June 2016 - Accountability-Cross-Community

Additional Document attached for today's CCWG ACCT meeting
by Brenda Brewer Nov. 2, 2016

Nov. 2, 2016

Good day all, Please review the attached document "Proposed Revisions to ICANN Articles of Incorporation" which will be discussed on today's CCWG ACCT meeting @ 19:00 UTC. In preparation for your call, CCWG Accountability Meeting #95 <https://community.icann.org/x/ECOOAw> - Tuesday, 21 June @ 19:00 - 21:00 UTC. Time zone converter here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG+Accountabilit…> Proposed Agenda: 1. Welcome, roll call, SOI (5min) 2. Articles of Incorporation (25 minutes) **see attached document 3. Budget Update (25 Minutes) **see attached document 4. Staff draft papers on WS2 Topics (15 minutes) 5. Helsinki Agenda and Status of Lightning Talks/Expressions of Interest (45 minutes) 6. AOB (5 minutes) 7. Closing Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/accountability/ Also, remember to sign up for a talk on a WS2 topic during the Helsinki meeting, please go to the following Google doc and indicate which topic you have are interest in speaking on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWnvDG_qCr6lLvXRo_e3NYp6DalnBokHP5wAbAX… And, to sign up for WS2 topic groups, please see google doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iw5yn9GRk8RcnTJzclwB-JuSe3B6JugEj_0oGOC… Thank you! With kind regards, Brenda Brewer MSSI Projects & Operations Assistant ICANN- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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New ICANN Bylaws
by Hillary Jett Sept. 22, 2016

Sept. 22, 2016

Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/new-icann-bylaws New ICANN Bylaws Author: Steve Crocker Today, on behalf of the ICANN Board, I am pleased to announce the adoption of the new ICANN Bylaws, which reflect changes made as a result of the IANA Stewardship Transition package of proposals. The new Bylaws are the result of hundreds of hours of work by the community and the legal teams. The Regional Internet Registries Service Level Agreement and Internet Engineering Task Force Memorandum of Understanding Supplemental Agreement have also been approved for signing and will go into effect after the transition. Later today, ICANN will be transmitting the new Bylaws to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). NTIA has previously stated that adoption of the new Bylaws is required for them to complete their review of the proposals, which is expected to occur in June. This is an important milestone for ICANN and the community. As we await the release of NTIA’s report, we continue to prepare for implementation of the transition proposals. We thank everyone for their continued hard work and support during this transition process. -- Hillary Jett Communications Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403 Email: hillary.jett(a)icann.org

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IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update
by Xavier J. Calvez July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

Dear all, You find at the link below the updated project’s expenses as of FY16 Q3 (from July 2014 to March 2016). As indicated a few months ago, we have added new detailed information on the staff support with the individual positions, names and percentages of effort over the period. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348

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premature jurisdiction debates
by Mueller, Milton L July 3, 2016

July 3, 2016

In the reflexive approach, you would ask "what are the institutional mechanisms or procedures to ensure that jurisdiction issue can be addressed in an adverse situation where the US jurisdiction is longer tenable, however rare it may it?" In the absolute rarest of rare cases that the US legislature or judiciary try to interfere with community decisions (the black swan scenario), how would ICANN ensure that this interference is contained/minimised? What are the institutional mechanisms or procedures for addressing the situation where the US (or any other) jurisdiction is no longer hospitable/ideal for the ICANN policymaking or IANA functions? These are the questions that we should be asking in the WS2 on jurisdiction. MM: I think this is a good point. Even advocates of US jurisdiction or those who, like me, think there is just no better alternative and that the disruption and risks caused by a change are not worth the uncertain improvements, can easily agree that there should be procedures or plans for how to respond to interference by the U.S. government. Dr. Milton L. Mueller Professor, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology

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RZMA and .COM Registry Agreement Reviews
by Hillary Jett June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

