Re: [aso-policy] RIR proposal

[Mike Roberts <mmr@darwin.ptvy.ca.us>]

At 20:16 +0100 2/14/00, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
>   Mike,
<snip>

>   Is this a strictly bi-lateral agreement, that ICANN and the USG
>   agreed upon?
Yes, although the contract also says:

"This purchase order, in itself, does not authorize the contractor to 
make substantive changes in established policy associated with the 
performance of the IANA functions. Procedures for policy development 
will remain the subject of a Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between 
DOC and ICANN. The JPA contemplates that the policy-development 
procedures developed under the JPA may result in adoption of new or 
changed policies concerning Internet technical management functions. 
To the extent those policies require alterations in the manner in 
which the IANA functions are performed, those alterations may be 
implemented upon mutual agreement of the parties."

Since the Joint Project Agreement between the Department of Commerce 
and ICANN is based on the White Paper, and since the ICANN Bylaws are 
based on the White Paper, the net result is that, with respect to IP 
Address Policy, the ICANN Board will act to adopt or revise address 
policies within the framework of its Supporting Organizations and in 
particular, the ASO MOU, which lodges first order responsibility for 
study, analysis, public review, and recommendation on address policy 
with the ASO Council. While the JPA is in effect, the USG retains a 
right of review of ICANN actions in order to ensure that the 
objectives of the White Paper are achieved.


>   Still, I don't fully understand what IANA's future role is going to
>   be when ICANN is "the contractor". But that's probably just me...
IANA has been, and still is, among its other duties, responsible for 
day to day administration of IP address policy, working as part of a 
"food chain" that also includes the staffs of the RIR's and, farther 
downstream, the staffs of ISPs and other organizations receiving 
address allocations.  Its staff is part of ICANN and the address 
policies it carries out are those adopted by the ICANN Board after a 
public process has occurred, including recommendations from the ASO 
Council and other SO Councils as appropriate. The ICANN staff members 
with responsibility for IANA-related actions include Louis Touton, 
Joyce Reynolds, Suzanne Woolf, and Michelle Schipper.

- Mike
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