<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Becky,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for the email and laying out the processes defined in the IANA functions contract. Good that you remind us that the existing technical/ operational processes work well now. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The challenge is adding accountability, which is the non-technical oversight role that NTIA can exert over ICANN now. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Robert</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 29, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Burr, Becky <<a href="mailto:Becky.Burr@neustar.biz" class="">Becky.Burr@neustar.biz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Olivier,</span></div><div style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Thanks for this input. I’d like to take a step back so that we are all on the same page. I hope everyone with take the time to review this post. I think we are making this work unnecessarily complicated.</span></div><div style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Under the straw man I’ve suggested the “Council” or “Body” or whatever it is called is responsible for negotiating and interacting with IANA on technical issues. As defined by the IANA functions contract, IANA’s naming-related tasks include the following:</span></div><div style="" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><ol style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class=""><li class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Zone<span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">File</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Change</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Request</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Management</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>--<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Contractor</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">shall</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">receive</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">process</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">zone</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>file<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">change</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">requests<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">TLD</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>as<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">expeditiously</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">possible. This does not include a policy role at all. A new TLD is entered into the root only after the ICANN Board directs IANA to do that. Policy remains in ICANN, not the IANA function.</span></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">Root</b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">Zone<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">“WHOIS”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Change</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Request</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Database</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Management</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>--<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">The</font><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Contractor</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 3.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">shall</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">maintain,</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">update,</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and make publicly</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">accessible<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">a</font><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">Root</font><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Zone</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">“</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">WHOIS</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">”</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">database</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">with</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 3.45pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">current</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and verified</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">contact information</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">for</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">all</font><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">TLD r</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">egistry</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">operators. Again, this involves no policy role. ICANN makes policy on WHOIS, not IANA. IANA just follows ICANN</span></font><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">’</span><font style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">s orders.</span></font></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Delegation</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class="">and</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Redelegation</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><b class="">of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""> Generic TLDs and </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Country</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Code</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><b class=""> TLDs</b>. Again, the role is administrative and not policy making. IANA adds or removes a TLD from the root only at the direction of the ICANN Board. It is responsible for documenting that the action was consistent with established ICANN policy, but has no role in formulating that policy.</span></span></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Zone<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Automation</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">--</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Contractor</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shall</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">work</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>NTIA<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Zone</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Maintainer,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and collaborate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">with</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>all<span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">interested</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">affected</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">parties</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">deploy</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">fully</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">automated root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">zone</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">management</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">system. This is an administrative/operations task, not a policy task.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""></span></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px;" class=""><b class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Domain</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Name</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">System</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Security</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Extensions</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">(DNSSEC)</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Key<span style="letter-spacing: -0.4pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Management</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">--</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Contractor</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">shall</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">responsible</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">management</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">the root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">zone</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Key<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Signing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Key</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">(KSK),</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">including</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">generation,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">publication,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">use</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">signing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Root<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Keyset. Again, DNSSEC policy is set by ICANN, informed by all stakeholders, the SSAC, etc. IANA simply administers the ICANN policy.</span></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Customer</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Service</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Complaint</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Resolution</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Process</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class="">(CSCRP)</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>--</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">The</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Contractor</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">shall</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 3.65pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">work</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">with</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">NTIA</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and collaborate</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">with</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">all</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">interested</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">affected</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">parties</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">to</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">establish</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">and</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">implement</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">a</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 4.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">process</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">for</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">IANA</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">function</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">customers</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">to</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">submit</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">complaints</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">for</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">timely</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">resolution</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">that</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">follows </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">industry</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">best</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">practice</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">and</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">includes</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">a</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">reasonable</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">timeframe</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">for</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">resolution. This relates to complaints about IANA doing its technical job in a timely and competent fashion, not policy, which remains with ICANN.