[kictanet] STAKEHOLDERS COMMENTS ON IANA FUNCTIONS-my comments

Tue Mar 29 10:45:35 EAT 2011

HI Adam,

Too late indeed, but could be helpful for KENIC in summarising the
discussion, the central theme of which seemed to be reflected by ALACs
text, which may be useful to KENIC:

"Currently the approval process by the DoC of the US Government in
respect of requests of change of root zone records is hardly
consistent with the above- mentioned goals. It may be suggested that
the DoC’s approval process be eliminated including but not limited to
ccTLD request of change process."

BTW, attendance was disappointingly sparse, despite the many Kenyans
who have taken leadership roles in Internet Governance in recent
years.

<sigh>

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> ICANN's At Large community, the group in ICANN expected to represent user
> interests in all aspects of ICANN's work has written a statement covering
> each of the six questions in the U.S. government's notice of inquiry:
>
> <https://community.icann.org/display/alacdocs/ALAC+Statement+on+the+US+National+Telecommunications+and+Information+Administration+%28NTIA%29+Notice+of+Inquiry+%28NOI%29>
>
> Apologies, this information is too late for this morning's meeting on the
> IANA function, but hopefully useful.
>
> Best,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> At 8:21 AM +0300 3/28/11, David Wambua wrote:
>>
>> McTim,
>>
>> Noted and thank you for your comments.
>>
>> Regards,
>> .............................
>> David I. Wambua
>> Ag. Chief Executive Officer,
>> Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC),
>> Box 1461 - 00606, Nairobi
>> [E] david at kenic.or.ke
>> [M] +254 733790073
>> [T]  +254 20 2324686, 4450057/8
>> [F] 4450087
>> [W] www.kenic.or.ke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> dot KE for Every Name in Kenya!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2011, at 5:04 PM, McTim wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>  Wambua,
>>>
>>>  I wont make it for the meeting but plse register my comment on the above
>>> as follows:
>>>
>>>  1. No single government should have oversight powers over IANA
>>> functions(core operational functions of the Internet).
>>>
>>>  That's what the original White Paper said...it's just 20 years later
>>> now.
>>>
>>>
>>>  NB: IANA functions are administrative, not operational.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  2. It is therefore best that the US government relinquishes oversight
>>> powers over the IANA function in a progressive manner i.e. by moving its
>>> relationship with ICANN over IANA function from the current "Contractual"
>>> agreement to a "Cooperation" agreement locally known as an MOA and
>>> eventually an non-legal agreement sometimes known as an MoU
>>>
>>>  that's what ICANN says too:
>>>
>>>
>>>  http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Cheers,
>>>
>>>  McTim
>>>  "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>>
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>>
>> McTim,
>>
>> Noted and thank you for your comments.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> .............................
>> David I. Wambua
>> Ag. Chief Executive Officer,
>> Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC),
>> Box 1461 - 00606, Nairobi
>> [E] david<mailto:paul at kenic.or.ke>@kenic.or.ke
>> [M] +254 733790073
>> [T]  +254 20 2324686, 4450057/8
>> [F] 4450087
>> [W] <http://www.kenic.or.ke/>www.kenic.or.ke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> dot KE for Every Name in Kenya!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2011, at 5:04 PM, McTim wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Walubengo J
>>> <<mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wambua,
>>>
>>> I wont make it for the meeting but plse register my comment on the above
>>> as follows:
>>>
>>> 1. No single government should have oversight powers over
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority>IANA
>>> functions(core operational functions of the Internet).
>>>
>>>
>>> That's what the original White Paper said...it's just 20 years later now.
>>>
>>>
>>> NB: IANA functions are administrative, not operational.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. It is therefore best that the US government relinquishes oversight
>>> powers over the IANA function in a progressive manner i.e. by moving its
>>> relationship with <http://www.icann.org/>ICANN over IANA function from the
>>> current "Contractual" agreement to a "Cooperation" agreement locally known
>>> as an <>MOA and eventually an non-legal agreement sometimes known as an
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum_of_understanding>MoU
>>>
>>>
>>> that's what ICANN says too:
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf>http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/attachments/ACF2EF.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> McTim
>>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>>
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