Dear Amy, Thanks for this. I am really not clear on the merits of the proposed change. The explanations given are “it is a legacy statement from the NTIA contract that is no longer required” and also “Since the IANA Stewardship Transition, any change request may fall under more than one policy, and the initial purpose of this requirement adds no value to the reports.” Looking back at the audit reports though (https://www.iana.org/performance/root-audit ), up ‘til November 2015 the tabulated list of changes was headed with a statement that read in part: “All requests were processed according to RFC 1591, ISO 3166-1, and the GAC Principles” which (i) I assume identified the relevant policies in accordance with the existing bylaw and (ii) already seems to me to identify multiple applicable policies. Since December 2015 however, which I think well precedes the stewardship transition, the statement has been amended to more vaguely say: “…..according to the relevant policies and procedures”. So unless I’m looking in the wrong place, which is entirely possible, it appears that specific policies have not been identified in the monthly reports since December 2015. Identification of the governing policy(ies) seems a simple and informative inclusion in the report to my mind. If however there is a useful operational reason for the current practice that justifies the proposed bylaw change, I’m not seeing it in the letter provided. I long to be guided. Regards, Nigel Cassimire | Ag. Secretary General [cid:image009.jpg@01D692BB.B1B13A50]<http://ctu.int/> Caribbean Telecommunications Union [cid:image010.jpg@01D692BB.B1B13A50]<https://www.facebook.com/Caribbean-Telecommunications-Union-176163319122479/>[cid:image011.jpg@01D692BB.B1B13A50]<https://twitter.com/TheCtunion>[cid:image012.jpg@01D692BB.B1B13A50]<https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCtunion> 4 Mary Street, St. Clair | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (+1 868) 628-0281 ext. 235 | Fax: (+1 868) 622-6523 Website: http://ctu.int<http://ctu.int/> From: ICANN-CSC [mailto:icann-csc-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Amy Creamer Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 2:13 PM To: icann-csc@icann.org Cc: ifrt-leadership@icann.org Subject: [ICANN-CSC] Letter from the IFRT to the CSC Dear CSC, Please find attached a letter providing more detail on the IFRT’s Recommendation that will remove a line from the IANA Naming Functions Contract. In addition, the IFRT will be hosting a webinar on 29 Sept 2020 to introduce their recommendations to the community prior to the Public Comment. The IFRT would appreciate you sharing this announcement with your constituencies: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-04-30-en Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Regards, Amy Creamer Sr. Project Manager Office of the Chief Technical Officer (OCTO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN<http://www.icann.org/>) Mobile: +1 424-537-8917 Direct Line: +1 310-578-8910 Email: amy.creamer@icann.org<mailto:amy.creamer@icann.org>
