I would think that RIPE NCC would have an interest in DNS operations since it relates to the numbers.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2014, at 12:32, Chris Buckridge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > Following on from Alain’s email, I would like to note a couple of items > relating to discussions of the IANA oversight transition in the RIPE > community. > > The Eurasian Network Operators' Group (ENOG) held its seventh meeting in > Moscow on 26-27 May, the week after RIPE 68. There was a discussion of the > IANA oversight transition at that meeting, and a brief summary of that > discussion is provided below: > >> ENOG 7, 27 May 2014 >> Attendance: Approximately 150 >> >> Major points coming out of the discussion: >> - Additional ways in which the RIPE NCC interacts with the IANA include >> reverse DNS and running the K-root name server. >> - It is important to note that the oversight function will not transition to >> a government-based body. >> - The technical community has not had any issues with the U.S. government's >> conduct of its oversight of these functions for the past 20+ years - any new >> model should not complicate the current system and processes. >> - The RIPE NCC is not interested in DNS operations and should not be put >> under that umbrella. >> - The community should ensure that operators are protected from possible >> commercial interests, given that some of ICANN’s activities, such as the >> registration of domain names, are profit-making. > > As noted in the RIPE 68 session, the RIPE Cooperation Working Group is the > official venue for community discussion of this issue. For this reason, the > RIPE NCC will ensure that any discussion in other RIPE community forums is > fed back to this list. Summaries of these discussions will also be posted on > the RIPE website: > http://ripe.net/iana-discussions > > Any comments or responses to this process or on the substance of the > summaries should be posted to this mailing list. > > Best regards, > > Chris Buckridge > Senior External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC > >
