[council] Re: Note from CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Right

[Stephanie Perrin]

I already indicated my support during the meeting in the chat, and I 
used my proxy for Marillia as well, however now that we have a few hours 
to consider the matter, I will encourage her to speak for herself if for 
some reason she disagrees.

Stephanie Perrin


On 2016-09-29 22:09, Edward Morris wrote:
> As NCSG members are not bound and have free votes I can only state 
> that: 1) I thank Jonathan and Lisa for their hard work on this, 2) I 
> personally fully support GNSO being added as a signatory, and 3) I'd 
> encourage all of my NCSG colleagues to join me in doing so.
> ?This is a pretty big deal. The transfer of IP rights is a sign that 
> the transition so many of us have worked so hard for for so long is 
> really about to happen. The IP issue was quite a vexing one for a bit 
> - happy to support the final solution to the problem and to see it 
> implemented.
> Ed Morris
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> *From*: "Drazek, Keith" <kdrazek at Verisign.com>
> *Sent*: Friday, September 30, 2016 2:42 AM
> *To*: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel at godaddy.com>
> *Cc*: "GNSO Council List" <council at gnso.icann.org>, "Jonathan 
> Robinson" <jrobinson at afilias.info>
> *Subject*: Re: [council] Re: Note from CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the 
> Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA 
> Intellectual Property Right
> No objection from the RySG. Full support.
> Keith
>
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 2:12 AM, James M. Bladel <jbladel at godaddy.com 
> <mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Council Colleagues –
>>
>> As discussed during our call today, please respond by COB 
>> *_tomorrow_* (and preferably sooner) if you have any objections to 
>> adding the GNSO to the list of SO/ACs instructing ICANN to execute 
>> these agreements.
>>
>>
>> If there are no objections received, we will give Staff the green 
>> light to proceed.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> J.
>>
>> *From: *"James M. Bladel" <jbladel at godaddy.com 
>> <mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com>>
>> *Date: *Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 10:10
>> *To: *GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org 
>> <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>>
>> *Subject: *FW: Note from CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the Chairs of the 
>> CWG-Stewardship Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual 
>> Property Right
>>
>> Dear Councilors–
>>
>> Please see the note below, in which the leadership of CWG-Stewardship 
>> is asking all chartering organizations (incl. the GNSO) for their 
>> approval to being included as signatories on a letter, instructing 
>> ICANN to execute the three IANA IPR agreements referenced & 
>> attached.  They are asking for a response by 30 SEP (tomorrow).
>>
>> While acknowledging the last-minute nature of this request, this 
>> should be a non-controversial issue and I’d like to include a 
>> discussion of it under AOB for today’s call.
>>
>> Thanks—
>>
>> J.
>>
>> *From: *Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen at icann.org 
>> <mailto:trang.nguyen at icann.org>>
>> *Date: *Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 9:37 *Subject: *Note from 
>> CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship 
>> Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Right
>>
>> Dear Chairs,
>>
>> Please see below a note from the Jonathan Robinson and Lise Fuhr, 
>> Co-Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dear SO/AC chairs and co-chairs,
>>
>> As part of the transition implementation work, representatives from 
>> the names community, the numbers community, the protocol parameters 
>> community, the IETF Trust, and ICANN have drafted a set of agreements 
>> to effectuate the transfer of the IANA IPR from ICANN to the IETF 
>> Trust and to govern the relationships amongst the parties with 
>> respect to the IPR after the transfer.
>>
>> These agreements are:
>>
>> - IANA IPR Assignment Agreement: This agreement transfers the IPR 
>> from ICANN to the IETF Trust.
>>
>> - 3 IANA IPR License Agreements (one each for the names, numbers, and 
>> protocol parameters IANA services.): These agreements allows for the 
>> IANA functions operator to use the IPR.
>>
>> - IANA - IPR Community Agreement: This agreement explains the rights 
>> and obligations of the IETF Trust and each operational community as 
>> regards the IPR.
>>
>> After a public comment period last month, the agreements have been 
>> finalized and are ready to be executed.
>>
>> One of the decisions that the CWG had to make as part of the work was 
>> to identify who would be the signatory of the Community Agreement on 
>> behalf of the Naming Community. The decision made by the group, with 
>> input from CWG external counsel, was to ask ICANN to play that role. 
>> An instruction letter has been assembled for that purpose.
>>
>> The Instruction Letter says: "This letter confirms the request of the 
>> Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship 
>> Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (“CWG”) for the 
>> benefit of those of its listed chartering organizations – the Country 
>> Code Names Supporting Organization (“ccNSO”), the Security and 
>> Stability Advisory Committee (“SSAC”), the Generic Names Supporting 
>> Organization (“GNSO”), the At Large Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and 
>> the Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”) – that have affirmed or 
>> hereafter affirm in writing that they agree to be included herein 
>> (each a “Consenting SO/AC” and collectively, the “Names Community”) 
>> that ICANN serve as the signatory for the Names Community under the 
>> Community Agreement."
>>
>> This makes reference to the COs affirming in writing that they agree 
>> to be included in the instruction letter as a consenting SO/AC.
>>
>> As ICANN might formally reach out to us to obtain confirmation that 
>> one or more COs have agreed to be a consenting SO/AC, we hereby 
>> kindly ask that you provide such a written confirmation as a matter 
>> of urgency by replying to this email, preferably on or before 
>> September 30th, 2016, so that the signing of the agreement may 
>> proceed as planned.
>>
>> Thank you for your cooperation,
>>
>> Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson, CWG co-chairs.
>>

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