</span></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Perform</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Administrative</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Functions</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.35pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Associated</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>With<span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Zone</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.3pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Management. F</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">acilitate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">coordinate</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">root</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>zone<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">domain</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">name</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">system,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 3.75pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">maintain</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.25pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>24<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">hour-a-day/7</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">days-a-week</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">operational</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">coverage.</span></span></li></ol><div class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: -24px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I would agree with you that a conflict of interest could emerge if IANA was developing policies for the registries, but that is not what’s being proposed. </span><font color="#ff0000" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Rather, all policy work would remain with ICANN subject to multi-stakeholder processes – just as it is now</span></b><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">.</span></font><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">What conflict of interest arises in this situation? Registries will be in the best position to know whether or not IANA is processing name server changes in a timely fashion. Registries are harmed if it takes forever to do that. To the limited extent this kind of thing might impact end users, registries have all of the necessary incentives to get it fixed. In the early years of ICANN, when IANA was performing very poorly, registries were unhappy, but most of the rest of the ICANN community was not impacted in any way. Today, the ICANN board - NOT IANA - promises stakeholders that IANA will do its work in accordance with ICANN policy. If it doesn't, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> am going to look to the ICANN Board and not the IANA staff for redress. </span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I don’t see a conflict of interest in registries performing an oversight role with respect to IANA’s purely technical and operational functions. Remember, the IANA function contract specifies that IANA’s role is</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> technical<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> and operational,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; font-weight: bold;" class="">not policy development. </i><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">If IANA does something that is inconsistent with ICANN policy, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> want the ICANN Board to be accountable. </span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">Again, to be clear, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> am not unalterably opposed to having other parts of the community participate, but </span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> don</span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">’</span><span style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">t understand why they would want to. </span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 5.15pt 0.0001pt 41pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 5.15pt 0.0001pt 41pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.75pt 0.0001pt 40.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">J. Beckwith Burr<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">Neustar, Inc. /</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">Office</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">: + 1.202.533.2932 <span style="color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class=""> Mobile</span>: +1.202.352.6367 <span style="color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">/ <a href="mailto:becky.burr@neustar.biz" style="color: purple;" class="">becky.burr@neustar.biz</a> /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.neustar.biz/" class="">www.neustar.biz</a></span></span></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" class="">ocl@gih.com</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 11:50 AM<br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" class="">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" class="">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [IANA-issues] Fwd: Names Community vs the other two communities<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class="">Hello all,<br class=""><br class="">irrespective of whether an "Oversight Council" is a desirable thing or not (I have not yet made up my mind about this, only having very basic information about it), I see a serious conflict of Interest where only the directly affected parties oversee operations that concern them directly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">There was much discussion about the GAC having seats. Although I have not asked them, I am pretty much sure that end users, as affected parties, would need a number of seats too.<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards,<br class=""><br class="">Olivier<br class=""><br class=""><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/10/2014 14:33, Burr, Becky wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote cite="mid:D0767127.25B1A%25becky.burr@neustar.biz" type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">I’d envisioned the “Oversight Council” to be elected by registries (ccs and gs) organized in some fashion outside of the ICANN umbrella – so the IANA Oversight Inc. or other association we were talking about the other day. It seems to me that the duties and authority of the Council would be determined by the membership of the organization (I.e., the registries) – so these questions would be resolved as part of structuring Oversight, Inc. Let’s not create yet another separate mechanism. Instead, figure out a way for the views of all stakeholders with respect to major decisions can be collected by Oversight, Inc. and taken into account in the process of developing major proposals. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">J. Beckwith Burr<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">Neustar, Inc. /</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">Office</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">: + 1.202.533.2932 <span style="color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class=""> Mobile</span>: +1.202.352.6367 <span style="color: rgb(6, 134, 88);" class="">/ <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:becky.burr@neustar.biz" style="color: purple;" class="">becky.burr@neustar.biz</a> /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.neustar.biz/">www.neustar.biz</a></span></span></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Guru Acharya <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gurcharya@gmail.com" class="">gurcharya@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 9:35 AM<br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Allan MacGillivray <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:allan.macgillivray@cira.ca" class="">allan.macgillivray@cira.ca</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Becky Burr <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:becky.burr@neustar.biz" class="">becky.burr@neustar.biz</a>>, "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" class="">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" class="">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>>, "Lindeberg, Elise" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:elise.lindeberg@npt.no" class="">elise.lindeberg@npt.no</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [IANA-issues] Fwd: Names Community vs the other two communities<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Postulates emerging from Allan's remarks:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Oversight Council will monitor compliance with day to day technical SLA type requirements.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Even though the final contracting authority of changing the IANA operator will rest with the Oversight Council:<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) There will be a "separate mechanism" for recommending any major decision to the Oversight Council, including change of IANA operator</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2) The Oversight Council will be bound to accept/implement the decision of the "separate mechanism". </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3) That "separate mechanism" will necessarily involve the views of the GAC.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4) That "separate mechanism" will be at an arms length from ICANN so that the ICANN board can not interfere since ICANN is the present IANA operator.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How do we intend to codify these characteristics of the "separate mechanism" so that the GAC can be assured that they will be consulted in case of change of the IANA operator? Maybe as part of a MOU between the Oversight Council and GAC+ALAC+GNSO+CCSNO?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Allan MacGillivray<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:allan.macgillivray@cira.ca" target="_blank" class="">allan.macgillivray@cira.ca</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;" type="cite"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-CA" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">I see the “oversight council” as being a body that deals with IANA compliance with day-to-day SLA-type responsibilities e.g. the current performance metric that 80% of root zone file and WHOIS database change requests be completed within 21 days. I would not expect that governments (other than those that are ccTLD operators) would have much interest in this. However, were there to be major review of these functions, such as that which the NTIA initiated in 2011 with its NOI, or to change the operator, then I would expect that the responsibility for conducting such a review would not fall on the ‘oversight council’ alone and that in whatever mechanism that would be established, there could be a role for governments.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Guru Acharya<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>October-29-14 8:32 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Becky Burr<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>; Lindeberg, Elise<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [IANA-issues] Fwd: Names Community vs the other two communities</span></div><div class=""><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"> </p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">Becky. I agree with your initial assessment that the "oversight council" would focus on "technical and operational issues" (as opposed to policy issues); and therefore GAC participation in the council will not be required even though GAC participation at an equal footing will not be inconsistent with the multi-stakeholder model. </div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">However, I think GAC participation in the council might be essential in the scenario where the oversight council decides to change the IANA operator in the future. If the council decides to contract a different operator (different from ICANN) in the future, would it not lead to various policy issues such as jurisdiction of the new IANA operator, financing of the new IANA operator etc - where the insight of the GAC may be beneficial?</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">Therefore I think GAC should be a part of the oversight council.</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">Regards,</div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">Guru</div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"> </p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Burr, Becky <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Becky.Burr@neustar.biz" target="_blank" class="">Becky.Burr@neustar.biz</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks Elise, very helpful. I was thinking that the “oversight counsel” would focus on technical and operational issues as opposed to policy issues ... But policy for IANA would remain in existing ICANN processes. Could you help me understand which technical/operational IANA services might raise “public interest” concerns? I agree with you that having some GAC reps on a Oversight Counsel would not be inconsistent with the Strickling view, but I am curious about why GAC might want to participate in that kind of counsel. </span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></span><br class=""><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset><br class=""><pre wrap="" class="">_______________________________________________
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