[kictanet] ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal

[Alice Munyua]

    News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en

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    ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal

31 July 2015

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) today released 
for public comment the proposal [IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal 
<https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/IANA-stewardship-transition-proposal-EN.pdf> 
[PDF, 2.2 MB]] for the transition of the stewardship of the Internet 
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions from the U. S. Department of 
Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) to the global multistakeholder community. This presents a seminal 
opportunity for the public to evaluate the proposal as a whole and how 
it meets the criteria established by NTIA. The ICG is encouraging the 
public to review the proposal and share their reactions and comments 
during the public comment period here 
<https://www.ianacg.org/calls-for-input/combined-proposal-public-comment-period/>.

Following the opening of the 40-day public comment period, the ICG will 
host two briefing webinars 
<https://www.ianacg.org/icg-will-be-hosting-two-webinars-regarding-the-transition-proposal-on-thursday-6-august-1900-2030-utc-and-friday-7-august-1100-1230-utc-further-details-will-be-announced-at-the-end-of-the-week/> 
open to the public on Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 UTC and Friday 7 
August, 11:00-12:30 UTC.

The transition of IANA's stewardship represents an important Internet 
governance milestone. The proposal for how to carry out the transition 
is the result of a tremendous undertaking by the global multistakeholder 
community, including the operational communities with direct operation 
or service relationships with the IANA functions as well as global 
business, civil society, governments, and Internet users. These 
geographically diverse groups came together to work on this process 
shortly after NTIA announced its intent to transition its stewardship 
role in March 2014 
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions>^1 
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-31-en#foot1> . The 
proposal was developed through a transparent community-led process, open 
to and inclusive of all interested stakeholders.

The proposal combines components related to the three categories of IANA 
functions – domain names, Internet numbering resources, and protocol 
parameters – each of which have already been thoroughly and publicly vetted.

"The dedication that the Internet community has exhibited to the IANA 
stewardship transition is nothing short of remarkable," said Alissa 
Cooper, Chair of the ICG and member of the Internet Engineering Task 
Force (IETF) community. "The public comment period presents an 
opportunity for the public to assess the transition proposal in its 
entirety and for the ICG to build a public record demonstrating how the 
proposal meets the expectations set out by the U.S. Government."

"It has been a big undertaking to develop a proposal that meets the 
criteria set forth by the NTIA," said Patrik Fältström, Vice Chair of 
the ICG and Chair of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee 
(SSAC). "I am confident that after receiving and analyzing the public 
comments, we will be poised to put this proposal forward to the U.S. 
Government for review and approval."

"The ICG is looking forward to receiving broad input concerning key 
questions about the proposal," said Mohamed El Bashir ( محمد البشير ), 
Vice Chair of the ICG and member of the At-Large Advisory Committee 
(ALAC), "The public's input is absolutely crucial to this process."

In parallel to the ICG, a Cross Community Working Group 
(CCWG-Accountability) was formed to facilitate the process of developing 
enhancements to ICANN's accountability in light of the transition away 
from the U.S. Government. The CCWG-Accountability proposal will be 
available for public comment on Monday, 3 August. The public should 
direct comments about the Enhancing ICANN Accountability proposal to the 
CCWG-Accountability and comments about the IANA Stewardship Transition 
proposal to the ICG.


      Webinar Details & How to Attend

The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect Room 
<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg> on Thursday 6 August, 19:00-20:30 
UTC and Friday 7 August, 11:00-12:30 UTC. If you are interested in 
attending a webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please 
send an email to the ICG Secretariat < admin at icgsec.asia 
<mailto:admin at icgsec.asia> > and indicate which webinar you would like 
to attend. Please note that the webinars will be conducted in English 
and will be live interpreted in the 5 UN languages plus Portuguese. They 
will also be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will 
be translated in the 5 UN languages and Portuguese and posted.

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For further information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship 
Transition, please see https://www.ianacg.org or 
https://www.icann.org/stewardship.

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