Hi Martin,

The ianaxfer list us publicly archived, but you do need to subscribe to the 
list in order to post to it. 

Kind regards,

Nurani
 


> On 3 jan 2015, at 03:02, "Hannigan, Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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 
> post by members, view by public. 
> 
> 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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