As outlined in Akram’s blog below, ICANN has published the RZMA and.COM Registry Agreement Amendments today. The RZMA can be found here: https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/63-root-zone-maintainer-agreement-v-1-0. This agreement is posted for a 30-day public review period before it will be signed. In addition, ICANN has published the Proposed Amendment to .COM Registry Agreement for a 43-day public comment period. The public comment page is here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-2016-06-30-en and the public comment will run through 12 August 2016. From: <accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 7:27 PM To: CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Root Zone Management Transition Update: Preservation of Security, Stability and Resiliency Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/root-zone-management-transition-update-pres… Root Zone Management Transition Update: Preservation of Security, Stability and Resiliency On March 4, 2015, the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) officially requested that ICANN and Verisign work together to develop a proposal on how best to transition theNTIA administrative role associated with root zone management in a manner that maintains the security and stability of the Internet’s domain name system. NTIA previously announced that the transition of this aspect of its administrative role was a process separate from but parallel to the IANA stewardship transition. Verisign and ICANN submitted a proposal to NTIA that contained two primary elements. First, the teams would build and test a parallel root zone management system that would simulate root zone management functions without NTIA’s current authorization role. That system is now approaching the completion of its 90-day defect free testing phase. Second, in anticipation of the release of Verisign from root zone management obligations by NTIA under the Cooperative Agreement, the teams began work on a commercial agreement between ICANN and Verisign for the continued performance of root zone management functions. We are pleased to announce that ICANN and Verisign have completed the discussions and negotiations for the root zone maintainer services agreement (RZMA). Since the early days of the Internet, Verisign has been providing “registration services” under its Cooperative Agreement with NTIA, which was broadly defined to include root zone management functions and Top Level Domain registry services. NTIA recognized that root zone management aspects of the IANA functions contract are “inextricably intertwined” with the Cooperative Agreement. Given the unified nature of the present Cooperative Agreement, much of the root zone infrastructure itself is “inextricably intertwined” with Verisign’s TLD operations for .com: the servers that provide root services are hosted at every .com resolution site (over 100 locations). These servers share bandwidth, routing and monitoring with the .com operations, and the servers use the same code base as the .com TLDname servers and are operated and maintained by the same operation and engineering group. On the provisioning side, the root zone’s provisioning system is derived from the .com Shared Registration System (SRS), using the structure, schema, and software used for .com provisioning operations. Verisign builds and signs the root zone today using the same cryptographic facilities used for .com as well as signing software derived from that used for signing .com. Importantly, Verisign’s root zone operations are also within the .com’s Denial of Service attack detection and mitigation framework including independent internal and external monitoring and packet filtering at all layers. A key component of ensuring security of the root operations was making sure that those operations continued to benefit from its historic association with the .com operations. The RZMA is intended to maintain stable, secure, and reliable operations of the root zone not only for direct root zone management service customers (Registry Operators, Registrars and Root Server Operators), but also to maintain the security and stability of the Internet’s domain name system. This was achieved by a simple extension of the .com Registry Agreement to coincide with the term of the new RZMA. Regarding the RZMA, some of the key features include: ? Requiring Verisign and ICANN to work together in good faith to preserve the security, stability and resiliency of the root zone and root zone management system consistent with the security and stability of the Internet. ? Detailing ICANN’s responsibility to authenticate, verify, and submit to Verisign changes to the service data comprised in the Root Zone File. ? Establishing service level requirements for Verisign to process, edit, generate and publish the Root Zone File, including an accelerated path to update the service data in the Root Zone File in cases of emergency. ? Describing ICANN and Verisign’s key-signing obligations, which are to be performed in a secure, transparent and accountable manner. ? Providing that the integrity of the service data of the Root Zone File and the Verisign systems performing the root zone maintainer function will be operated under a business continuity plan with the same product support level as maintained by the .com DNS resolution service and .com SRS, respectively. ? Setting forth that Verisign will participate as a member of the future Root Zone Evolution Review Committee. ? Providing for continuity of the security and stability of the root zone through a one-year transition process which may be initiated by a community driven process under which Verisign continues to perform the root zone maintainer function while ICANN implements a public RFP process to identify and onboard a new provider. ? Setting out the development of an emergency transition process for extraordinary events. ? Requiring ICANN and Verisign to meet quarterly to prioritize potential changes and updates to the services, including service levels and to prioritize a roadmap for implementation of such changes that may be effected through a built in change control process. What’s left to be done? Soon, we will post the RZMA for public review and the .com registry agreement amendment for public comment, after which our respective boards of directors will be asked to approve the agreements. The .com extension will be sent to NTIA for review and approval according to their processes. -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability>. STAY UPDATED<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#status>. FOLLOW<https://twitter.com/icann>. ENGAGE<https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#involved>.

