On Sunday afternoon ICANN hosted a discussion on the IANA Stewardship Transition. (link<https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/sun-transition-perspectives>) In the first section, Ira Magaziner, the Chief Internet Policy Advisor for U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke about the challenges of the global Internet community in finalizing the transition. The second portion of this session had four senior staff members of the U.S. Congress talk about the transition from a Capitol Hill perspective. Below is the scribe feed from Congressional views relevant to our Dublin discussions of Stress Test 18
JEFFREY FARRAH: CHAIRMAN THUNE HAS BEEN INVOLVED AND UP TO DATE ON THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT, AND GIVING THE TIMING OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRANSITION AND THE DISCUSSIONS. HE FELT LIKE THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO AGAIN STATE WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT OF A TRANSITION….. YOU MENTIONED IN 2014 HE AND SENATOR RUBIO WEIGHED IN ON SPECIFIC REFORMS AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO SEE IT IN THE BYLAWS THAT ONLY GAC ADVICE BY CONSENSUS WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ACTIVELY WATCHING THOSE PROCEEDINGS.
DAVID REDL: WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SEE A RIGOROUS ANALYSIS OF WHATEVER PROPOSAL IS PUT IN FRONT OF NTIA. I WOULD AGAIN REITERATE WHAT JEFF SAID ABOUT THE ROLE OF CONSENSUS IN THE GAC, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MULTISTAKEHOLDER SYSTEM, THEN WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE TALKING ABOUT A MULTISTAKEHOLDER SYSTEM WHERE ONLY THOSE GROUPS THAT HAVE PRODUCED CONSENSUS ARE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING UP. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR US AS WELL.
DAVID GOLDMAN: JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE POINT ABOUT CONSENSUS, THAT'S COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH THE POSITIONS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE HAVE TAKEN SO FAR.
DAVID REDL: THE THINGS THAT OUR BOSSES HAVE RAISED IN HEARINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE STRESS TESTS THAT ARE BEING DONE AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS WERE THINGS THAT WERE RAISED IN HEARINGS AT ENERGY AND COMMERCE AND SENATE COMMERCE.
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