The AFRINIC Board of Directors has appointed Fiona Asonga to the ASO AC / NRO NC. Mrs. Asonga’ term will start on January 1 2017.
ARIN is pleased to announce that Jason Schiller has been re-elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region. He will begin serving another three-year term on 1 January 2017. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at:
https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council
The ARIN Board of Trustees wishes to thank Robert Kenny for his participation as a candidate in the NRO NC election and looks forward to his continued involvement in ARIN regional activities.
During APNIC 42 Meeting in Colombo Sri Lanka, APNIC community has elected Brajesh Jain to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). He will begin serving a two year term from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. Mr Jain will replace Dr Ajay Kumar.
On 23 August, the ARIN Board of Trustees appointed Kevin Blumberg to serve on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region, filling the vacancy created by John Sweeting¹s resignation. Kevin¹s term will run through 31 December 2016.
Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at: https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council
In accepting his appointment, Kevin has resigned from the ARIN Advisory Council effective immediately. His seat will be filled during the upcoming ARIN elections. ARIN wishes to thank Kevin for his years of service as a member of the Advisory Council and his service as Advisory Council Vice-Chair.
Regards,
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Helsinki, Finland – 29 June 2016. The RIRs and ICANN signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services today at ICANN 56 in Helsinki, Finland. This agreement documents the arrangements for provision by ICANN of IANA numbering services, after the IANA stewardship transition which is expected to occur on 30 September 2016. The SLA will only come into effect with the transition, and will have no effect whatsoever before that time.
This event is a significant milestone in the long process of transition planning which started in March 2014 with US Government announcement. The process involved huge efforts by the Internet number community collectively, and by teams formed specifically to carry out the work.
In particular the NRO Executive Council expresses its sincere thanks for the contribution by CRISP members during the last year and a half in the IANA Stewardship Transition Process. The CRISP Team worked tirelessly to integrate and consolidate the views from the five different regional communities into a single proposal. As the work of the CRISP team is now finally complete, we hereby announce that the team is formally dissolved.
Finally the NRO EC also wishes acknowledge the support of the ICANN Board and staff who worked hard with us to finalise the SLA and ensure it was completed on time.
The final version of the SLA is available at: http://www.nro.net/sla
The ASO AC is pleased to announce that Maemura Akinori has been elected to serve for a three-year term on Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors.
Maemura Akinori’s term will start right after the conclusion of the ICANN 57 Meeting that will be held in Hyderabad in November 2016.
A brief biography of Mr Maemura is available on the ASO website at:
https://aso.icann.org/maemura-akinori/
The ASO AC would like to thank all the candidates who devoted their time to this selection process and for their willingness to serve on the ICANN Board.
Seat 10 is currently filled by Kuo-Wei Wu. The ASO AC would like to thank Kuo-Wei Wu for his 6 years of service in the ICANN Board representing the Internet numbers community’s interests and concerns
Mr Maemura’s appointment followed a lengthy selection process, which included a public call for nominations, a public comment period, interviews with all candidates, and two rounds of voting sessions in which all eligible ASO Address Council members participated.
Along with the election results, full details of the process, including information of all candidates, are available on the 2016 ASO AC election page .
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.
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.
Communication to IANA-XFER mailing confirming the ASO Approval to CCWG Final Report
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Dear Colleagues,
In response to a recommendation from the ASO liaisons to the CCWG, the NRO EC, acting on behalf of the ASO, has approved the CCWG WS1 report published at https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw
As the Chair of the NRO EC I sent the following message to one of the Co-Chairs of the CCWG:
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 06:42:53 -0300
Dear León,
As a designated Chartering Organization of the CCWG, the ASO states its support for the Final Report of the CCWG WS1. We therefore ask ICANN to accept this document, along with the ICG proposal for IANA Stewardship Transition, for approval during the ICANN 55 meetings in Marrakech. The two proposals should then be forwarded to the US Government for their review, without further delay.
Oscar Robles
Chair, NRO Executive Committee
for the ASO
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:
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:
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
Fourth Draft SLA
As a result of ICANN comments on the third draft of the SLA and a clarification call on Tuesday January 26th a fourth draft of the SLA has been produced and available at
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.
Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is responsible for the appointment of a representative to serve on Seat Number 10 of the ICANN Board.
The ASO AC is pleased to announce the following candidates for its upcoming appointment. In accordance with the ASO AC election procedures, a comment period is now open. A biography is available and supporting comment facilities for each candidate may be found in the links below:
Akinori Maemura
Fiona Asonga
Johan Helsingius
Mohamed El Bashir
Nurani Nimpuno
The comment period will close at 23:59 UTC on 7 April 2016.
The ASO AC election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO Operating Procedures and are available on the ASO website at:
https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/
The time frame for the selection process is as follows:
- Nomination Phase – Wednesday 30 September 2015 to Thursday 7 January 2016
- Comment Phase – Friday 8 January 2016 to Thursday 7 April 2016
- Interview Phase – Sunday 7 February 2016 to Thursday 7 April 2016
- Selection Process – Friday 8 April 2016 to Friday 29 April 2016
- Due Diligence Review – Saturday 30 April 2016 to Monday 13 June 2016
- Announcement – Around 13 June 2016
All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified.