Fadi and Larry were up in front of the Congress today to give an update - not only on IANA, but also new gTLDs. Among the tricky IANA aspects: "How to ensure that stakeholder groups – supporting organizations (SOs) and advisory committees (ACs) in ICANN parlance – would have standing under California law to enforce the changes to the bylaws; How to incorporate the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) into the new ICANN structure without increasing its power relative to the other SOs and ACs; and, How to resolve outstanding questions regarding the potential for lawsuits that could impact the SOs and ACs." A CCWG proposal for an ICANN membership structure bit the dust in Buenos Aires, and we are pretty much back to the drawing board on this. On gTLDS, issues such as .amazon, .wine/.vin, and .sucks were discussed. Enjoy! joly posted: "On Wednesday July 8 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53 in Washington DC. Topics under discussion was the propos" [image: Energy + Commerce]On Wednesday* July 8 2015*, the *U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technolog <http://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/communications-and-technology>y* held a hearing *Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53* <http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/internet-governance-progress-after-i...> in Washington DC. Topics under discussion was the proposed transfer of the IANA stewardship from the United States to the global Internet community, plus the expansion of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Witnesses were *Larry Strickling * of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and *Fadi Chehadé* * * of ICANN. Video is below <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_lNKXTg2k?start=1347&rel=0> *View on YouTube*: https://youtu.be/fD_lNKXTg2k?t=22m39s *Transcribe on AMARA*: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/Sd5FGVM7yfFg/ *Background memo*: http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20150708/103711/HHRG-114-IF16-2015070... *Twitter*: #SubCommTech <https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23SubCommTech> | #ICANN53 <https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23ICANN53> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7881 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -