Hi Nurani,

Is the ianaxfer@ list open for posting or do we need to subscribe, which is 
typical for mailman? I recall earlier that we all agreed this list would be 
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Best,

-M<


On Jan 2, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Nurani Nimpuno <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Firstly, a very happy new year to all of you! :)
> I hope you all had a well deserved rest.
> 
> As you may know, the CRISP team, tasked with coming up with a proposal for 
> the Internet numbers community on the IANA stewardship transition, has 
> published a first draft.
> 
> We would warmly welcome any comments you have on this draft, on the global 
> <[email protected]> mailing list. The deadline for feedback on this draft is 5 
> January.
> 
> The second draft will be distributed on 8 January, and the very final 
> proposal is due for submission 15 January.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Nurani
> on behalf of the RIPE CRISP team
> 
> --
> Nurani Nimpuno
> Head of Outreach & Communications,   Netnod
> 
> <[email protected]>,     http://www.netnod.se
> Box 30194  |  SE-104 25 Stockholm  |  Sweden
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Izumi Okutani <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [NRO-IANAXFER] Editorial version of Internet Number Community 
>> IANA Stewardship, Proposal published
>> Date: 2 januari 2015 19:17:09 CET
>> To: [email protected]
>> 
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for providing feedback to the 
>> first draft of the proposal from Internet Number Community on IANA 
>> Stewardship is: 5 January 2015.
>> 
>> Based on the request made by a community member on this mailing list, please 
>> find below the text format of the first proposal. This is identical to the 
>> edited version of the first proposal published at:
>> 
>> https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/CRISP-IANA-PROPOSAL-Draft-24122014-clean.pdf
>> 
>> We continue to welcome your feedback on <[email protected]> mailing list.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Izumi Okutani
>> Chair, Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) team
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Draft Response to the Internet Coordination Group Request for
>> Proposals on IANA from the RIR community
>> 1.        Proposal type
>> 
>> Identify which category of the IANA functions this submission proposes to 
>> address:
>> 
>> [  ] Names
>> [ 口] Numbers
>> [  ] Protocol Parameters
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I.              Description of Community’s Use of IANA
>> 
>> This section should list the specific, distinct IANA services or activities 
>> your community relies
>> on. For each IANA service or activity on which your community relies, please 
>> provide the following:
>> 
>> ·        A description of the service or activity.
>> ·        A description of the customer(s) of the service or activity.
>> ·        What registries are involved in providing the service or
>>       activity.
>> ·        A description of any overlaps or interdependencies between
>>       your IANA requirements and the
>>       functions required by other customer communities
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of the service or activity.
>> 
>> The relevant IANA activities to the number resource communities are the 
>> allocation of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, and Autonomous System Numbers 
>> (“ASNs”) to the Regional Internet Registries (“RIRs”) as well as the 
>> delegation of the “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” DNS trees in accordance with 
>> the allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
>> 
>> ·        A description of the customer(s) of the service or activity.
>> 
>> The RIRs manage the registration and distribution of Internet number 
>> resources (IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ASNs) to members within their service 
>> regions. The five RIRs in operation at this point in time are:
>> 
>> AFRINIC   Serving Africa   Founded in 2005
>> APNIC     Serving the Asia Pacific region Founded in 1993
>> ARIN      Serving North America  Founded in 1997
>> LACNIC    Serving South America and the Caribbean Founded in 2001
>> RIPE NCC  Serving Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East Founded in 1992
>> 
>> The five RIRs manage the distribution and registration of Internet number 
>> resources at the regional level, having received blocks of unused resources 
>> from the global pools managed by the IANA operator.  The RIRs also 
>> facilitate the policy development processes of their
>> respective communities.
>> 
>> The five RIRs have a long-standing and straightforward operational 
>> relationship with IANA. IANA maintains the global pools of Internet number 
>> resources from which the RIRs receive allocations to distribute to their 
>> communities. The RIRs also coordinate with IANA to correctly register any 
>> resources that are returned to the global pools. Collectively, the system 
>> for administering Internet number resources is referred to as the "Internet 
>> Number Registry System" and is described
>> in detail in RFC 7020.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        What registries are involved in providing the service or
>>       activity.
>> 
>> The most relevant IANA registries are the IPv4 address registry, the IPv6 
>> address registry, and the  ASN registry.  Delegation of “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and 
>> “IP6.ARPA”domain names also requires interaction with the .ARPA zone 
>> registry.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of any overlaps or interdependencies between
>>       your IANA requirements and the
>>       functions required by other customer communities.
>> 
>> The Internet Engineering Task Force (“IETF”) is responsible for policy 
>> relating to the entire IP address space and AS number space.  Through the 
>> IANA protocol parameters registries, the IETF delegates unicast IP address 
>> ("IANA IPv4 Address Space Registry" and "IPv6 Global Unicast Allocations 
>> Registry") and AS number space (“ASN Registry) to the RIR system [RFC7020]. 
