This npoc-discuss posting is an update on constituency input into
the IANA Transition Process:
The NCSG ( NPOC and NCUC members) have completed drafting an
NCSG comment on the CWG-Stewardship
2nd
Draft Proposal for the IANA Transition Process. The NCSG comment can
be viewed
at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NRSgwIy2T_i8coErf5z3JC0LHoFhjes3K7fWhOxqDZ8/edit?pli=1
and will be submitted to the GWG Stewardship working group at
today’s deadline.
The full set of comments and recommendations can be read at the
above link.
The
key recommendation from NCSG on the transition of the IANA functions
from the U.S. Government is as follows:
The NCSG supports the
creation of a separate legal entity to house the names-related
IANA functions.
We believe that structural separation of the IANA functions into a
legal
affiliate has several beneficial features, which we summarize
below. We
do not believe that the CCWG Accountability enhancements alone can
ensure the
future independence and performance of the IANA functions nor
guarantee the
imperative of separation between policy-development and the IANA
functions into
the future. Legal and structural separation are key. Still,
many details about this proposal have yet to be filled in. Given
the need for
quick action, we urge the CWG and the broader community to accept
a legally
separate affiliate Post Transition IANA (PTI) model as the basis
for the
ongoing development of the IANA stewardship transition.