well ahead of anything. 

  The option 1 makes sense and in fact i am wondering how much more talks we will have before we can decide on what is more than obvious.

  The names community however have a different but more challenging approach. As much as we are technical but we have a different impact on the community. Our challenges are way different for sure. 

  But good thinking .., perhaps yes a good way forward. But a consensus in way forward is what matters and we all need to agree and that is the bigger challenge. In whatever we come up with we will need a mid platform to agree with everyone to some point.

  My 2 cents

  Kris Seeburn

  skype: kris_seeburn30

  Linkedin:mu.linkedin.com/in/kseeburn

  On Oct 16, 2014, at 1:10 AM, Guru Acharya <gurcharya at gmail.com> wrote:

    How the names community approach will differ from the approach adopted by the numbers community and protocols community?

    Numbers Community: APNIC has reached consensus on its proposal. According to the proposal, IANA will continue to reside in ICANN. It proposes to replace NTIA oversight with a Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Affirmation of Commitment (AOC) between NRO and ICANN.

    www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/apnic/report-ianatransition/1

    Protocols Community: The IETF draft proposal suggests that no structural changes are required as a result of the transition. The MOU between ICANN and the IETF community will continue to govern the existing relationship. Again, IANA will continue to reside in ICANN.

    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-00

    Therefore, neither the numbers community, nor the protocol community appear to be in the direction of suggesting a new MS Oversight Entity to replace NTIA and its oversight. Merely contracts between existing entities will be updated to replace NTIA oversight.

    Can the names community adopt a similar approach? Can a contractual agreement (SLA/AOC/MOU) between ICANN and GNSO/CCNSO be expected to replace NTIA oversight?

    Clearly NO! This approach can not be adopted by the names community because the names community resides within ICANN, which is also the IANA operator. Specifically, GNSO and CCNSO are essentially subsets of ICANN, and therefore a contractual agreement (SLA/AOC/MOU) between ICANN and GNSO/CCNSO can not be expected to replace NTIA oversight.

    Therefore, it is essential to either

    Option (i): create a new legal entity, which has a contractual oversight relationship with ICANN. This would be similar to http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/08/04/students-school-faculty-on-iana-transition-the-meissen-proposal/

    Option (ii): expect ICANN to self-regulate

    Option (iii): make a new legal entity comprising of CCNSO and GNSO that is structurally independent of ICANN and require that new entity to enter into a contractual oversight agreement (SLA/AOC/MOU) with ICANN.

    From the above three options, clearly option (ii) is not acceptable because of the lack of trust in the ICANN enhanced accountability process.

    I also feel that option (iii) is not feasible because the CCNSO and GNSO are heavily integrated with ICANN and structural separation of these two communities from ICANN will be in-feasible.

    Also, from the Jordan Carter document, the option on page 7 can be discarded, which makes ICANN the oversight body, as IANA will continue to reside in ICANN, as clearly suggested by the proposals of the protocols and numbers community.

    Therefore, option (i) is clearly the only option available with the names community.

    Regards,

    Acharya

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