>> Note that within each IANA registry, there are also reserved values or 
>> ranges, and special-purpose registries, which are outside the Internet 
>> Numbers Registry System and instead administered under the direction of the 
>> IETF. The delineation of the specific ranges delegated to the Internet 
>> Number Registry system is provided in RFC 7249. It is expected that the 
>> boundary between IETF-managed and Internet Number Registry-managed parts of 
>> the number spaces may change from time to time, with agreement between the 
>> IETF and the RIRs.  Potential reasons for changes include the possibility
>> that the IETF may release some previously reserved space for general use, or 
>> may reserve some previously unused space for a special purpose.
>> The global Internet community also depends upon the IANA operator for 
>> administration of the special-purpose “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” DNS 
>> zones which are associated with IPv4 and IPv6 number resources respectively. 
>> These zones are delegated to IANA by the Internet Architecture Board (“IAB”) 
>> and “[s]ub-delegations within this hierarchy are undertaken in accordance 
>> with the IANA’s address allocation practices” (RFC3172). The IANA operator 
>> administers these zones as “agreed technical work items” per the IETF- 
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) IANA MoU.  It 
>> is important to note that this work is outside the scope of the National
>> Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) contract.
>> 
>> Relevant links:
>> IETF-ICANN MoU Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned 
>> Numbers Authority:
>> https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/ietf-icann-mou-2000-03-01-en
>> “The Internet Numbers Registry System”, RFC 7020: 
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7020 “Internet
>> Numbers Registries”, RFC 7249: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7249
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> II.             Existing, Pre-Transition Arrangements
>> 
>> This section should describe how existing IANA-related arrangements work, 
>> prior to the transition.
>> 
>> A.                     Policy Sources
>> 
>> This section should identify the specific source(s) of policy which must be 
>> followed by the IANA functions operator in its conduct of the services or 
>> activities described above.  If there are distinct sources of policy or 
>> policy development for different IANA activities, then please describe these 
>> separately. For each source of policy or policy development, please provide 
>> the following:
>> 
>> ·        Which IANA service or activity (identified in Section I) is
>>       affected.
>> ·        A description of how policy is developed and established and
>>       who is involved in policy development and establishment.
>> ·        A description of how disputes about policy are resolved.
>> ·        References to documentation of policy development and dispute
>>       resolution processes.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Which IANA service or activity (identified in Section I) is
>>       affected.
>> 
>> The Internet number resource registries.
>> 
>> It is important to note that allocations of Internet number resources from 
>> IANA to the RIRs and its registrations in IANA registries, as well as 
>> delegations of “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” domains, described in Section 
>> I, are conducted between IANA and the RIRs without involvement by the NTIA.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of how policy is developed and established and
>>       who is involved in policy development and establishment.
>> 
>> The policies under which the IANA operator manages the global pools of 
>> Internet number resources (excluding those address ranges reserved by the 
>> IETF for specific technical purposes) are developed and agreed by the five 
>> RIR communities via open, transparent and bottom-up policy development 
>> processes. Each RIR community engages in its own regional policy development 
>> process; these processes are open to all stakeholders regardless of specific 
>> background or interest. Links to each of the five regional Policy 
>> Development Processes (“PDPs”) are included under in the RIR Governance 
>> Matrix published on the Number Resource Organization (“NRO”) website 
>> [www.nro.net/about-the-nro/rir-governance- matrix].
>> 
>> Any individual may submit a global proposal. Each RIR community must ratify 
>> an identical version of the proposed policy. The NRO Executive Council (“NRO 
>> EC”) then refers the coordinated proposal to the Address Supporting 
>> Organization (“ASO”) Address Council (“ASO AC”), which reviews the process 
>> by which the proposal was developed and, under the terms of the ASO 
>> Memorandum of Understanding (“ASO MoU”), passes it to the ICANN Board of 
>> Directors for ratification as a global policy.
>> 
>> There are currently three global policies relating to management of the 
>> global pools of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses and AS Numbers 
>> [https://www.nro.net/policies]:
>> 
>> (a) IANA Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet 
>> Registries;
>> (b) IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to Regional Internet 
>> Registries; and
>> (c) Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA.
>> 
>> There is a fourth global policy agreed by the RIR communities, ICP-2, 
>> "Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries".
>> 
>> The global Policy Development Process (“gPDP”) described in “Global Policy 
>> Development  Process  Document” 
>> [https://www.nro.net/documents/global-policy-development- process] is used 
>> for all of the number-related IANA activities described in Section I, but 
>> the policy that
>> “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” domains must be delegated following IPv4 and 
>> IPv6 address allocations is specified by the IETF (most recently in RFC 
>> 3172).
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of how disputes about policy are resolved.
