Dear Council Colleagues –
As discussed during our call today, please respond by COB
tomorrow (and preferably sooner) if you have any objections to
adding the GNSO to the list of SO/ACs instructing ICANN to execute these
agreements.
If there are no objections received, we will give Staff
the green light to proceed.
Thank you,
J.
From: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com>
Date:
Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 10:10
To: GNSO Council List
<council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: FW: Note from CWG-Stewardship
Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering Organizations Regarding
IANA Intellectual Property Right
Dear Councilors–
Please see the note below, in which the leadership of
CWG-Stewardship is asking all chartering organizations (incl. the GNSO) for
their approval to being included as signatories on a letter, instructing ICANN
to execute the three IANA IPR agreements referenced & attached. They
are asking for a response by 30 SEP (tomorrow).
While acknowledging the last-minute nature of this request,
this should be a non-controversial issue and I’d like to include a discussion of
it under AOB for today’s call.
Thanks—
J.
From: Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen@icann.org>
Date:
Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 9:37 Subject: Note from
CWG-Stewardship Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering
Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property
Right
Dear
Chairs,
Please see below a note from the
Jonathan Robinson and Lise Fuhr, Co-Chairs of the
CWG-Stewardship.
--
Dear SO/AC chairs and co-chairs,
As part of the transition implementation work,
representatives from the names community, the numbers community, the protocol
parameters community, the IETF Trust, and ICANN have drafted a set of agreements
to effectuate the transfer of the IANA IPR from ICANN to the IETF Trust and to
govern the relationships amongst the parties with respect to the IPR after the
transfer.
These agreements are:
- IANA IPR Assignment Agreement: This agreement transfers
the IPR from ICANN to the IETF Trust.
- 3 IANA IPR License Agreements (one each for the names,
numbers, and protocol parameters IANA services.): These agreements allows for
the IANA functions operator to use the IPR.
- IANA - IPR Community Agreement: This agreement explains
the rights and obligations of the IETF Trust and each operational community as
regards the IPR.
After a public comment period last month, the agreements
have been finalized and are ready to be executed.
One of the decisions that the CWG had to make as part of the work was
to identify who would be the signatory of the Community Agreement on behalf of
the Naming Community. The decision made by the group, with input from CWG
external counsel, was to ask ICANN to play that role. An instruction letter has
been assembled for that purpose.
The Instruction Letter says: "This letter confirms the
request of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship
Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (“CWG”) for the benefit of those
of its listed chartering organizations – the Country Code Names Supporting
Organization (“ccNSO”), the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (“SSAC”),
the Generic Names Supporting Organization (“GNSO”), the At Large Advisory
Committee (“ALAC”) and the Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”) – that have
affirmed or hereafter affirm in writing that they agree to be included herein
(each a “Consenting SO/AC” and collectively, the “Names Community”) that ICANN
serve as the signatory for the Names Community under the Community
Agreement."
This makes reference to the COs affirming in writing that they agree to be included in the instruction
letter as a consenting SO/AC.
As ICANN might formally reach out to us to obtain confirmation that
one or more COs have agreed to be a consenting SO/AC, we hereby kindly ask that
you provide such a written confirmation as a matter of urgency by replying to
this email, preferably on or before September 30th, 2016, so that the signing of
the agreement may proceed as planned.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson, CWG
co-chairs.