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Notice of Intent - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition
by Gordon Lennox 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

<< The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to award on a sole source basis under authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.5-Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items (FAR 13.501) to the contractor, President and Fellows of Harvard College (Berkman Center), as the only capable source that can provide an independent review and assessment of a non-profit corporate governance structure designed for a multistakeholder setting in support of NTIA's broader evaluation and assessment of the proposal to enhance the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN's) accountability related to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition. The President and Fellows of Harvard College (Berkman Center) shall provide experts with experience and proven capability to perform an independent review and assessment of a non-profit corporate governance structure designed for a multistakeholder setting. This requires professional services of a unique, technical, and highly-skilled nature including through understanding of ICANN and it procedures and processes, multistakeholder approaches and processes, data analysis, and the Internet domain name system (DNS). Congress has mandated the review prior to NTIA transitioning it's stewardship of certain Internet technical functions to the global multistakeholder community, which is to be completed by June 30, 2016. . . . >> https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=bfc9cbacbbeb27a0ff16b3…

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Fwd: [CRISP-TEAM] CRISP Call
by Nurani Nimpuno 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

FYI. Nurani Vice chair, CRISP team Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Abejuela <mabejuela(a)arin.net> > Date: 22 March 2016 at 20:08:39 GMT+1 > To: "crisp(a)nro.net" <crisp(a)nro.net> > Subject: [CRISP-TEAM] CRISP Call > > Hello CRISP Team, > > The agenda for tomorrow’s call as well as Webex info is as follows: > > 1) ICANN55 Update and General Timelines > 2) Congressional Hearing > 3) SLA ver.5 review > 4) Other Implemenetation Status > a. IPR - Principal Terms > b. Review Committee - Members > 5) Reflection on the work completed overall > > > CRISP 2016 > > Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 1:00 pm Greenwich Time (GMT) > > > Meeting number: 706 686 549 > Meeting password: crisp > > meeting link: > https://ripencc.webex.com/ripencc/j.php?MTID=m0fd481c84ca42ec84567cf1a9328f > c89 > > > Audio connection: > 0800-051-3810 Call-in toll-free number (UK) > +44-203-478-5289 Call-in toll number (UK) > > Global call-in numbers > https://ripencc.webex.com/cmp3000/webcomponents/widget/globalcallin/globalc > allin.do?siteurl=ripencc&serviceType=MC&eventID=446021207&tollFree=1 > > Show toll-free dialing restrictions > https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf > > Access code: 706 686 549 > > > > > Call-in toll number (UK) > +44-203-478-5289 > Call-in toll-free number (UK) > 0800-051-3810 > Australia toll > +61 29037 1692 > Australia toll free > 1800-658203 > Austria toll > +43 125 302 1542 > Austria toll free > 0800-297252 > Belgium toll > +32 2894 8317 > Belgium toll free > 0800-77651 > Brazil toll free > 0800-892-2411 > Bulgaria toll free > 00800-118-1100 > Canada toll > +1-416-915-9997 > Canada toll free > +1-855-818-5031 > China North toll free > 10800-714-1693 > China South toll free > 10800-140-1727 > Croatia toll free > 0800-223231 > Czech Republic toll > +420 2288 82827 > Czech Republic toll free > 800-701364 > Denmark toll > +45 3272 7723 > Denmark toll free > 8088-7006 > Estonia toll free > 800-0100348 > Finland toll > +358 931 584349 > Finland toll free > 0800-915086 > France toll > +33 17091 8646 > France toll free > 0800-9-19312 > Germany toll > +49-(0)6925511-4400 > Germany toll free > 0800-187-3683 > Greece toll free > 00800-1612-20-35535 > Hong Kong toll > +852 5808 1922 > Hong Kong toll free > 800-966347 > Hungary toll > +36 1700 8735 > Hungary toll free > 06-800-19550 > Iceland toll free > 800-9381 > India toll free > 000-800-100-8171 > Indonesia toll free > 001-803-016-3552 > Ireland toll > +353 152600 58 > Ireland toll free > 1-800-947178 > Israel toll free > 1-80-9453550 > Italy toll > +39 0230410 440 > Italy toll free > 800-870552 > Japan toll > +81 34580 8156 > Japan toll free > 0053-11-61212 > Latvia toll free > 800-04229 > Lithuania toll free > 8800-30854 > Luxembourg toll > +352 208 81750 > Luxembourg toll free > 800-27323 > Malaysia toll free > 1-800-815775 > Mexico toll free > 001-800514-5545 > Morocco toll free (002-11-0011) > 800-708-0263 > Netherlands toll > +31 20794 7996 > Netherlands toll free > 0800-022-3497 > New Zealand toll > +64 9929 1742 > New Zealand toll free > 0800-459104 > Norway toll > +47 2103-5854 > Norway toll free > 800-16930 > Poland toll > +48-22295-3597 > Poland toll free > 00-800-112-4312 > Portugal toll free > 8008-27739 > Romania toll free > 0800-895796 > Russia toll > +7 4952 217144 > Russia toll free > 88-00100-9439 > Senegal toll free > 800-708-0263 > Singapore toll > +65 3158 1415 > Singapore toll free > 800-101-2597 > Slovakia toll free > 0800-606-563 > South Africa Toll > +27 11019 7059 > South Africa toll free > 0800-983983 > South Korea toll free > 00798-14-203-3552 > Spain toll > +34 91791 1283 > Spain toll free > 900-93-7920 > Sweden toll > +46 85051 3563 > Sweden toll free > 020-79-7912 > Switzerland toll > +41 43456 9564 > Switzerland toll free > 0800-894627 > Taiwan toll free > 00-801-127320 > Thailand toll free > 001-800-156203-5535 > USA/Canada toll > +1 631 267 4890 > USA/Canada toll free > 1-855-299-5224 > > > > > -- > Michael R. Abejuela > Associate General Counsel > ARIN > 3635 Concorde Parkway > Suite 200 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > (703) 227-9875 (p) > (703) 263-0111 (f) > mabejuela(a)arin.net > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, copy, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > CRISP mailing list > CRISP(a)nro.net > https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/crisp

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Updated 5th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services
by Athina Fragkouli 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear Colleagues, FYI - Please find below the latest NRO announcement regarding the Fifth version of the draft SLA. https://www.nro.net/news/updated-5th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servi… Kind regards, Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC ===== UPDATED FIFTH DRAFT SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT FOR THE IANA NUMBERING SERVICES (SLAv5) AND CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS 17 March 2016 Background On 15 January 2015, the Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) Team submitted the Internet Number Community Proposal to the request for proposals issued by the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG). One of the key elements of the Internet Number Community proposal is to replace the current NTIA IANA agreement with a new contract, a Service Level Agreement (SLA), between the IANA Numbering Services Operator and the five RIRs. A first draft of the SLA was published on 1 May 2015 and opened for public comments until 14 June 2015. The first draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v1 A second draft of the SLA was published on 6 August 2015 and opened for public comments until 31 August 2015. The second draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v2 A third draft of the SLA was published on 30 October 2015 and invited ICANN legal staff to provide comments by November 30th 2015. The third draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v3 A fourth draft of the SLA was published on 25 February and invited ICANN to move forward to signing the SLA. The fourth draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v4 Fifth Draft SLA As a result of ICANN comments on the fourth draft and additional feedback received at meetings during ICANN 55 in Marrakech, a fifth draft of the SLA has been produced and is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla The SLAv5 is open for public comments. Comments can be sent to IANAXFER mailing list at https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer. The deadline for comments is April 15th 2016. For the sake of clarity, you can find a track changes version of SLAv5 against the fourth draft at: https://www.nro.net/sla-track-changes Additionally, a document with the comments on SLAv5 and the legal team responses is available at: https://www.nro.net/slav4-comments In accordance with the transparency commitment to our the community, we share the exchange of a clear track of comments between ICANN and RIR staff working towards a final SLA document. About the Fifth Draft SLA The fifth draft of the SLA has been developed by a team consisting of individuals from different RIRs. It responds to the principles included in the Internet Number Community proposal and is based on the already existing provisions of the NTIA IANA agreement. The content of SLAv5 is the result of consideration of public comments received during the public comment period on the second draft SLA,informational meetings with ICANN staff regarding the operational provisions of the SLA, and ICANN’s written comments regarding the third and fourth draft SLA. It is written in such a way that it can be signed as part of the implementation of the IANA transition when this occurs or before, without pre-judging the outcome of the ICG coordinated proposal. The SLA includes legally important provisions, such as those that regulate the five RIRs collective actions and responsibilities in its dealings with ICANN under the SLA. It also includes background and definitions. The SLA also includes explanatory footnotes that reference the source of each article according to the Internet Number Community proposal principles or the NTIA IANA agreement. Next Steps The RIRs thank the community and ICANN staff for its thoughtful comments and now publish this SLAv5 in the interest of transparency and keeping the community apprised of progress being made on the SLA. We trust that all comments and concerns have been addressed and that the current draft, SLAv5, represents a mutually acceptable SLA that is consistent with the principles found within the Internet Number Community proposal. We invite public comments as we approach the final version, which will be signed with ICANN/IANA as part of the IANA Transition planning process and will take effect upon release of their existing agreement with NTIA. _______________________________________________