>> 
>> The gPDP is formally described in "Attachment A" of the ASO MoU, signed by 
>> ICANN and the RIRs in 2004 (and signed by AFRINIC when it was established as 
>> the fifth RIR in 2005). This MoU includes provisions for resolving disputes 
>> between ICANN and the RIRs or their communities. It is important to note 
>> that while the gPDP allows for the ICANN Board to dispute the outcome of a 
>> consensus community decision (escalating to mediation between ICANN and the 
>> RIRs), it does not include any role for the IANA contract holder (currently 
>> the NTIA). The ASO MoU is an agreement between the RIR communities and 
>> ICANN; NTIA has no oversight role in policy-making as regards management of 
>> the global Internet number resource pools, and its transition out of its 
>> current role would have minimal effect on the policy-making framework.
>> 
>> A separate MoU, the NRO MoU, establishes the NRO as "a coordinating 
>> mechanism of the RIRs to act collectively on matters relating to the 
>> interests of the RIRs", and includes provisions for dispute resolutions 
>> between RIRs on issues relating to global policy development or 
>> implementation.
>> 
>> It is the responsibility of the NRO Number Council (“NRO NC”), a group 
>> comprising three community members selected by each of the five RIR 
>> communities, to confirm that the documented RIR PDPs have been followed in 
>> the development and approval of a new policy or policy change. Further, this 
>> group reviews the policy followed by each of the RIR communities to assure 
>> itself that the significant viewpoints of interested parties were adequately 
>> considered,and only after this confirmation does it then consider forwarding 
>> global policy proposals to the ICANN Board for ratification.
>> 
>> The NRO NC also acts in the role of the ICANN ASO AC, and as such, presents 
>> the agreed global policy proposal to the ICANN Board for ratification and 
>> operational implementation.
>> 
>> The ICANN Board reviews the received global number resource policy proposals 
>> and may ask questions and otherwise consult with the ASO Address Council 
>> and/or the individual RIRs acting collectively
>> through the NRO. The ICANN Board may also consult with other parties as the 
>> Board considers appropriate. If the ICANN Board rejects the proposed policy, 
>> it delivers to the ASO ACa statement of its concerns with the proposed 
>> policy, including in particular an explanation of the significant viewpoints 
>> that were not adequately considered during the regular RIR processes. By 
>> agreement of all RIRs, the ASO AC may forward a new proposed policy (either 
>> reaffirming the previous proposal or
>> a modified proposal) to the ICANN Board. If the resubmitted proposed policy 
>> is rejected for a second time by ICANN, then the RIRs or ICANN shall refer 
>> the matter to mediation.
>> 
>> In case of disputes where mediation has failed to resolve the dispute, the 
>> ICANN ASO MoU agreement provides for arbitration via ICC rules in the 
>> jurisdiction of Bermuda or such other location as is agreed between the RIRs 
>> and ICANN. It is also worth noting that the RIRs have been participating (as 
>> the ASO) in the periodic independent review processes for Accountability and 
>> Transparency (ATRT) that is called for per ICANN’s Bylaws.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·         References to documentation of policy development and dispute
>>        resolution processes.
>> 
>> Relevant links:
>> ICANN  ASO  MoU: 
>> https://www.nro.net/documents/icann-address-supporting-organization-aso- mou
>> NRO  MoU:  https://www.nro.net/documents/nro-memorandum-of-understanding
>> About the NRO Number Council: 
>> https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council RIR
>> Governance  Matrix:  https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/rir-governance-matrix
>> Global  Policies:  https://www.nro.net/policies
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> B.                      Oversight and Accountability
>> 
>> This section should describe all the ways in which oversight is conducted 
>> over IANA’s provision of the services and activities listed in Section I and 
>> all the ways in which IANA is currently held accountable for the provision 
>> of those services. For each oversight or accountability  mechanism, please 
>> provide as many of the following as are applicable:
>> 
>> ·        Which IANA service or activity (identified in Section I) is
>>       affected.
>> ·        If the policy sources identified in Section II.A are affected,
>>       identify which ones are affected and explain in what way.
>> ·        A description of the entity or entities that provide oversight
>>       or perform accountability functions, including how individuals
>>       are selected or removed from participation in those entities.
>> ·        A description of the mechanism (e.g., contract, reporting
>>       scheme, auditing scheme, etc.).
>>       This should include a description of the consequences of the
>>       IANA functions operator not meeting the standards established
>>       by the mechanism, the extent to which the output of the
>>       mechanism is transparent and the terms under which the
>>       mechanism may change.
>> ·        Jurisdiction(s) in which the mechanism applies and the legal
>>       basis on which the mechanism rests.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Which IANA service or activity (identified in Section I) is
>>       affected.
>> 
>> The Internet number resource registries.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        If the policy sources identified in Section II.A are affected,
>>       identify which ones are affected and explain in what way.
>> 
>> A decision by the NTIA to discontinue its stewardship of the IANA functions, 
>> and therefore its contractual relationship with the IANA functions operator, 
>> would not have any significant impact on the continuity of Internet 
>> number-related IANA services currently provided by ICANN. However, it would 
>> remove a significant element of oversight from the current system.
