IANA Stewardship Transition, Report of ICG Conference Call October 29

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) held its sixth conference call on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 from 12:00-13:00 UTC.

The sole item on the Agenda: Procurement of the Secretariat for the ICG

Secretariat candidates' identities were not disclosed, but there are two final candidates. Decision to be finalized on or before November 15, 2014.

Additional discussion concerned future calls and meetings (dates/times) and the uncertainty about the ICANN meeting in Marrakech. The ICG has handed off substantive IANA transition work to "three communities" (names, numbers, protocols) it maintains are the ones affected by the IANA Stewardship Transition via RFPs (Requests for Proposals) with a tight timeline in order to submit its final proposal to the ICANN Board of Directors for transmission to the US Department of Commerce's NTIA well before the "final deadline" of September, 2015.

Work has started in the "three communities"--e.g., IETF's (protocol parameters) latest draft is at: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-02.txt--but according to ICG member Keith Drazek (via chat window during the ICG call): "I would also point out that the Naming community is struggling with the January [15, 2015] target date for delivery, so scheduling should take that into account." 

The ICG timeline  originally indicated that the ICG would submit its proposal directly to the NTIA. Subsequently, the NTIA indicated that the proposal was to be submitted via the ICANN Board of Directors which has led to concerns that the ICANN Board may modify (or even reject) the final ICG proposal. During the conference call, ICG member Lynn St. Amour briefly discussed her draft of "ICG's expectations regarding the proposal submission" (excerpts below):

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ICG Members participating:

Jean-Jacques Subrenat

Mary Uduma

Alissa Cooper

Hartmut Glaser

Manal Ismail

Keith Drazek

Lynn St. Amour

Adiel Akplogan

Jari Arkko

Joseph Alhadeff

Milton Mueller

Jon Nevett

Patrik Faltstrom

Michael Niebel

Thomas Schneider

Russ Housley

Wolf-Ulrich Knoben

Liaisons:

Kuo-Wei Wu

ICG members not present/not participating:

Jandyr Dos Santos

Paul Wilson

Narelle Clark

Martin Boyle

Kavouss Arasteh

Mohamed El Bashir

Elise Gerich

James Bladel

Support:

Alice Jansen

Samantha Dickinson

Ergys Ramaj

Theresa Swinehart

More information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: NTIA IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Microsite.

ICG Links:
Process Links (Names, Numbers, Protocols): https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship/community

Meet the ICG - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icg-members-2014-07-29-en

ICG Activities - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icg-activities-2014-07-18-en

ICG Archives - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icg-archives-2014-07-31-en

ICG Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7x5poce3wb8ffsv/AAAdrm8pTAck7wvExIuNpYdTa

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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), Conference Call Wednesday

ICG Announces Sixth Conference Call: The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold its sixth conference call on Wednesday, 29 October 2014 from 12:00-13:00 UTC, 8-9 am EDT (US), Time Zone Conversions.

The community may attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. Interpretation will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers and Conference ID codes.

A list of country dial-in numbers is here. If there is no appropriate dial-in number for an interested participant, ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual. Language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
Español – Conference ID: 68385764
中文 – Conference ID: 825702
Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
العربية – Conference ID: 82855066
Português – Conference ID: 759752
Note: Livestreaming translations in Français will be unavailable for this call, however a translation of the transcript will be provided after the meeting. Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request a dial-out service. For all dial-out service requests please contact Alice Jansen by 11:00 UTC, 29 October.

For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: NTIA IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Microsite.

(source: ICANN)

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Milton Mueller on ICANN, IANA Functions, and IANA Transition (video)

Milton Mueller (GNSO) -

Milton Mueller on ICANN and the IANA Transition (video above) Published on Oct 17, 2014
Milton Mueller discusses his representation of the GNSO on the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) during the group’s second meeting in Istanbul, 6 September 2014.

Read also: Cauldron part 2: Is the names IANA compatible with the others? | IGP Blog: ".... the twin assumptions that 1) the IANA functions operator must be a single entity combining names, protocols and numbers, and 2) that the single entity should be inside a corporation [ICANN] that is responsible for policy making for domain names not only has practical problems – it poses major risks to the future autonomy of the internet. Although it has helped to uncover these dilemmas, the ICG process of allowing each community to develop its own IANA transition proposal actually minimizes these dilemmas. If all of these communities were thrown into the same cauldron to work out their desired transition plan, the temperature would surely rise even higher and the conflicts would be even more intense."