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IANA Stewardship Transition Moves to Final Phase
by Nick Hyrka 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). —————————————————————————————————— IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION MOVES TO FINAL PHASE 11 March 2016, Marrakech, Morocco – An historic proposal for the global community to assume stewardship of the IANA functions, produced after nearly two years of work by the global Internet community, has been delivered to the U.S. Government for its consideration. The proposal would remove U.S. Government oversight over a set of fundamental Internet administrative functions, including management of the global pool of Internet number resources (IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and Autonomous System Numbers), and replace it with a set of arrangements for community-based oversight. The proposal, developed by the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), is based on input from three operational communities, including the Internet Number Community (those with an interest in the global management of Internet number resources). The contributions of the Internet Number Community were coordinated via a Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) Team made up of community members drawn from each of the five RIR regions. CRISP Team Chair Izumi Okutani said: “The discussions that have taken place over the last two years have been a showcase for the kind of bottom-up, community-driven processes that are a central feature of the Internet Number Community. This approach has been fundamental in making the Internet a truly global resource. It is very satisfying to see the input of so many stakeholders explicitly reflected in the ICG’s proposal, and I believe that the solution presented here successfully meets the needs of the Internet Number Community, and of all IANA stakeholders.” The ICG proposal includes mechanisms for stewardship of the number-related IANA functions, as developed by the Internet Number Community. These mechanisms include a contractual Service Level Agreement signed by the RIRs (as stewards of these functions) and ICANN (as the entity responsible for management of the functions). More information on this aspect of the proposal is available here: https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/about-the-pr… While the ICG published the final draft of its proposal in October 2015, elements of the proposal relied upon the adoption of a set of recommendations regarding the accountability of ICANN to its community. These recommendations were developed separately by a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG) and were adopted by the ICANN Board at its meeting this week in Marrakech, Morocco. The Board was at that point able to pass on both the ICG and CCWG documents to the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Government. “The events of this week, here at ICANN 55 in Marrakech, represent another significant step in the long process to better operationalize the global community’s shared stewardship of the IANA functions,” said Number Resource Organization Chair and LACNIC CEO Oscar Robles. “We have not reached the end of this process yet, and we respect the attention that the U.S. Government must give to this proposal before making what will be a historic decision. At this point though, we recognize the achievement that this proposal represents: a huge, global community of people from different sectors and stakeholder groups has achieved agreement on a complex plan to achieve something of huge importance. It is something about which we, as a community, should feel justifiably proud, and it is a testament to the effectiveness of the multistakeholder model. The Regional Internet Registries have publicly supported the progressive steps taken by the U.S. Government over the years to reduce its oversight of global Internet administrative functions. Since the NTIA’s announcement in 2014, we have been pleased to help facilitate our communities’ contributions to this important IANA stewardship transition process. We now stand ready to work with ICANN and all of the IANA stakeholders towards full implementation of the ICG and CCWG proposals.” The U.S. Government will now review the proposal to ensure that it meets the criteria set out by the NTIA when they first announced their intention, in March 2014, to pass stewardship of the IANA functions to the global community. If approved, the RIRs and ICANN will continue their work towards implementation of the proposal, which will be completed prior to the expiration of ICANN’s current contract with NTIA in September 2016.

