[ALAC] URGENT: Decision regarding IANA Transition

[Glenn McKnight]

I as well support the proposal
Glenn McKnight



Glenn McKnight, B.A, M.A
Chair: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(FBSC)
IEEE HIC  Committee Member
IEEE PES CSI  Committee Member
ICANN NARALO Member
Oshawa, Ontario Canada
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Tijani BEN JEMAA <
tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org.tn> wrote:

> I too support the proposal regarding the handling of the IANA-related
> intellectual property and domain names.
>
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> *Tijani BEN JEMAA*
> Executive Director
> Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (*FMAI*)
> Phone: +216 98 330 114
>             +216 52 385 114
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>
> Le 29 sept. 2016 à 21:38, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> a
> écrit :
>
> Thanks for catching that Seun. I had a conflict for that meeting of the
> CWG and could not attend, so was not aware of the change.
>
> I have let Trang know and she will update the document.
>
> Alan
>
> At 29/09/2016 02:29 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>
> 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 NNames 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 writinng
> 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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