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Re: Coordination Group Members for the Transition of NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions

2014-06-06 12:59:15
I would like to submit my name for a seat at this table.  I’ve worked with the 
IETF in various forms over the past 25 years, was involved in the transition 
from the IANA @ USC under the NSF to ICANN 
under NTIA/DoC.  As a root server operator, I’ve had regular interaction with 
both IANA and NTIA, as their processes/policies have evolved, in most respects 
ensuring that the end product, the root
zone was always delivered and available to the community at large.  

/bill
Neca eos omnes.  Deus suos agnoscet.

On 5June2014Thursday, at 17:03, IETF Chair <chair(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote:

As you know, the NTIA announced on March 14th, 2014 that a process has been 
started to relinquish the IANA oversight role of the NTIA to the 
multistakeholder Internet community. ICANN was given a facilitator role to 
set up the process, and there has been a proposal and commentary on that 
proposal, including well-received feedback from the IAB.

Now we are at a point where the final details are expected to become clear 
soon. A big part of the overall plan depends on the processes in the relevant 
communities, such as those of the IETF and RIRs. But the overall process also 
includes a coordination group, on which the IETF gets 2 seats and the IAB 2 
seats. Other seats will be filled by parts of the naming and numbering 
communities. ISOC will also have two seats.

The coordination group is likely to be ultimately responsible for delivering 
a combined transition proposal to NTIA and for ensuring that the proposal 
meets the criteria NTIA previously outlined. Participation in the 
coordination group is likely to entail a significant amount of time and 
travel, although the exact details of how the group will work and what its 
responsibilities will be is not yet available.

The IAB will select two people from the IAB voting members and the IAB IANA 
strategy program participants. I'm sending this email because the IESG would 
like to consult with the community before filling the two IETF positions. 
Given that there is an upcoming ICANN meeting in London (starting on June 
22nd) and that there might be opportunities for discussion during that 
meeting, timely selection would be useful.

We realize that doing this on a compressed timeline and without complete 
details is not ideal. NTIA has requested that the transition proposal be 
delivered by September 2015, which we view as a relatively short time period 
for developing global community consensus on this topic. Thus, we feel that 
it is imperative for the coordination group to be constituted and for it to 
begin its work as soon as possible, just like how the relevant communities 
should progress their parts of the work.

We would like to fill the two IETF seats with IETF community members who have 
had significant interaction and experience with IANA and its oversight. Some 
IESG, IAB, and IAB IANA strategy program members have experience on this 
matter, and we are already aware of several such people who are willing to 
serve in this role. However, before appointing people to these seats, we 
wanted to find out if there are members of the broader community who would be 
willing to serve. If you would like to volunteer, please send a short 
statement of interest (200 words or less) to the IESG 
<iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> by 23:59 UTC on June 16, 2014.

Jari Arkko on behalf of the IESG