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New on RIPE Labs: The Regulatory Conditions of IP Interconnection
by Mirjam Kuehne 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, Please find a new RIPE Labs article submitted by Uta Meier-Hahn: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/uta_meier_hahn/the-regulatory-conditions-of-i… This is a follow-up of her earlier work on "Internet Interconnection: Networking in Uncertain Terrain". Abstract: Internet interconnection has often been described as an unregulated field. However, local public regulation is starting to emerge – be it through disclosure regulations, mandatory peering or licensing terms. Due to the networked nature of the internet, local rules may acquire a global scope. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Survey on Internet governance in South East Europe
by Chris Buckridge 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Dear colleagues, I’m forwarding a request for people in South East Europe to participate in an online survey on Internet governance. The data collected will be compiled and reflected in a report to the SEEDIG meeting on 22 April 2016 in Belgrade: http://www.seedig.net/seedig-survey/ From the call for participation: > We are trying, through this survey, to get a better understanding of how Internet governance, in general, and Internet governance issues and processes, in particular, are perceived by the Internet community in South Eastern Europe and the neighbouring area (SEE). It covers aspects such as: interest and participation in IG processes and organizations (motivation, challenges, opportunities), Internet-related issues considered as most pressing at national level and in SEE, degree of satisfaction with national, regional and global IG mechanisms, etc. Best regards, Chris Buckridge External Relations Manager RIPE NCC

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Fwd: [NRO-IANAXFER] CRISP Team review of the Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services
by Nurani Nimpuno 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

FYI. Nurani Vice chair, CRISP > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Izumi Okutani <izumi(a)nic.ad.jp> > Subject: [NRO-IANAXFER] CRISP Team review of the Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services > Date: 4 mars 2016 14:37:53 CET > To: "ianaxfer(a)nro.net" <ianaxfer(a)nro.net> > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > The CRISP Team has reviewed the Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services. > > Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services > https://www.nro.net/news/updated-4th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servi… > > Firstly, we would like to thank both ICANN and RIRs for sharing all comments and updates on the SLA from its Third Draft in a continued transparent manner with Internet number community. It is our expectation that the completion of this SLA will continue to take place in such a transparent and open manner. > > We observe that the 4th Draft SLA is consistent with the number community proposal and we support the comments made by RIR staff in working towards a final SLA document, addressing the feedback received from ICANN. > We have primarily reviewed whether the SLA sufficiently covers the following four key elements of the number community proposal. > > * Service level requirements of the IANA Numbering Services are clearly defined to meet the expectations of the RIRs and the Internet numbers community > * The RIRs, and the Internet number Community through the Review Committee are able to conduct review of the service level, to ensure the service level is met in accordance with the SLA > * The RIRs have the ability to terminate the SLA, while at the same time ensuring the stability of the IANA Numbering Services, in accordance with the number community proposal > * The IPR and rights over data are transferred, in accordance with the number community proposal > > In particular, we support the NRO revisions numbered below, which are required to ensure consistency with the CRISP proposal. The previously proposed text, without the NRO revisions addressing ICANN's feedback, would be inconsistent with the number community proposal as well as the final ICG proposal, and therefore not acceptable to the Internet number community. > > https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/Draft-SLA_v3-comments-ICANN-20160223… > > Source 15: 8.1- Periodic Review > Source 16: 8.2- Cooperation with review > Source 17: 9- Failure to Perform > Source 20: 10.3 Right not to renew > Source 24: 11.1 - Submission of a plan (* The RIR Lawyer Comment says 11.2.1 - could it be a typo?) > Source 35: 11.2 - Transition to Successor Operator > Source 26: 12.1 - Assignment of IPR and rights to Data > > In addition, we wish to