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Friday Meeting of IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG): The ICG will be holding a face-to-face meeting on Friday, 17 October 2014 from 09:00-17:30 PST/ 16:00-00:30 UTC in Los Angeles, California (Time zone conversions here). 

ICG Meeting, Los Angeles Remote Participation:

Low Bandwidth Scribe Stream Live English

High Bandwidth: Virtual Meeting Room Stream Live English

Overview: This is a working session of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG).
Agenda Details below or download https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-icg-17oct14-en.pdf [PDF, 42 KB] Transcript to be provided

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ICANN 51, Los Angeles, Schedule Highlights

ICANN 51 | Los Angeles: 12-16 October 2014 #ICANN51

• Full Schedule
• Daily Schedule: Oct 11-18

Schedule Highlights by Day and Event (as selected by expvc.com staff):
Saturday, 11 October: 

17:30 to 18:00 PDT--GAC Meeting: Transition of US Stewardship of IANA and Strengthening ICANN Accountability and Governance

ICANN 51 highlights for Sunday, 12 October:
 09:00 to 16:30 PDT  GNSO Working Session

10:30 to 12:30 PDT GAC Meeting: Transition of US Stewardship of IANA and Strengthening ICANN Accountability
14:00 to 15:00 PDT  GAC Meeting: WHOIS
15:00 to 16:30 PDT  GAC / GNSO Joint Meeting
17:00 to 18:00 PDT GAC: Accountability and Transparency (BGRI) Meeting

18:30 to 19:30 PDT--GAC / GNSO Consultation Group Meeting

Monday, 13 October

08:30 to 10:00 PDT--Welcome Ceremony and President's Opening Session

10:30 to 12:00 PDT--SO/AC-Led High Interest Topic Session

10:30 to 12:00 PDT--IANA Department - Who, What, Why?

10:30 to 12:00 PDT New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG)
12:15 to 13:45 PDT CWG Meeting: IANA Stewardship Transition/ Naming Related Functions

16:00 to 1715 PDT--ICANN Accountability and Governance Cross Community Group Meeting

16:45 to 18:00 PDT --New gTLD Program Update

Tuesday, 14 October

08:30 to 16:45 PDT--Board Meetings with various Groups (see below)

• Board with the At-Large 14 Oct 2014 - 08:30 to 09:30 
• Board with the ccNSO 14 Oct 2014 - 09:45 to 10:45
• Board with the Commercial Stakeholders 14 Oct 2014 - 11:15 to 12:15
• Board with the Registries 14 Oct 2014 - 13:00 to 14:00 
• Board with the Registrars 14 Oct 2014 - 14:15 to 15:15 
• Board with the Non-Commercial Stakeholders 14 Oct 2014 - 15:45 to 16:45 PDT

09:00 to 17:00 PDT--gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group

09:30 to 12:15 PDT --Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)

13:00 to 15:30 PDT --Non Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)

14:00 to 15:00 PDT--GAC / ALAC Joint Meeting

17:00 to 18:00 PDT--Joint Meeting of the GAC & ICANN Board

Wednesday, 15 October

08:00 to 09:30 PDT--GAC Open Forum
08:30 to 10:15 PDT--GNSO Discussion Group - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
09:30 to 10:00 PDT--GAC Briefing to the ICANN Community - Protection of Geo. Names in gTLDs
10:30 to 11:30 PDT--GAC Discussion with IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group
11:30 to 12:30 PDT --GAC Communiqué Overview
13:00 to 15:00 PDT --GNSO Public Council Meeting Part I
13:30 to 14:45 PDT--What the Journalists Think
13:30 to 14:45 PDT--Rights Protection Mechanisms: User Feedback Session

16:30 to 18:15 PDT--2015 and Beyond - An Internet Governance Update

Thursday, 16 October

08:30 to 09:45 PDT--Enhancing ICANN Accountability
10:00 to 12:00 PDT--Community Discussion with the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG)

12:00 to 13:30 PDT--GNSO Wrap-Up Meeting Constellation
13:30 to 17:00 PDT--Public Forum Los Angeles
17:00 to 18:30 PDT--ICANN Public Board Meeting Los Angeles

Friday, 17 October

09:00 to 17:30 PDT--ICG Meeting--working session of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG).

Full Schedule in Printer format

see also: What's Hot At #ICANN51? by Michele Neylon

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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), Conference Call

Upcoming ICG Events - source: ICANN--The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold a conference call on Wednesday, 1 October 2014 from 04:00-05:00 UTC [time zone conversions] which is TUESDAY Sept 30th at 9 PM PDT (US). "The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers and Conference ID codes.

"A list of country dial-in numbers can be found here. In the case that there is no appropriate dial-in number for an interested participant, ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
Français – Conference ID: 75929475
Español – Conference ID: 68385764
中文 – Conference ID: 825702
Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
العربية – Conference ID: 82855066
Português – Conference ID: 759752

"Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request a dial-out service. For all dial-out service requests please contact Alice Jansen by 03:00 UTC, 1 October."

In-Person Meeting:
The ICG will be holding their next face-to-face meeting on Friday, 17 October 2014 from 09:00-17:30 PST/ 16:00-00:30 UTC in Los Angeles, California [Time zone conversions]. Observers are welcome to attend the session in-person, however, seating is limited. Information on remote participation and interpretation opportunities will be forthcoming.

In addition, the ICG has invited the community to attend a special Open Discussion Session on Thursday, 16 October from 10:00-12:00 PST / 17:00-19:00 UTC [Time zone conversions] More information on the session will be made available as it is finalized.

For more info: http://icann.org/stewardship.

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WEF Netmundial Initiative Meeting Feedback Positive; Next ICG Meeting

The World Economic Forum’s Netmundial Initiative meeting yesterday, has received mostly positive feedback, example:

Truly open meetings really make a difference. What was positive about #WEF #NETMundial meeting is that everything was discussed in the open.
— Renata Avila (@avilarenata) August 28, 2014

Statement from U.S. Secretary Of Commerce Penny Pritzker on World Economic Forum’s Netmundial Initiative | Department of Commerce: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement on the launch of the NetMundial Initiative on Internet governance cooperation announced by the World Economic Forum in Geneva:

“I want to thank the World Economic Forum for taking on the important task of facilitating discussions for the global Internet community on how to apply the NetMundial Principles in practice. I hope the framework for these discussions is open and transparent and allows for the participation of all interested parties. These discussions also should consider how to build bridges between the NetMundial initiative and existing governance institutions and processes, including the Internet Governance Forum, taking care to complement and bolster them through its work. The U.S. Department of Commerce looks forward to working with all the stakeholders on this important effort.”

In addition, the video stream quality was excellent for all sessions. A handout at the meeting: The NETmundial Initiative Action Dialogues Overview (pdf); other information can be found here and here.

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Reminder: Next Meeting of ICG to follow IGF in Istanbul next week: "The next face-to-face meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will take place next Saturday, September 6, 2014, following next week's Ninth Annual IGF Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. Similar to the London Meeting, the community will be able to follow the ICG's second meeting through a Virtual Meeting Room ...."

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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group, Conference Call August 26

ICG Announces Third Conference Call - ICANN: The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold its third conference call on Tuesday, 26 August 2014, from 12:00-13:00 UTC; 8am EDT (US), time zone conversions here.

"The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers and Conference ID codes."

Country dial-in numbers can be found here.

Language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
Français – Conference ID: 75929475
Español – Conference ID: 68385764
Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
Português – Conference ID: 759752

More information about the Conference Call at the first link above.

For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: NTIA IANAFunctions' Stewardship Transition Microsite.

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ICG Next Conference Call August 19

ICG Announces Second Conference Call - ICANN: The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will hold its next conference call on 19 August 2014, 12:00-14:00 UTC - 8AM-10AM EDT (US). For time zone conversions, please see here.

The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room through which audio of the call will be streamed. In addition, translations into the 5 UN languages plus Portuguese will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers and Conference ID codes.

A list of country dial-in numbers can be found here. In the case that there is no appropriate dial-in number for an interested participant, ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
English – Conference ID: 68385764
Français – Conference ID: 75929475
Español – Conference ID: 68385764
中文 – Conference ID: 825702
Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
العربية – Conference ID: 82855066
Português – Conference ID: 759752

For more information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: NTIA IANAFunctions' Stewardship Transition Microsite.

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