>> 
>> There is no contractual obligation directly to the Internet number resource 
>> community for the IANA operator to provide IANA registry services for the 
>> Internet number registries; IANA services for
>> the Internet number registries are provided by ICANN since its formation as 
>> a result  of the NTIA IANA Functions contract and hence IANA services for 
>> the Internet  number registries  are presently
>> subject to change per that agreement.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of the entity or entities that provide oversight
>>       or perform accountability functions, including how individuals
>>       are selected or removed from participation in those entities.
>> 
>> All institutional actors with a role in management of Internet number 
>> resources are accountable to the open communities that make and agree on the 
>> policies under which those resources are distributed and registered. The 
>> mechanisms used to ensure and enforce this accountability differ for each of 
>> these actors.
>> 
>> 1. NTIA
>> ICANN, as the current operator of the IANA functions, is obligated by the 
>> NTIA agreement to carry out management of the global IP address and AS 
>> Number pools according to policies developed by the communities.
>> 
>> While the IANA operator escalation and reporting mechanisms are public in 
>> nature, the Internet number community is primarily represented in oversight 
>> of the IANA operator performance by the RIRs, which are member-based based 
>> organizations with elected governance boards.
>> Currently, the NTIA does not have an oversight role in this regard.
>> 
>> The ultimate consequence of failing to meet the performance standards or 
>> reporting requirements is understood to be a decision by the contracting 
>> party (the NTIA) to terminate or not renew the IANA
>> functions agreement with the current contractor (ICANN).
>> 
>> 2. The Regional Internet Registries
>> 
>> Administration by the IANA operator  consists predominantly of processing of 
>> requests from the RIRs for issuance of additional number resources. The five 
>>  RIRs are intimately familiar with global number resource policies under  
>> which the requests are made and maintain communications with the IANA 
>> operations team  throughout the request process.
>> 
>> The RIRs are not-for-profit membership associations, and as such are 
>> accountable to their members by law. The specific governance processes for 
>> each RIR differ depending on where they have been established and the 
>> decisions made by their membership, but in all RIRs, members have the right 
>> to vote individuals onto the governing Board and to vote on specific funding 
>> or operational resolutions.
>> 
>> At the same time, an RIR's registration and allocation practices are 
>> directed by policies developed by its community. Each RIR community's PDP 
>> defines how these policies are developed, agreed and accepted for 
>> operational implementation.
>> 
>> The corporate governance documents and PDPs of each RIR and its community 
>> are accessible via the RIR Governance Matrix, published on the NRO website.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        A description of the mechanism (e.g., contract, reporting
>>       scheme, auditing scheme, etc.).
>> This should include a description of the consequences of the IANA functions 
>> operator not meeting the standards established by the mechanism, the extent 
>> to which the output of the mechanism is
>> transparent and the terms under which the mechanism may change.
>> 
>> The NTIA IANA Agreement currently defines obligations of the IANA operator 
>> for Internet number resources.
>> 
>> This obligation is specifically noted in section C.2.9.3 of the NTIA 
>> agreement:
>> 
>> C.2.9.3 Allocate Internet Numbering Resources --The Contractor shall have 
>> responsibility for allocated and unallocated IPv4 and IPv6 address space and 
>> Autonomous System Number (ASN) space based on established guidelines and 
>> policies as developed by interested and affected parties as enumerated in 
>> Section C.1.3.
>> 
>> The NTIA agreement also lays out specific deliverables for the IANA operator 
>> (ICANN) to produce as a condition of the agreement (see "Section F – 
>> Deliveries and Performance"), including performance
>> standards developed in cooperation with the affected parties (in the case of 
>> the Internet number resource pools, the affected parties include the RIRs 
>> and their communities), customer complaint
>> procedures and regular performance reporting.
>> 
>> These deliverables are met by ICANN via monthly reporting on their 
>> performance in processing requests for the allocation of Internet number 
>> resources; these reports include IANA operator performance against key 
>> metrics of accuracy, timeliness, and transparency, as well as the 
>> performance metrics for individual requests. The IANA operations team also 
>> provides escalation procedures for use in resolving any issues with 
>> requests, as per the "IANA Customer Service Complaint Resolution Process".
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Jurisdiction(s) in which the mechanism applies and the legal
>>       basis on which the mechanism rests.
>> 
>> Jurisdiction for this current mechanism is the United States of America 
>> under applicable Federal government contracting laws and regulations.
>> 
>> Relevant links:
>> NTIA  IANA  Agreement: 
>> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/iana-functions-purchase-order
>> ICANN  ASO  MoU: 
>> https://www.nro.net/documents/icann-address-supporting-organization-aso- mou
>> NRO  MoU:  https://www.nro.net/documents/nro-memorandum-of-understanding
>> IANA Customer Service Complaint Resolution Process: 
>> http://www.iana.org/help/escalation- procedure
>> IANA Performance Standards Metrics Report: 
>> http://www.iana.org/performance/metrics
>> RIR  Governance  Matrix: 
>> https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/rir-governance-matrix
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> III.           Proposed Post-Transition Oversight and Accountability 
>> Arrangements
>> 
>> This section should describe what changes your community is proposing to the 
>> arrangements listed in Section II.B in light of the transition. If your 
>> community is proposing to replace one or more existing arrangements with new 
>> arrangements, that replacement should be explained and all of the elements 
>> listed in Section II.B should be described for the new arrangements. Your 
>> community should
>> provide its rationale and justification for the new arrangements.