remind the community that the SLA provides the Internet number community with its required accountability measures, which are clearly represented within the number community proposal; and it is therefore essential to the CRISP support for the IANA transition plan. > > The SLA will have no effect until the transition actually takes place on 30 September 2016, however it must be considered as an essential commitment along with other improvements to ICANN’s accountability. In particular the SLA should be executed or otherwise guaranteed, no later than the execution of changes to the ICANN Bylaws which have been specified by CCWG-accountability. > > The CRISP team wishes to express our concern about the lateness of the comments on the SLA made by ICANN, close to four months after the latest published version of the SLA by the RIRs. > > We would like to strongly request both ICANN and RIRs to work swiftly on providing additional inputs if any, so that the accountability measures needed for the Internet number community, can be put into place according to the schedule as described above. We trust that ICANN and RIRs continue to work constructively and transparently to finalise an SLA that respects the wishes of the number community. > > > Best Regards, > > Izumi Okutani and Nurani Nimpuno > on behalf of the CRISPT Team > > _______________________________________________ > ianaxfer mailing list > ianaxfer(a)nro.net > https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer

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ICANN Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal - Number Community-Related Analysis
by Athina Fragkouli 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, I would like to inform you that the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG) has published its Supplemental Final Proposal, available here: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58723723 ---------------------------------------- Amendments from the third Draft Proposal ---------------------------------------- The ASO representatives to the CCWG communicated an analysis of the third Draft Proposal on 16 December 2015: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/2015-December/000817… The following analysis relates to numbering-related amendments introduced in the Supplemental Final Proposal since that earlier draft: 1) Mission statement ICANN’s Mission with respect to numbers has been further clarified. It now reads: “The Mission of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet’s unique identifier systems as described below. Specifically, ICANN […] Coordinates the allocation and assignment of the top-most level of Internet Protocol (“IP”) and Autonomous System (“AS”) numbers. In this role, ICANN provides registration services and open access for global number registries as requested by the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Regional Internet Registries and facilitates the development of related global number registry policies by the affected community as agreed with the RIRs”. See Annex 05 - Recommendation #5: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58723723/Annex%2005%20-%20… 2) Reconsideration process The scope of the Reconsideration process explicitly does not include disputes related to Internet number resources. Please see Annex 08 - Recommendation #8: https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58723723/Annex%2008%20-%20… 3) Minority statement The ASO submitted the following minority statement into the CCWG process, and it has been included in the Supplemental Final Proposal: “The ASO notes that the Internet Numbering Community is not relying on the CCWG-ACCT WS1 proposal to fulfill our expectations of ICANN accountability. Instead we will rely primarily on a contractual agreement (or “SLA”) between the RIRs and ICANN, as defined within the CRISP and ICG proposals, to provide the required accountability mechanisms. In order to serve this purpose, the proposed SLA must be in place at the time of the IANA Transition. However, the agreement contains “condition precedent” language such that, even if it is signed immediately, it will only come into effect when ICANN is actually released from its related duties under the NTIA contract. Negotiation of the Numbers Community SLA is nearly complete, and we expect to reach agreement in the near future. We propose to then promptly sign the agreed SLA with ICANN, in the same timeframe as implementation of the CCWG recommendations. By having both components in place at that time, we will be satisfied that all ICANN accountability matters are properly resolved.” ----------- Next steps ----------- The CCWG has sent the Supplemental Final Proposal to the working group’s six Chartering Organizations, including the ASO, and asked them to consider and approve the document by 9 March 2016 in order to meet the overall timing requirements, and allow the IANA Stewardship Transition (as a whole) to proceed. In parallel, the CWG-Stewardship is expected to deliver its confirmation that its dependencies have been met, in order to allow the IANA Stewardship Transition proposal to move forward. The ASO representatives to the CCWG will soon send a recommendation to the NRO EC regarding approval of the Supplemental Final Proposal. If you object to approval, please respond giving reasons. Thank you, Athina Fragkouli ASO representative to the CCWG

