[ALAC] URGENT: Decision regarding IANA Transition

Eduardo Diaz eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com
Thu Sep 29 18:34:12 UTC 2016


Even though I am not in ALAC, I support this.

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 2:10 PM 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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