[Npoc-discuss] Cheers to the Multistakeholder Community - ICANN BLOG - Steve Crocker

[Klaus Stoll]

CONGRATULATION TO EVERYBODY!

Yours

Klaus

https://www.icann.org/news/blog/cheers-to-the-multistakeholder-community

*Cheers to the Multistakeholder Community*

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Two and a half years ago, the ICANN multistakeholder Community embarked 
on a journey to develop a globally agreed on plan to transition the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration’s (NTIA) stewardship of the IANA functions to the global 
Internet Community. The process signaled the historic final step in 
transitioning the coordination and management of the Internet’s unique 
identifiers to the private-sector that began with the formation of ICANN 
in 1998.

The process to develop the package of transition proposals embodied the 
spirit of the Internet itself – global, diverse and inclusive. People 
from different economic sectors, cultures, interests and backgrounds 
worked together to develop two consensus proposals that ensure the 
continued stable and secure operation of the IANA services and an 
enhanced accountability for ICANN. One of the proposals focused on 
ICANN’s transparency and accountability. The other focused on 
arrangements with the three operational communities, the Regional 
Internet Registries for numbers, the Internet Engineering Task Force for 
protocol parameters, and the top-level domain registries for names.

The proposal development process reflected the Community’s dedication 
and commitment to achieving this historic final step. The community 
spent hundreds of hours in calls and meetings and exchanged tens of 
thousands of emails exploring and discussing complex governance issues, 
debating different views, and eventually finding consensus. This process 
tested and strengthened the trust in and across the ICANN community, and 
is a good demonstration of global multistakeholder policy development 
working. The resulting package of proposals has broad support 
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-support-statements-13sep16-en.pdf> 
because it reflects the Community’s work, and preserves the existing 
multistakeholder system while laying the foundation for a more 
accountable and equitable balance within the ICANN ecosystem.

Today, after months of preparation and implementation of the community’s 
tasks, ICANN’s contract with NTIA expired. As a result, the coordination 
and management of the Internet’s unique identifiers is now privatized 
and in the hands of the volunteer-based multistakeholder community.

The transition will help to ensure the continuation of a single, open 
Internet that users around the world can rely on for years to come. I am 
honored to be ICANN’s Chairman of the Board during this historic process.

The operational mechanisms and enhanced accountability frameworks 
outlined in the proposals are enshrined in ICANN’s new Bylaws 
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en>, which are 
now in effect. The ICANN Community, Board and organization will now move 
forward together as a more accountable and transparent body. These 
changes, while vitally important for the relationships and management of 
ICANN, will have no visible effect on the operation of the Internet. The 
very large ecosystem of Internet System Providers, content providers and 
users will continue to function without change.

Thank you all again for your work throughout this process. I look 
forward to our ongoing collaboration on further accountability and 
transparency enhancements in Work Stream 2 of the Cross Community 
Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, and everything else yet 
to come.

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