[aso-policy] Message from Louis Touton re ICANN contracts

["Paul Wilson" <pwilson@apnic.net>]

I have received the following message from Louis Touton, ICANN Vice
President, and am forwarding it as requested.

Paul Wilson
for ASO Secretarat

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Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC               <pwilson@apnic.net>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org]
Sent: Friday, 3 March 2000 5:38
To: pwilson@apnic.net
Subject: Message for AC



Paul,

I'm late for a plane to Cairo, but wanted to send the following
message to the appropriate lists to reach the Address Council.
I'm not sure I have posting privileges.  Could you please see
that the following is sent to the AC, with ccs to the RIRs?
It can also go to ASO-policy, if you feel appropriate.

Thanks much!

Louis Touton

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IETF Signs Agreement Confirming Appointment of ICANN to Operate the IANA

To the Address Council:

As you know, to complete the transition to private sector management,
ICANN is required to establish and document satisfactory and stable
relationships with other entities involved in the technical operation
of the Internet, so that ICANN has the ability to coordinate
the Internet's technical functions in a manner that implements
policies that may be developed through the ICANN process.  After
considerable discussion, one important milestone on the transition
was passed at the annual meeting in November 1999 when the
agreements among Network Solutions, the United States Government,
and ICANN were approved.

Another milestone was passed last month, when ICANN and the
United States Government finalized their contract under which
ICANN committed to the U.S. Government to operate the IANA.
This contract, which is posted at
<http://www.icann.org/general/iana-contract-09feb00.htm>,
provides that the ICANN will perform the IANA's domain-name,
address, and protocol-assignment functions according to
existing policy, and is designed to allow the IANA's
operation to evolve to accommodate policy changes developed
through the ICANN process.

I am pleased to advise you that yet another milestone on
the transition was passed earlier this week when the IETF,
IAB, and ICANN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (in the
making for over a year) under which ICANN is formally
appointed by IETF/IAB to perform protocol-assignment
functions.  A copy is now posted at
<http://www.icann.org/general/ietf-icann-mou-01mar00.htm>.
This covers the protocol-assignment aspects the IANA
performs for the IETF and IRTF, and like the contract
with the U.S. Government, simply embodies existing policy
and allows an appropriate mechanism for changes to that
policy through consultative processes.  The Memorandum of
Understanding contemplates that the IANA may perform
protocol-assignment services for other Standards-
Development Organizations, with respect to protocol
spaces created by them.

There are several other relationships to be established
and documented, including the arrangements with ccTLD
managers that will be discussed at the upcoming Cairo
meeting.  There is obviously much more work to be
done in completing the transition, but I wanted to
share with you this latest progress in that effort.

Louis Touton
ICANN Vice President and General Counsel


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