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Updated 4th Draft SLA for the IANA Numbering Services
by Athina Fragkouli 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear Colleagues Please find below the NRO announcement on the 4th draft Service Level Agreement for the IANA Numbering Services. The announcement is available at: https://www.nro.net/news/updated-4th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servi… Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC ----------- UPDATED FOURTH DRAFT SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT FOR THE IANA NUMBERING SERVICES (SLAv4) AND CALL TO ICANN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIGNING THE SLA 25 February 2016 Background On 15 January 2015, the Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) Team submitted the Internet Number Community Proposal to the request for proposals issued by the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG). One of the key elements of the Internet Number Community proposal is to replace the current NTIA IANA agreement with a new contract, a Service Level Agreement (SLA), between the IANA Numbering Services Operator and the five RIRs. A first draft of the SLA was published on 1 May 2015 and opened for public comments until 14 June 2015. The first draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v1 A second draft of the SLA was published on 6 August 2015 and opened for public comments until 31 August 2015. The second draft of the SLA is available at: https://www.nro.net/sla-v2 A third draft of the SLA was published on 30 October 2015 and invited ICANN legal staff to provide comments by November 30th 2015. The third draft of the SLA is available at https://www.nro.net/sla-v3 Fourth Draft SLA As a result of ICANN comments on the third draft of the SLA and a clarification call on Tuesday January 26th (https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/2016-February/000725.html) a fourth draft of the SLA has been produced and available at https://www.nro.net/sla For the sake of clarity, you can find a track changes version of SLAv4 against the third draft at: https://www.nro.net/sla-track-changes Additionally, a document with the comments on SLAv3 and the legal team responses is available at: https://www.nro.net/slav3-comments In accordance with the transparency commitment with the community, we share the exchange of a clear track of comments between ICANN and RIR staff working towards a final SLA document. About the Fourth Draft SLA The fourth draft of the SLA has been developed by a team consisting of individuals from different RIRs. It responds to the principles included in the Internet Number Community proposal and is based on the already existing provisions of the NTIA IANA agreement. The content of SLAv4 is the result of consideration of public comments received during the public comment period on the second draft SLA as well as informational meetings with ICANN staff regarding the operational provisions of the SLA and ICANN’s written comments regarding the third draft SLA. It remains written in such a way that it can be signed as part of the implementation of the IANA transition when this occurs or before, without pre-judging the outcome of the ICG coordinated proposal. The SLA includes legally important provisions, such as those that regulate the five RIRs acting together and being responsible collectively in its dealings with ICANN under the SLA. It includes background and definitions. The SLA also includes explanatory footnotes that reference the source of each article according to the Internet Number Community proposal principles or the NTIA IANA agreement. Next Steps The RIRs thank the community and ICANN staff for its thoughtful comments and now publish this SLAv4 in the interest of transparency and keeping the community apprised of progress being made on the SLA. We trust that all comments and concerns have been addressed and that the current draft, SLAv4, represents a mutually acceptable SLA that is consistent with the principles found within the Internet Number Community proposal. We invite ICANN staff to take the appropriate steps so that we can move forward with signing of this SLA as soon as possible, preferably during the ICANN 55 Meeting in Marrakech Morocco.

