[CPWG] Fwd: [cooperation-wg] Any response to the NRO/ASO request to ICANN?

[Maureen Hilyard]

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On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 3:08 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> see below an answer to a recent question on CPWG regarding "why did the
> NRO/ASO make a request to ICANN?"
>
> I am not sure it answers the question "why did they make the request to
> ICANN when they are all Organisational Members of ISOC and they could have
> made the request to ISOC?"
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [cooperation-wg] Any response to the NRO/ASO request to
> ICANN?
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:24:54 +0100
> From: Chris Buckridge <chrisb at ripe.net> <chrisb at ripe.net>
> To: Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> <jim at rfc1035.com>
> CC: RIPE Cooperation Working Group <cooperation-wg at ripe.net>
> <cooperation-wg at ripe.net>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Jim, you’ve raised an important point here, and I wanted to give an answer
> from the RIPE NCC perspective, particularly given some of the complexities
> involved.
> First, it is important to note that this is a request to the ICANN Board
> from the NRO Executive Council (the five RIR CEOs, including, at the
> current time, the RIPE NCC interim management team*), in their role as the
> ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO), which is itself an entity
> within ICANN’s Empowered Community (the structure established following the
> IANA stewardship transition and the work of the ICANN Cross-Community
> Working Group on Accountability). So the decision to send this request to
> ICANN was not the RIPE NCC’s alone.
> The text of the request itself attempted to detail the reasoning, but I am
> happy to paraphrase: the ASO (that is, the five RIR organisations) believes
> that any decision made by ICANN in regard to the PIR sale would represent a
> significant Internet governance event, not simply in relation to its impact
> on the DNS; as such, it would be an important decision for ICANN, its
> board, the organisation and the community. As a “Decisional Participant in
> the Empowered Community”, the ASO felt it important to be fully aware of
> all relevant information ahead of any such decision being made, in the
> interests of due diligence.
> The RIPE NCC is, of course, committed to ensuring that our community and
> membership are informed of any developments in relation to this request or
> the RIRs’ relationship with ICANN.
> Best regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
> Chris Buckridge
> Head of External Relations
> RIPE NCC
>
>
> * The RIPE NCC interim management team is made up of the Chief Financial
> Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Information Officer.
> Please note, however, that Kaveh Ranjbar, as both the RIPE NCC Chief
> Information Officer and a non-voting member of the ICANN Board (as the
> RSSAC Liaison) has recused himself from any discussions relating to this
> matter.
>
>
> On 6 Feb 2020, at 12:39, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> <jim at rfc1035.com>
> wrote:
>
> On 6 Feb 2020, at 11:27, Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick at inex.ie>
> <nick at inex.ie> wrote:
>
>
> Can someone point out the bit in this letter which strives for
> transparency? I'm struggling to find it.
>
>
> I’m struggling to find the bit which makes the sale of PIR a matter for
> the NRO/ASO.
>
> Why is a body representing the *numbering* community getting itself
> involved in an issue for the *naming* community?
>
> I don’t recall seeing much (any?) discussion of the PIR sale on RIPE’s
> lists. So with little or no bottom-up input I don’t understand how this
> issue made its way on the ASO/NRO’s agenda.
>
> Can somebody explain?
>
>
>
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