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[Announcement] ICANN Signs Service Level Agreement with Regional Internet Registries and Finalizes 2016 Supplemental Agreement with Internet Engineering Task Force
by Hillary Jett June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-29-en ICANN Signs Service Level Agreement with Regional Internet Registries and Finalizes 2016 Supplemental Agreement with Internet Engineering Task Force Today the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services at ICANN56 in Helsinki, Finland. This agreement will become effective on the date of the transition. To read more and review this agreement, which documents the planned arrangements for provision of IANA numbering services after the IANA Stewardship Transition, please visit here<https://www.nro.net/news/icann-and-regional-internet-registries-sign-sla-fo…>. ICANN also finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Supplemental Agreement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for the performance of the protocol parameters functions. This is one of the requirements of the IANA Stewardship Transition package of proposals. This agreement will become effective on the date of the transition. Review the MoU Supplemental Agreement here<https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/59-2016-icann-ietf-mou-supplemental-agr…> [PDF, 147 KB]. -- Hillary Jett Communications Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403 Email: hillary.jett(a)icann.org

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TR: Message from the Board's BFC - Proposed Cost Control Mechanisms
by Mathieu Weill June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Dear Colleagues, Attached is a letter from the Board Finance Committee to the Chairs of our Chartering Organizations, related to the cost control mechanisms related to the IANA Stewardship Transition project. Issues raised for our consideration in this letter include the proposed process and governance of the budget control mechanisms for WS2, which we will have to review and discuss in the next few weeks. Best regards, Mathieu PS : Can staff circulate a PDF version please ? De : David Olive [mailto:david.olive@icann.org] Envoyé : mercredi 29 juin 2016 00:41 À : thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch; paf(a)netnod.se; byron.holland(a)cira.ca; jbladel(a)godaddy.com; alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca; louie(a)louie.net; oscar(a)lacnic.net Cc : Cherine Chalaby; Theresa Swinehart; Bernard Turcotte; Xavier J. Calvez; Mathieu Weill; Thomas Rickert; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Objet : Message from the Board's BFC - Proposed Cost Control Mechanisms Dear Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability Chartering Organizations: Further to the note of June 23, 2016 on the cost of the Transition and Accountability work from the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs, the Board Finance Committee (BFC) wishes to propose for your consideration new cost control mechanisms for the Transition and Accountability work in FY17. (See attached.) The BFC suggests holding a conference call as soon as feasible to gather the input from the Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability Chartering Organizations on the proposed new cost control mechanisms. Please indicate a date in July that would be convenient and who should attend this call. If needed, we can propose a Doodle poll to assist the process. Best regards, David David A. Olive Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6212 Mobile: + 1. 202.341.3611 Mobile: +90.533.341.6550 Email: <mailto:david.olive@icann.org> david.olive(a)icann.org www.icann.org

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Fwd: [ccwg-internet-governance] An important development in cyberspace
by Greg Shatan June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