>> 
>> If your community’s proposal carries any implications for the interface 
>> between the IANA functions and existing policy arrangements described in 
>> Section II.A, those implications should be described
>> here.
>> 
>> If your community is not proposing changes to arrangements listed in Section 
>> II.B, the rationale and justification for that choice should be provided 
>> here.
>> 
>> -------
>> The elements of this proposal are as follows:
>> 
>> (1)         ICANN to continue as the IANA functions operator on number
>>          resources;
>> (2)         Service level agreement with the IANA functions operator on
>>          number resources; and
>> (3)         Establishment of a Review Committee, with representatives
>>          from each RIR, to advise the NRO EC on the review of the
>>          IANA functions operator’s performance and meeting of
>>          identified service levels.
>> 
>> To maintain stability and continuity in operations of the Internet 
>> number-related IANA services, very minimal changes to the arrangements 
>> listed in Section II.B are proposed, including the identification of the 
>> proposed initial IANA functions operator.  As noted in numerous NRO
>> communications over the past decade, the RIRs have been very satisfied with 
>> the performance of ICANN in the role of IANA functions operator. Taking this 
>> into account, and considering the strong desires expressed in the five RIR 
>> communities' IANA stewardship discussions for stability and a minimum of 
>> operational change, the Internet numbering community believes that ICANN 
>> should remain in the role of IANA functions operator for at least the 
>> initial term of the new contract.
>> 
>> A decision by the NTIA to discontinue its stewardship of the IANA functions, 
>> and therefore its contractual relationship with the IANA functions operator, 
>> would not have any significant impact on
>> the continuity of Internet number-related IANA services currently provided 
>> by ICANN. However, it would remove a significant element of oversight from 
>> the current system.
>> 
>> The following is a proposal to replace the current NTIA IANA agreement with 
>> a new contract that more directly reflects and enforces the IANA functions 
>> operator's accountability to the open,
>> bottom-up numbers community.  Other than the replacement of the NTIA with 
>> the five RIRs as the party(ies) with whom the IANA functions operator would 
>> contract for provision of Internet number-related IANA services, the overall 
>> arrangements in Section II.B would remain with no change.
>> 
>> The proposed arrangement involves the same IANA service or activity, policy 
>> sources identified in Section II.A are unaffected, the entities that provide 
>> oversight or perform accountability functions (the RIRs) remain the same, 
>> the consequence for failure to meet performance standards remains 
>> termination or decision not to renew the IANA functions agreement with the 
>> then-current contractor, and jurisdiction will be dependent on the chosen 
>> IANA functions operator.
>> 
>> The Internet numbering community proposes that a new contract be established 
>> between the IANA functions operator and the five RIRs. The contract, 
>> essentially an IANA Service Level Agreement, would obligate the IANA 
>> functions operator to carry out those IANA functions relating to the global 
>> Internet number pools according to policies developed by the regional 
>> communities via the gPDP as well as management of the delegations within 
>> IN-ADDR.ARPA and IP6.ARPA domains. The agreement would include specific 
>> requirements for performance and reporting commensurate with current 
>> mechanisms, and would specify consequences should the contractor fail to 
>> meet those requirements, the means for the resolution of disputes between 
>> the parties, and the terms for renewal or termination of the contract. IANA 
>> operations should be
>> reliable and consistent, with any registry changes made in an open and 
>> transparent manner to the global community. The agreement should also 
>> require the IANA operator to appropriately coordinate with any other 
>> operator of IANA-related registry services.
>> 
>> To ensure the service level defined in the proposed contract is maintained 
>> and provided by the IANA functions operator, the NRO EC will conduct 
>> periodic reviews of the service level of the IANA number resource functions 
>> that serves each RIR and their respective communities.  The NRO EC shall 
>> establish a Review Committee that will advise and assist the NRO EC in its 
>> periodic review.  Any such Review Committee should be a team composed of 
>> representatives from each RIR region that will, as needed, undertake a 
>> review of the level of service received from the IANA functions operator and 
>> report to the NRO EC any concerns regarding any observed failure by the IANA 
>> functions operator to meet its contractual obligations under the proposed 
>> contract.  Any such Review Committee will advise the NRO EC in its capacity 
>> solely to oversee the performance of the IANA number resource functions and 
>> the Review Committee’s advice and comment will be limited to the processes 
>> followed in the IANA functions operator’s performance under the proposed 
>> contract.
