Fra: Jonathan Robinson
Sendt: 6. april 2015
Til: 'Izumi Okutani'; 'Lise Fuhr'
Cc: 'Alan Barrett'
Emne: RE: Request for Communication with CWG-Stewardship on Naming Related Functions
Dear Izumi,
Thank-you for this letter and for the brief follow-up discussion in person in Istanbul.
The CWG-Stewardship meeting in Istanbul was comprehensive and productive. Lise and I chose to wait until after this meeting to respond to your note because we wanted to share with you the outcome of this meeting. In our Chairs’ Statement, you will see that the group made significant progress on both the operational and structural components of the names proposal, through the Design Team working methodology and retention of independent legal counsellors.
In terms of our timeline, we have moved our public comment launch date to 20 April, with a final submission to the ICG anticipated for the ICANN 53 meeting in Buenos Aires. We have adjusted our timeline per request by our chartering organizations in order that they have enough time to ensure consensus support for the names proposal within their respective communities and using their specific processes.
We recognize your concerns regarding the possibility that our proposal might affect the numbers community and we are very open to discussions with you and the CRISP team in advance of our submission to ICG. However, we have not yet finalized a proposal and our legal advisors are working with us to analyse the implications of the so called internal model. Therefore, our suggestion at this stage is to have a call with you and Alan to give an overview of where we are and consider any possible implications for the numbering community.
We remain available to respond to any questions you or your community may have, and appreciate your interest in and support for the names community as we all work to achieve a successful IANA Stewardship Transition.
Best wishes,
Jonathan and Lise
CWG-Stewardship Co-Chairs