I thought this would be of interest to this group. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 6:56 AM Subject: [ccwg-internet-governance] An important development in cyberspace To: "ccwg-internet-governance(a)icann.org" <ccwg-internet-governance(a)icann.org > Hello all, the attached Press Release was not widely publicised - and appears to not have been picked up by western media... yet The event took place last Saturday, as related here by the official news agency: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/26/c_135466187.htm The text of the declaration is attached. For those of you who do not read Chinese, I am including a Google translation of the text below. Please pay particular attention to the red text. I gather that since it is undersigned by the presidents of two countries, it needs to be taken rather seriously. Best, Olivier --- cut here --- President of the People's Republic of China and President of the Russian Federation Joint Declaration on cooperation to promote the development of information in cyberspace (full text) June 26, 2016 00:27:43 Source: Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 25 - President of the People's Republic of China and President of the Russian Federation Joint Declaration on cooperation to promote the development of information in cyberspace People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation Head of State pointed out that with the rapid advances in information infrastructure and information and communication technology, information in cyberspace profoundly changed the production of human life, a strong impetus to social development. A secure stability and prosperity of information in cyberspace, the two countries as well as world peace and development are of great significance. The two countries will work together to promote the development of information in cyberspace, to better benefit the two peoples and the people of the world. We believe that the information in cyberspace is facing increasingly serious security challenges, IT severe abuse, including China and Russia, including the countries have important common interests and cooperation in space, should mutual respect and mutual trust on the basis of it security information cyberspace security, promote the development of the subject information in cyberspace, fully carry out substantive dialogue and cooperation. We always abide by the information in cyberspace respect for the principles of national sovereignty, to support countries to maintain the reasonable demands of their own security and development, advocacy to build peace, security, openness and information in cyberspace a new order of cooperation, explore the development of universally accepted responsibility within the UN framework acts of international norms. We maintain that all countries have the right to equal participation in Internet governance, in accordance with national law and entitled to the actual system, safeguard national security network. We propose the establishment of a multilateral, democratic and transparent system of Internet governance, support for the United Nations to play an important role in establishing the international aspects of Internet governance mechanisms. We believe that, under the framework of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries to further develop information collaboration in cyberspace, for the maintenance of international as well as a wider range of interests of the two is necessary. We recall that in May 2015 the two countries signed the "People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation joint statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, promote cooperation and win-win" and is willing to further enhance mutual trust between the two countries information in cyberspace, promote the establishment of fair and equitable information system development and security in cyberspace, reached the following consensus: First, the network jointly initiated to promote respect for the sovereignty of his country against violations of the sovereignty of network behavior. Second, jointly initiated to promote respect for cultural traditions and social habits; oppose interference in the internal affairs of information through cyberspace, disturbing public order, inciting inter-ethnic, inter-ethnic, inter-religious hostility, acts of sabotage national governance. Third, to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in the field of information in cyberspace, jointly research and development of information and communication technologies, to increase both information exchange and personnel training. Fourth, to strengthen economic cooperation in the field of information in cyberspace and promote exchanges between the two countries and to promote multilateral cooperation in industry, to provide technical assistance to developing, bridging the digital divide. Fifth, earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights of their citizens on the Internet, work together to build peace, security, openness and information in cyberspace a new order of cooperation. Sixth, to intensify its efforts to prevent and combat terrorist and criminal use of network activities, initiatives under the United Nations Framework for the establishment of coping mechanisms for cooperation, including research to develop a global legal instrument. Seven, to develop Internet security emergency in cooperation with network security threat information sharing, strengthen the management of cross-border network security threats. Federation Russian presidential aide for the implementation of the above tasks, we specify the People's Republic of China National Internet Information Office Director and responsible application of information technology as both the High Representative, responsible for holding regular meetings to consult on issues of common concern, to determine the spatial information network of mutually beneficial cooperation new directions and initiatives to coordinate cooperation between the relevant departments. The competent authorities diplomacy, law enforcement, and communications will continue to strengthen the existing cooperation Counterpart consultations, develop implementation roadmaps in their respective fields. President of the People's Republic of China President of the Russian Federation Xi Jinping Vladimir Vladimir Putin Er ○ June 25, 2016 in Beijing Copyright © 2000 - 2016 XINHUANET.com All Rights Reserved Producer: Xinhua. Copyright Xinhua _______________________________________________ ccwg-internet-governance mailing list ccwg-internet-governance(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-internet-governance

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Slides from ccNSO session this morning
by Grace Abuhamad June 29, 2016

June 29, 2016

Dear all, Mathieu, Becky, and Katrina (ccNSO Chair) held a session in the ccNSO this morning about the ccNSO’s accountability. During the discussion, Katrina presented results of a ccNSO-wide survey regarding the organization’s accountability. Mathieu suggested that we share the slide presentation with the CCWG-ACCT, particularly as it relates to the SO/AC accountability WS2 topic. I’ll include this presentation in the forthcoming SO/AC issue paper. Please share any of your organization’s resources if you are having similar discussions within your groups at ICANN56. Best, Grace -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE.

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FW: [Acct-Staff] Expression of Interest for Work Stream 2 Topics
by Grace Abuhamad June 28, 2016

June 28, 2016

Please see below for a message from Michael Karanicolas. Michael is currently a CCWG-ACCT Observer but we are working to convert him to a Participant shortly. Since he is an Observer at the moment, he was not able to post the email below to the CCWG-ACCT list. Hi all, I would be happy to step in - please accept this as my expression of interest in the rapporteur role for the transparency topic. I have worked extensively on transparency systems in a variety of contexts, including as the primary researcher for the RTI Rating, a comparative global analysis of national-level right to information systems around the world. In addition to work in a national context, I have engaged with various international institutions to improve transparency, including the European Investment Bank, the United Nations Environment Program and the International Monetary Fund. Within the ICANN context, my focus has mainly been on improving the DIDP, but I look forward to broader engagement on ICANN's general policies towards transparency, including by promoting robust proactive disclosure of documents, hopefully taking the institution towards a system of information being open by default. Best wishes, Michael Karanicolas Senior Legal Officer Centre for Law and Democracy On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:33 PM, avri doria <avri(a)acm.org> wrote: > Hi, > > After careful reconsideration, I have decided to withdraw my expression > of interest. I would prefer to contribute to several areas as opposed > to taking responsibility for just one. > > avri > > > On 27-Jun-16 05:24, avri doria wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to express interest in the rapporteur role for the >> Transparency topic. >> >> avri > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list > Accountability-Cross-Community(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community _______________________________________________ Acct-Staff mailing list Acct-Staff(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/acct-staff

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