[ALAC] URGENT: Decision regarding IANA Transition

[Seun Ojedeji]

This is fine, just a minor correction; the initial CCG members are:

Maarten Simon, Christopher Wilkinson and Greg Shatan, as CCG Names Co-Chair.

Regards

Sent from my LG G4
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On 29 Sep 2016 7:10 p.m., "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> The following has just been brought to my attention.
>
> As described in the message forwarded below, the ALAC, as a Chartering
> Organization of the CWG-Stewardship, is being asked if we support the
> proposal regarding the handling of the IANA-related intellectual property
> and domain names. They will be transferred to the IETF Trust with the three
> IANA communities overseeing IETF Trust. The oversight will be carried out
> through a Community Coordinating Committee (CCG).
>
> In summary:
> - ICANN will act as the signatory to the agreements on behalf of the Names
> Community
> - The CWG, as long as it exists, will provide direction to ICANN in this
> respect.
> - In the event that the CWG no longer exists, the Chairs of the consenting
> AC/SOs will collectively direct ICANN in this respect.
> - Initial Names Community CCG representatives shall be the CWG co-chairs
> plus Greg Shatan who has overseen the entire IP process.
>
> There has been extensive discussion within the CWG on this and I believe
> that the resultant plan more than meets ICANN's needs.
>
> The US Congress has not blocked the transition, but a number of US States
> are attempting to do so through the courts. At this point we are presuming
> that the Stewardship will go through and accordingly, the IP-related
> contracts need to be signed by tomorrow.
>
> Under ALAC RoP 6.2: The ALT shall have no other explicit responsibilities
> and is not empowered to make substantive decisions on the part of the ALAC
> unless urgency or confidentiality precludes consulting the ALAC. In such a
> case, the decision needs to be ratified with the ALAC as soon as practical.
>
> I will be asking the ALT to provide ALAC agreement by tomorrow and if the
> ALT does so, I will come back to the ALAC for ratification.
>
> IF ANYONE HAS SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE ALAC SUPPORTING THIS ACTION,
> PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.
>
> Alan
>
> From: Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen at icann.org>
>> Subject: Note from CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the Chairs of the
>> CWG-Stewardship
>>  Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Right
>> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:37:38 +0000
>>
>> Dear Chairs,
>>
>> Please see below a note from the Jonathan Robinson and Lise Fuhr,
>> Co-Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship.
>> --
>> Dear SO/AC chairs and co-chairs,
>>
>> As part of the transition implementation work, representatives from the
>> names community, the numbers community, the protocol parameters community,
>> the IETF Trust, and ICANN have drafted a set of agreements to effectuate
>> the transfer of the IANA IPR from ICANN to the IETF Trust and to govern the
>> relationships amongst the parties with respect to the IPR after the
>> transfer.
>>
>> These agreements are:
>>
>> - IANA IPR Assignment Agreement: This agreement transfers the IPR from
>> ICANN to the IETF Trust.
>>
>> - 3 IANA IPR License Agreements (one each for the names, numbers, and
>> protocol parameters IANA services.): These agreements allows for the IANA
>> functions operator to use the IPR.
>>
>> - IANA - IPR Community Agreement: This agreement explains the rights and
>> obligations of the IETF Trust and each operational community as regards the
>> IPR.
>>
>> After a public comment period last month, the agreements have been
>> finalized and are ready to be executed.
>>
>> One of the decisions that the CWG had to make as part of the work was to
>> identify who would be the signatory of the Community Agreement on behalf of
>> the Naming Community. The decision made by the group, with input from CWG
>> external counsel, was to ask ICANN to play that role. An instruction letter
>> has been assembled for that purpose.
>>
>> The Instruction Letter says: "This letter confirms the request of the
>> Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition
>> Proposal on Naming Related Functions (“CWG”) for the benefit of those of
>> its listed chartering organizations – the Country Code Names Supporting
>> Organization (“ccNSO”), the Security and Stability Advisory Committee
>> (“SSAC”), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (“GNSO”), the At Large
>> Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and the Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”)
>> – that have affirmed or hereafter affirm in writing that they agree to be
>> included herein (each a “Consenting SO/AC” and collectively, the “Names
>> Community”) that ICANN serve as the signatory for the Names Community under
>> the Community Agreement."
>>
>> This makes reference to the COs affirming in writing that they agree to
>> be included in the instruction letter as a consenting SO/AC.
>>
>> As ICANN might formally reach out to us to obtain confirmation that one
>> or more COs have agreed to be a consenting SO/AC, we hereby kindly ask that
>> you provide such a written confirmation as a matter of urgency by replying
>> to this email, preferably on or before September 30th, 2016, so that the
>> signing of the agreement may proceed as planned.
>>
>> Thank you for your cooperation,
>>
>> Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson, CWG co-chairs.
>>
>
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