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

[Joan Kerr]

Thanks for sending!  It's great news.  Congratulations to all the people
who worked to complete the transition.
Joan

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Klaus Stoll <kdrstoll at gmail.com> wrote:

> CONGRATULATION TO EVERYBODY!
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> Yours
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> Klaus
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> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/cheers-to-the-multistakeholder-community
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> *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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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