>> 
>> If your community’s proposal carries any implications for the interface 
>> between the IANA functions and existing policy arrangements described in 
>> Section II.A, those implications should be described
>> here.
>> 
>> This proposal carries no implication for the interface between IANA 
>> functions and existing policy arrangements described in Section II.A. The 
>> text in "Attachment A" of the ICANN ASO MoU meets the current and 
>> anticipated requirements for a community-driven global policy development  
>> process.
>> 
>> As an additional measure of security and stability, the RIRs have documented 
>> their individual accountability and governance mechanisms, and asked the 
>> community-based Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) to 
>> undertake a review of these mechanisms and make
>> recommendations for improvements that may be warranted given the nature of 
>> the stewardship transition for Internet number resources.
>> 
>> 
>> IV.           Transition Implications
>> 
>> This section should describe what your community views as the implications 
>> of the changes it proposed in Section III. These implications may include 
>> some or all of the following, or other
>> implications specific to your community:
>> 
>> ·        Description of operational requirements to achieve continuity
>>       of service and possible new service integration throughout the
>>       transition.
>> ·        Risks to operational continuity and how they will be addressed.
>> ·        Description of any legal framework requirements in the absence
>>       of the NTIA contract.
>> ·        Description of how you have tested or evaluated the
>>       workability of any new technical or
>>       operational methods proposed in this document and how they
>>       compare to established arrangements.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Description of operational requirements to achieve continuity
>>       of service and possible new service integration throughout the
>>       transition.
>> ·        Risks to operational continuity and how they will be addressed.
>> 
>> The intent of the proposal described above is to:
>> 
>> 1.   Minimize risks to operational continuity of the management of the 
>> Internet number- related IANA functions, and;
>> 2.   Retain the existing framework for making those policies that describe 
>> the management of the global Internet number resource pools, as this 
>> framework is already structured to ensure open, bottom-up development of 
>> such policies.
>> 
>> Under current arrangements, the NTIA is responsible for extending or 
>> renewing the IANA functions agreement, and setting the terms of that 
>> contract. A new contract with the five RIRs and the IANA functions operator 
>> as signatories would shift the responsibility for renewing, setting terms or 
>> terminating the contract to the RIRs, who would coordinate their decisions 
>> via the NRO EC (made up of the RIR Directors and Chief Executives). 
>> Decisions made regarding the contract would be based on operational 
>> circumstances, past performance and input from open, regional communities.
>> 
>> The shift from the existing contractual arrangement to another contractual 
>> arrangement (perhaps relying on a set of distinct contracts) covering the 
>> IANA functions operator’s ongoing management
>> of all the IANA functions should result in no operational change for 
>> management of the global Internet number resource pools. This will help 
>> minimize any operational or continuity risks associated with stewardship 
>> transition.
>> 
>> By building on the existing Internet registry system (which is open to 
>> participation from all interested parties) and its structures, the proposal 
>> reduces the risk associated with creating new organizations whose 
>> accountability is unproven.
>> 
>> The necessary agreement proposed for IANA operation services for the 
>> Internet number registries can be established well before the NTIA target 
>> date for transition (September 2015), as there are no changes to existing 
>> service levels or reporting that are being proposed, only a change in 
>> contracting party to align with the delegated policy authority.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Description of any legal framework requirements in the absence
>>       of the NTIA contract.
>> 
>> The necessary legal framework in the absence of the NTIA contract will be 
>> fulfilled by the proposed agreement between the IANA functions operator and 
>> the five RIRs.  As stated in Section III above,
>> the contract, essentially an IANA Service Level Agreement, would obligate 
>> the IANA functions operator to carry out those IANA functions relating to 
>> the global Internet number pools according to policies developed by the 
>> regional communities via the gPDP as well as
>> management of the delegations within IN-ADDR.ARPA and IP6.ARPA domains. The 
>> agreement would include specific requirements for performance and reporting 
>> commensurate with current mechanisms, and would specify consequences should 
>> the contractor fail to meet those requirements, the means for the resolution 
>> of disputes between the parties, and the terms for renewal or termination of 
>> the contract. IANA operations should be reliable and consistent, with any 
>> registry changes made in an open and transparent manner to the global 
>> community.
>> 
>> The agreement should also require the IANA operator to appropriately 
>> coordinate with any other operator of IANA-related registry services. The 
>> contract would also provide for jurisdiction and governing law regarding the 
>> new arrangement.
>> 
>> -------
>> ·        Description of how you have tested or evaluated the
>>       workability of any new technical or
>>       operational methods proposed in this document and how they
>>       compare to established arrangements.
>> ·        Risks to operational continuity and how they will be addressed.
>> 
>> This proposal does not propose any new technical or operational methods.  
>> There is inclusion of a proposed Review Committee to be established by the 
>> five RIRs acting cooperatively and coordinating
>> through the NRO EC; however, this does not carry any new operational method 
>> as the IANA functions operator would remain accountable to the party with 
>> whom it is contracting, in this case, the five RIRs in place of the NTIA.  
