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

Fri Oct 17 17:31:40 UTC 2014

Milton,

I like your second formulation of our task (“We need concrete proposals for the names part of the IANA functions that deal with the problem of the end of NTIA oversight of IANA and the accountability of ICANN.”) better than your first: “Our job is to come up with a transition proposal for DNS, for names.”  I know you know this but just to avoid possible misunderstanding by others in the group, we are not tasked with coming up with a transition proposal for DNS but rather with that portion of the DNS that relates to the services provided by NTIA with regard to the IANA naming functions, which is what you essentially said in your second paragraph.

Chuck

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

Greg:

Our job is to come up with a transition proposal for DNS, for names.
The holistic issue of whether the three different aspects of IANA should remain in the same organization or not is outside the scope of this group. Moreover, the results of the other two processes are not known, so I am not sure where you get the idea that the other 2 communities are leaving IANA “as is.” And even if they were, I don’t see how that affects the solution set for names.

What we need in this group are more than simple assertions that something is “unnecessary or undesirable.” We need concrete proposals for the names part of the IANA functions that deal with the problem of the end of NTIA oversight of IANA and the accountability of ICANN.

As someone with a bit more operational knowledge, I can tell you that the staff members in IANA who deal with names, numbers and protocols are different and there is very little linkage between their day to day tasks, though occasionally there is a need to exchange information and coordinate with the customers of IANA.

From: cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org<mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org> [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org]<mailto:[mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org]> On Behalf Of Greg Shatan

I don't think it's necessary or desirable to split IANA into 3 IANAs (or 2 IANAs, since the other two communities are leaving IANA "as is" and not splitting it up).  It may not even be possible.  (Those with more operational knowledge of IANA can weigh in here.)

Without excluding possible solutions, our fundamental task is to transition stewardship of IANA from the NTIA to some other group, entity or process, not to transition IANA.

Greg Shatan
On Oct 15, 2014 5:10 PM, "WUKnoben" <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de<mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de>> wrote:
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

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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<mailto: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

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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

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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
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On Oct 16, 2014, at 1:10 AM, Guru Acharya <gurcharya at gmail.com<mailto: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<http://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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