[CWG-Stewardship] Read the "stress tests" for IANA transition and ICANN accountability obtained by The Register
Malcolm Hutty
malcolm at linx.net
Fri Dec 12 08:23:13 UTC 2014
On 10/12/2014 21:12, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> I think Phil’s point has merit. There has been indications over the
> last several months that there is less bipartisan bickering and a trend
> to more cooperation in U.S. politics with regard to the transition.
> That doesn’t mean that there playing politics has ended but I do think
> that there is some room for optimism.
>
Hold on a second, you've just neatly reversed the main contention.
Kieren was saying:
1. There is increasing political discontent with the argument that we
must rush to achieve IANA transition by a fixed deadline, and that ICANN
accountability can be left substantially "unfixed" because of lack of time.
2. This discontent is manifesting itself in numerous ways that evoke
partisan opposition to transition itself, including the recent budget
measure defunding transition pre-9/15,
Phil intervened to point out that the budget measure preventing
transition pre-9/15 had bi-partisan support.
That doesn't undermine Kieren's warning, it reinforces it. Not only
Republicans, but now also Democrats have given their support to a
measure intended to prefer a "good" transition that resolves issues with
ICANN accountability over an "on-schedule" transition, that fails to do so.
We ignore this growing bi-partisan support for good linkage with
accountability issues at our peril.
Kind Regards,
Malcolm.
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> Chuck
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> *From:*cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org
> [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Phil Corwin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 10, 2014 3:36 PM
> *To:* Kieren McCarthy; Robert Guerra
> *Cc:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Read the "stress tests" for IANA
> transition and ICANN accountability obtained by The Register
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> Beg to differ on the claim that it is increasingly partisan, what with
> Dem Senate just accepting 1 year freeze language. I expect a more
> bipartisan approach in 2015.
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> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey
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> *From: *Kieren McCarthy
>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 10, 2014 3:30 PM
>
> *To: *Robert Guerra
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> *Cc: *cwg-stewardship at icann.org <mailto:cwg-stewardship at icann.org>
>
> *Subject: *Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Read the "stress tests" for IANA
> transition and ICANN accountability obtained by The Register
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>
> Sorry - only just saw this one and request for a response from me.
>
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> Re: context. I don't know whether people are following all the action
> whirling around this recently. I've been trying to write stories about
> each new aspect so forgive me if I post a series of links to articles of
> mine.
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> Very broadly, several of you on this list have probably been having the
> usual behind-the-scenes conversations with ICANNers about how the
> transition must be done by September but also there isn't time for all
> the accountability work i.e. lobbying for an IANA transition without
> real accountability changes in place.
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> A lot of people who have been stung in the past don't like this
> argument. The NTIA is one of them.
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> At the same time, there are more than a few people poking the fires in
> Washington in the lead up to the Republican run Congress. This has
> resulted in a range of things:
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> * Internet freedom bill (going nowhere but a usual rallying cry)
> - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/20/legislation_icann_oversight_body/
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> * Media articles arguing that IANA transition is bad
> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/08/ted_cruz_internet_argument/)
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> * Congressional hearings coming in the new year
> - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/20/gao_questions_into_iana_transition/
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> * A rider in the new funding bill
> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/10/congress_attempts_to_disrupt_iana_transition_by_withholding_money/)
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> Overall, the pressure is on. And it is going increasingly partisan -
> which is bad news for anyone interested in rational policymaking.
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> So Strickling is trying to keep everything on track but pushing back on
> inaccuracies while also, I believe, trying to make it clear to us - the
> internet community - to get moving on a plan.
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> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/09/commerce_secretary_engages_in_war_of_words_with_wsj_over_iana/)
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> I should say in a quick plug that IoN magazine - which I edit - is
> writing a special feature on all this for our next issue. Should be
> comprehensive.
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> It will be handed out at the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas in early
> January but we are also mailing it to subscribers so if you are
> interested in signing up, let me know offlist.
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> Hope that is helpful.
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> Kieren
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> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org
> <mailto:rguerra at privaterra.org>> wrote:
>
> Just came across this article. Thought it might be of interest given our
> conversations.
>
> US govt tells ICANN: No accountability, no keys to the internet
> We publish the 12 'stress tests' DNS overlord must prove it can handle
> before it keeps IANA
> By Kieren McCarthy, 5 Dec 2014
>
> Read the "stress tests" for IANA transition and ICANN accountability
> obtained by The Register
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/05/us_government_tells_icann_no_accountability_no_iana/
>
>
> I know Kieren is on this list, so I’m hoping he might provide additional
> context …
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
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