>> The proposed Review Committee is a tool for the five RIRs to evaluate and 
>> review performance of the IANA functions provided.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> V.            NTIA Requirements
>> 
>> Additionally, NTIA has established that the transition proposal must meet 
>> the following five requirements:
>> 
>> ·        Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
>> ·        Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the
>>       Internet DNS;
>> ·        Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and
>>       partners of the IANA services;
>> ·        Maintain the openness of the Internet.
>> ·        The proposal must not replace the NTIA role with a
>>       government-led or an inter-governmental organization solution.
>> 
>> This section should explain how your community’s proposal meets these 
>> requirements and how it responds to the global interest in the IANA 
>> functions.
>> 
>> -------
>> The proposal for the IANA stewardship transition for the Internet number 
>> registries builds upon the existing, successful framework used by the 
>> Internet number community today. The major characteristics of this approach 
>> include:
>> 
>> 1.   Global number policy development which is open and transparent to any 
>> and all participants
>> 2.   Continuance of existing IANA service levels, escalation processes, and 
>> reporting mechanisms
>> 3.   Maintenance of independent review and ratification for developed global 
>> Internet number resource policy
>> 4.   Continued use of periodic third-party independent reviews of 
>> accountability and transparency of processes
>> 5.   No change of the existing IANA operator for maximum stability and 
>> security of operational processes and systems
>> 6.    Accountable, member-based, globally-distributed RIR organizations 
>> providing routine IANA operational oversight for the Internet number 
>> registries
>> 7.   No new organization is proposed. However, a new process within the RIR 
>> structures is proposed, where a Review Committee is established to advise 
>> and assist the NRO EC in its periodic review of the service level provided 
>> by the IANA functions operator.
>> 
>> As a result of the approach taken (and its characteristics as outlined 
>> above), it is clear that the proposal from the Internet number community 
>> meets the stated NTIA requirements.
>> 
>> 
>> VI.      Community Process
>> 
>> This section should describe the process your community used for developing 
>> this proposal, including:
>> 
>> ·        The steps that were taken to develop the proposal and to
>>       determine consensus.
>> ·        Links to announcements, agendas, mailing lists, consultations
>>       and meeting proceedings.
>> ·        An assessment of the level of consensus behind your
>>       community’s proposal, including a description of areas of
>>       contention or disagreement.
>> 
>> -------
>> 1.  Regional and global process
>> 
>> Each of the five RIR communities is discussing the IANA stewardship issues 
>> via mailing lists, at their RIR meetings and in other community forums. 
>> While these discussions have been uniformly open and transparent, with all 
>> discussions archived on mailing lists and meeting records, each community 
>> has adopted a specific process of their own choosing to reach an agreed 
>> community output.
>> 
>> The results from the five regional processes fed a global process that 
>> produced this document. More details about the regional and global processes 
>> are given below, interspersed with links to relevant documents.
>> 
>> 2.  AFRINIC regional process:
>> The AFRINIC community held a consultative meeting on 25 May to 6 June 2014 
>> during the Africa Internet Summit (AIS'2014) in Djibouti in the "IANA 
>> oversight transition" workshop. As a follow up to the meeting, AFRINIC setup 
>> a mailing list to provide a platform for the African
>> Internet community to discuss the IANA Oversight Transition process. The 
>> mailing list was announced on July 4, 2014 to develop a community position. 
>> The list and its archives can be found  at:
>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ianaoversight
>> 
>> A Dedicated web portal was setup for sharing information on the IANA 
>> stewardship transition with the AFRINIC community and is also available at 
>> http://afrinic.net/en/community/iana-oversight-transition
>> 
>> AFRINIC also conducted a survey seeking community input on the IANA 
>> Stewardship Transition. The results of the survey are published
>> at: 
>> http://afrinic.net/images/stories/Initiatives/%20survey%20on%20the%20iana%20stewardship
>> %20transition.pdf
>> 
>> 
>> The last face-to-face meeting at which IANA oversight transition 
>> consultations were held with the community was during the AFRINIC-21 meeting 
>> in Mauritius, 22-28 November 2014. The recordings of
>> the session are available at http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-21/en/vod
>> 
>> Discussions continued on the [email protected] mailing list, until 
>> the closure of the comments from the number resources communities set by the 
>> CRISP Team on 12th Jan 2015.
>> 
>> 3. APNIC regional process:
>> APNIC, as the secretariat for the APNIC community has set up a public 
>> mailing list (announced on 1 Apr 2014) to develop a community position, and 
>> have discussions about the proposal from the region on IANA stewardship 
>> transition: http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/IANAxfer
>> 
>> Webpage, dedicated to sharing up-to-date information on the IANA stewardship 
>> transition was set up, for the APNIC community members and wider community 
>> members who are interested in this issue can be updated: 
>> http://www.apnic.net/community/iana-transition
>> 
>> Draft proposal was discussed at the dedicated session at the APNIC 38 
>> Meeting, which saw the general community consensus. The meeting provided
>> remote participation tools to enable wider participation from communities 
>> across Asia Pacific and beyond, with live webcasts well as Adobe Connect 
>> virtual conference room.