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Fwd: Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
by Chris Buckridge 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, This is FYI for anyone with an interest in contributing to the UN’s work on “enhanced cooperation”. Cheers Chris > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Carl Gahnberg <gahnberg(a)isoc.org> > Subject: [Internetcollaboration] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation > Date: 22 Feb 2016 17:39:10 CET > To: Elist internetcollaboration <internetcollaboration(a)elists.isoc.org> > > Dear all, > > Please find below the Call for Nominations to the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation. > > Best regards, > > Carl Gahnberg > Policy Advisor > Internet Society > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community Representatives in the United Nations CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation > > (Deadline: 29th February 23.59 UTC) > > The outcome document of the United Nations General Assembly’s ten-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2015 included a direction for the Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to "establish a working group to develop recommendations on how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda” (Resolution A/RES/70/125 <http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/UNPAN95735.pdf>, Section 4.1, paragraph 65). This will continue work done by an earlier CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, that was active from 2013-2014. and current CSTD Chair, Peter Major of Hungary, has indicated <http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193&Sitemap_…> that he will establish the new working group in a similar fashion, with 20 UN Member States and 5 representatives from each of the four identified stakeholder groups (business, civil society, intergovernmental organizations, the technical & academic community). > > The technical & academic community representatives in the 2013-2014 working group were: > > Andres Piazza (LACNIC, Argentina) > Baher Esmat (ICANN, Egypt) > Alex Corenthin (ccTLD.sn, Senegal) > Chris Disspain (auDA, Australia) > Constance Bommelaer (ISOC, France) > > The CSTD Chair has identified the Internet Technical Collaboration Group <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/> as a focal point for nominating stakeholder representatives from the technical & academic community. A Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) made up of senior members of the Internet technical community has been formed to decide upon these nominations. The NOMCOM members are: > > Scott Mansfield (USA) - Chair > Adiel Akplogan (Canada) > Jane Coffin (USA) > John Klensin (USA) > Nurani Nimpuno (Sweden) > Chris Buckridge (Netherlands) > Akinori Maemura (Japan) > > Individuals with active involvement with the Internet technical community and the closely-related academic computer network research community who would like to be put forward by the NOMCOM are invited to complete the Nomination Form, which includes a set of questions regarding experience and suitability for the role. You may also use the Nomination Form to nominate another person for consideration by the NOMCOM - in such a case, the Nominator should advise their Nominee to complete and submit their answers to the questions in Part 2 of the Nomination Form. > > The Nomination Form is available here <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20…> > > Both parts of the form should be completed and returned to information.itcg(a)gmail.com <mailto:information.itcg@gmail.com> by 23.59 UTC on Monday, 29 February 2016. This deadline will be strictly adhered to, and only respondents who have fully completed both parts of the form will be considered by the NOMCOM. > > While responses to the questions should not be lengthy, they must include sufficient information to allow the NOMCOM to judge the nominee's suitability for the role. If the nominee believes that an existing CV or biographical sketch would contribute to the NOMCOM's understanding of the candidacy, such a document may be included as part of the submission (any additional documents should be attached to the email in PDF format). > > Nominees should be aware that specific nominations may or may not be accepted by the CSTD. > > Nominees should also be aware that funding for participating in the working group’s meetings (which will take place in Geneva) will be the nominees’ own responsibility. It is expected that the working group’s first meeting will take place in Q4 2016, with further meetings to be scheduled by the working group itself. > > While there is no expectation that technical & academic community representatives from the 2013-2014 working group would automatically continue in the role, the NOMCOM would welcome applications from those who have previously served on CSTD committees, as well as new nominations. > > Please feel free to forward this message to relevant fora. > > Privacy Statement > The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by nominees on the Nomination Form to the CSTD Chair and CSTD administrative personnel for purposes of the nomination. With the exception of nominees naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration shall be treated in the strictest confidence. > _______________________________________________ > Internetcollaboration mailing list > Internetcollaboration(a)elists.isoc.org > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetcollaboration

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