Report of 24 August 2014
The working group has supported its two representatives on the IANA Coordinating Group via its mailing list and through weekly conference calls.
ICG Achievements:
- Held first face to face meeting in London in 17-18 July 2014
- Has decided that an independent Secretariat was needed
- Still finalising Request for an Independent Secretariat
- Secretariat is to be paid by ICANN
- Selected leadership structure of 1 Chair + 2 Vice Chairs
- Selected its first leadership team by voting:
- Alissa Cooper (IETF)
- Mohamed El Bashir (ALAC)
- Patrik Fältström (SSAC)
- Still finalising Charter
- Still finalising Request for Proposals from Sub-Communities
- disagreement over what communities are to submit proposals
- affected communities (which include At-Large etc.) or,
- operational communities:
- Protocol parameters: IETF & IAB
- Numbers: RIRs (although it looks like each RIR might produce a separate proposal)
- Names: GNSO (probably ICANN) & ccNSO (probably ICANN)
- Concern that ALAC, GAC, SSAC, ICC may not be able to submit a proposal
- Concern that there is no mechanism for a proposal on overall accountability
- discussion ongoing
- disagreement over what communities are to submit proposals
At-Large ad-hoc WG on the Transition of US Government Stewardship of the IANA Functions achievements:
- Conducted weekly conference calls
- Has identified source of contracts for:
- Protocols (IETF)
- Names (ICANN)
- Still searching for proper source of contracts for numbers, as it may be that each RIR has its own contract(s)
- Has found NTIA contract with ICANN for IANA Functions main
- All contracts & documentation on Ad-hoc Wg homepage
- Has identified locations for discussions in the various communities that will submit proposals:
- IETF
- ICANN
- Cross Community Working Group on IANA Stewardship Transition (see more later)
- RIRs
- several RIR mailing lists
- discussion/work having not started /
- some mailing lists in formation
- several RIR mailing lists
- Report from volunteers on the Charter drafting for Cross Community Working Group on IANA Stewardship Transition
- Members: Tijani Ben Jemaa; Leòn Sanchez; Julie Hammer (for SSAC)
- Final Draft complete & proposed to the ALAC for ratification