>> 
>> https://conference.apnic.net/38/program#iana
>> 
>> The discussions continued on the "[email protected]." mailing list,
>> until the closure of the comments from the number resources communities set 
>> by CRISP Team as 12th Jan 2015.
>> 
>> 4.  ARIN regional process:
>> 
>> <TBD>
>> 
>> 5.  LACNIC regional process:
>> 
>> 
>> <TBD>
>> 
>> 6.  RIPE regional process:
>> The RIPE community agreed at the RIPE 68 Meeting in May 2014 that the 
>> development of a community position on IANA stewardship should take place in 
>> the RIPE Cooperation Working Group, and via that working group's public 
>> mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/wg- lists/cooperation
>> 
>> The RIPE NCC, as secretariat for the RIPE community, also facilitated 
>> discussions on the IANA stewardship in national and regional forums across 
>> the RIPE NCC service region. Summaries of these discussions were posted to 
>> the RIPE Cooperation Working Group mailing list and on the RIPE website:
>> https://www.ripe.net/iana-discussions
>> 
>> Between September and November 2014, RIPE community discussion centered 
>> around developing a set of principles reflecting the communities primary 
>> concerns in the development of an alternative IANA stewardship arrangement. 
>> These discussions are reflected in the discussions on the mailing list from 
>> that time: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation- wg/
>> 
>> Discussions at the RIPE 69 Meeting in November 2014 saw general community 
>> consensus on the principles discussed on the mailing list, and support 
>> expressed for the three community members selected to join the Consolidated 
>> RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) team.
>> 
>> RIPE Cooperation Working Group Session: 
>> https://ripe69.ripe.net/programme/meeting- plan/coop-wg/#session1
>> RIPE 69 Closing Plenary Session: 
>> https://ripe69.ripe.net/archives/video/10112/
>> 
>> -------
>> 7.  Global process (CRISP Team)
>> On 16 October 2014, the NRO EC proposed the formation of a Consolidated RIR 
>> IANA Stewardship
>> 
>> Proposal (CRISP) team to develop a single Internet numbering community 
>> proposal to the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG). Each RIR 
>> community selected three members (two community  members and one RIR staff) 
>> to participate in the team. The participants selected were:
>> 
>> AFRINIC Region
>> Alan P. Barrett – Independent Consultant
>> Mwendwa Kivuva – Network Infrastructure Services, University of Nairobi 
>> Ernest Byaruhanga (Appointed RIR staff)
>> 
>> ARIN Region
>> Bill Woodcock – President and Research Director of Packet Clearing House
>> John Sweeting – Sr. Director, Network Architecture & Engineering at Time 
>> Warner Cable
>> Michael Abejuela (Appointed RIR staff)
>> 
>> APNIC Region
>> Dr Govind – CEO NIXI
>> Izumi Okutani – Policy Liaison JPNIC
>> Craig Ng (Appointed RIR staff)
>> 
>> LACNIC Region
>> Nico Scheper - Curacao IX
>> Esteban Lescano - Cabase Argentina
>> Andrés Piazza (Appointed RIR staff)
>> 
>> RIPE NCC Region
>> Nurani Nimpuno – Head of Outreach & Communications at Netnod
>> Andrei Robachevsky – Technology Programme Manager at the Internet Society 
>> Paul Rendek (Appointed
>> RIR staff)
>> 
>> Steps and timeline for proposal development and links to announcements, 
>> mailing lists, and
>> proceedings   - 
>> https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/timeline-for-rirs-
>> engagement-in-iana-stewardship-transition-process
>> 
>> -------
>> 8.  Assessment of consensus level
>> <TBD>
>> 
>> <END>
>> 
>> On 2014/12/29 20:43, Izumi Okutani wrote:
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> CRISP Team has published an editorial version of the Internet
>>> numbers community's response to the Request For Proposals issued by the
>>> IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG):
>>> 
>>>  http://www.nro.net/crisp-proposal-first-draft-1-1
>>> 
>>> From the initial draft we published on 19th Dec [*], we have made
>>> editorial changes only. No changes are made in contents of the proposal.
>>> 
>>> [*]
>>> https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/CRISP-IANA-PROPOSAL-First-Draft1.pdf
>>> 
>>> The editorial changes are intended to clarify our answers to RFP, by
>>> re-ordering answers in the same order as questions listed in each
>>> Section. Some small additions have been made to address points that had
>>> not been answered in the earlier draft. Finally, there are some changes
>>> made for stylistic reasons.
>>> 
>>> The deadline of the comments to be submitted to <[email protected]>
>>> mailing list remains the same: Monday 5th Jan 2015.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know if you have any questions about version 1.1 of our
>>> draft proposal, and we continue to welcome feedback from the community.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal Team (CRISP Team)
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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