[CRISP-TEAM] Fwd: [Ianaplan] Update on IANA Transition & Negotiations with ICANN

[Izumi Okutani]

Thanks Andrei, very useful reference for us.

+1 to Nurani's comments. I also feel we should be more proactive in sharing our position about the importance of transparency in the process.

Do you think it is worth sharing our situation with the IETF community as well? 
I personally think it would be good that they also are aware of our situation.


Izumi

On 2015/04/30 21:35, Nurani Nimpuno wrote:
> Thanks Andrei. Very interesting indeed.
> 
> As I have stated before, I believe this level of transparency between the IETF/IAOC/IAB Chairs and the IETF community is vital and serves the community well. 
> 
> This is why I believe it is so important for us to be clear about what the next steps are for us and what role there is for the community to play. 
> 
> Nurani
> 
> 
>> On 30 apr 2015, at 14:17, Andrei Robachevsky <robachevsky at isoc.org> wrote:
>>
>> Might be of interest of what's happening in the IETF/IAOC land.
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: [Ianaplan] Update on IANA Transition & Negotiations with ICANN
>> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:57:53 +0100
>> From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com>
>> To: ianaplan at ietf.org
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> This is an update to the community on the current discussion between
>> the IETF and ICANN regarding the annual SLA or Supplemental Agreement.
>> Each year, the IETF (via the IAOC) and ICANN specify a supplemental
>> agreement to our Memorandum of Understanding, in order to ensure that
>> any gaps or identified operational issues are addressed.
>>
>> As you are aware, inspired by the request from the IANA Stewardship
>> Transition Coordination Group (ICG), last year we formed the IANAPLAN
>> working group and achieved IETF consensus on the state of affairs with
>> IANA registries published under the direction of the IETF.  That
>> consensus is captured in draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-09, which was
>> transmitted to the ICG.  In that document the community sought to have
>> some facts acknowledged as part of any IANA transition plan:
>>
>>  o  The protocol parameters registries are in the public domain.  It
>>     is the preference of the IETF community that all relevant parties
>>     acknowledge that fact as part of the transition.
>>
>>  o  It is possible in the future that the operation of the protocol
>>     parameters registries may be transitioned from ICANN to subsequent
>>     operator(s).  It is the preference of the IETF community that, as
>>     part of the NTIA transition, ICANN acknowledge that it will carry
>>     out the obligations established under C.7.3 and I.61 of the
>>     current IANA functions contract between ICANN and the NTIA
>>     [NTIA-Contract] to achieve a smooth transition to subsequent
>>     operator(s), should the need arise.  Furthermore, in the event of
>>     a transition it is the expectation of the IETF community that
>>     ICANN, the IETF, and subsequent operator(s) will work together to
>>     minimize disruption in the use the protocol parameters registries
>>     or other resources currently located at iana.org.
>>
>> Understanding this consensus, the IETF leadership have been
>> negotiating with ICANN to include text to satisfy these points in our
>> annual Service Level Agreement.  After some iterations, we arrived at
>> text that we think captures the IETF consensus, but ICANN has informed
>> us that they are unable to agree to that text right now.  ICANN told
>> us that, in their opinion, agreeing to that text now would possibly
>> put them in breach of their existing agreement with the NTIA.
>>
>> It is our view that the substance of the statements above is already
>> part of our agreement with ICANN, and that we are merely elaborating
>> details of that existing agreement.  We expect that as we continue
>> towards the orderly winding down of NTIA's involvement in the IANA
>> processes, our existing arrangements will be preserved, in keeping
>> with IETF consensus.
>>
>> We will of course continue to assess the situation, agreements, and
>> next steps, as well as developments in other operational
>> communities. We think that the existing agreement between ICANN and
>> the IETF makes good sense, and is good for the Internet.  The IETF has
>> stated very strongly that it supports that existing agreement.  That
>> strong support is a necessary condition for success, and we shall not
>> waver in our commitment to the IETF's continued responsible
>> stewardship of the protocol parameters registries.
>>
>> We note that the IETF community remains very satisfied with ICANN's
>> current level of performance.  The existing supplemental agreement,
>> from last year, continues until it is replaced.
>>
>> We welcome your thoughts about this situation.  We will continue to
>> use the IANAPLAN mailing list for these discussions.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jari Arkko
>> IETF Chair
>>
>> Tobias Gondrom
>> IAOC Chair
>>
>> Andrew Sullivan
>> IAB Chair
>>
>> -- 
>> Andrew Sullivan
>> ajs at anvilwalrusden.com
>>
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