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    Dear John,<br>
    <br>
    thanks very much for this follow-up.<br>
    I think the point that Milton was making was that apart from a F2F
    discussion at next month's ARIN meeting, there is no dedicated, open
    mailing list hosted by ARIN to hold that open discussion about IANA
    Stewardship transition. All other RIRs have such open mailing lists,
    so ARIN's process looks a bit of a oddity on the overall scheme of
    things.<br>
    <br>
    I personally fully support Milton's concern. I know many other
    people who do too.<br>
    <br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
    (own views)<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/09/2014 01:44, John Curran wrote:<br>
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      <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
          background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Milton -</span>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   Note that
            we're going to have a public discussion of the process to be
            used in </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   this region
            next month at the ARIN meeting, and your input is most
            welcome</span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   in helping
            develop the process to be used.</span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   We will need a
            process for this region that works within an overall
            timeline for </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   the RIR
            community, and must include receiving initial input,
            integration within </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   the region,
            then consolidation amongst the RIRs, overall RIR community
            review, </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   all in order
            to support a timely submission to the ICG.  There is an
            overall timeline</span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">   here that you
            may find helpful - </span></div>
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            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">      <<a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/timeline-for-rirs-engagement-in-iana-stewardship-transition-process">https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/timeline-for-rirs-engagement-in-iana-stewardship-transition-process</a>></span></div>
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        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks!</span></div>
        <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
            background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">/John</span></div>
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      <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
          background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">John Curran</span></div>
      <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
          background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President and CEO </span></div>
      <div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
          background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ARIN</span></div>
      <div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>
        On Sep 8, 2014, at 5:48 PM, "Milton L Mueller" <<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Today the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship/coordination-group">
                IANA stewardship coordination group</a> (ICG) released a
              request for proposals for changing the IANA in ways needed
              to compensate for the end of US government oversight.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">I am assuming that since the RIRs were
              signatories to the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-10-07-en">
                Montevideo Declaration</a>, which called for
              globalization of the IANA functions, that most of their
              members and participants support the IANA transition and
              want to see it happen expeditiously.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">The ICG, of which I am a member, has
              proposed a very open and bottom up method for the
              transition. It has broken the problem down into three
              types of IANA ‘customers’ – names, numbers and protocols –
              and has asked each of these operational communities to
              convene open, transparent processes to develop proposals
              with widespread public support for a new IANA that can
              function without oversight by the US government.  <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">The IETF has convened a reasonably open
              process, creating a mailing list (<a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ianaplan@ietf.org">ianaplan@ietf.org</a>)
              and chartering a
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ianaplan/charter/">working
                group</a> to develop a proposal.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Likewise, the names community has
              chartered a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/draft-charter-ccwg-iana-stewardship-21aug14-en.pdf">cross-community
                working group</a>, led by the GNSO and CCNSO, to develop
              a names proposal.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">I am sorry to report that ARIN and the
              NRO have not risen to this challenge yet. We have not seen
              any call for input about how to convene an open process –
              something which is _<i>required</i>_ by both NTIA and the
              ICG.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">The RIR’s proposed “process” for
              developing a proposal has  never been discussed among the
              ARIN Advisory Council, nor has it been announced or raised
              on the ARIN PPML. There was never a discussion as to
              whether the process should be convened at the global level
              or at the regional level. No mailing list for general
              discussion of that specific topic has been convened by the
              RIRs as a whole. The
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://teamarin.net/education/internet-governance/iana-globalization/">web
                page ARIN has thrown together about the transition</a>
              does not describe or propose a process. There seem to be
              no methods for interested stakeholders to submit proposals
              for the IANA transition to the RIR community, and no plans
              for receiving public comment about their draft proposal.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Instead, the assumption seems to be
              that ARIN, and APNIC and other RIRs, will collect random
              “input” from poorly publicized face to face sessions at
              their regional meetings, and then their staff will decide
              what the proposal will be. There seem to be no plans for
              collating and analyzing that input. There are not even
              plans for opening the RIRs proposals to public omment.
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Even worse than ARIN’s vacuum, APNIC
              has started off its ”consultation” process by putting in
              front of the community the staff’s own view as to how the
              new IANA should look, which calls into question the
              neutrality of the process.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">These process failings make the RIR’s
              proposed transition proposal extremely vulnerable to
              challenge. Any aspect of the IANA transition that cannot
              demonstrate a fair process and broad support from across
              the spectrum of stakeholder groups is likely to attract
              criticism and to fail the NTIA’s test. I am urging the
              RIRs to wake up and take this transition process more
              seriously. In my opinion, the following criteria need to
              be met before the RIRs can claim to have run a legitimate
              process:<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoListParagraph"
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                style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt
                  "Times New Roman"">     
                </span></span><!--[endif]-->There must be a global, open
              mailing list devoted specifically to the numbers part of
              the IANA transition. Not existing regional lists.<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoListParagraph"
              style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
                style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt
                  "Times New Roman"">     
                </span></span><!--[endif]-->The draft proposal developed
              jointly by the RIRs must explicitly respond to public
              input
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoListParagraph"
              style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
                style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt
                  "Times New Roman"">     
                </span></span><!--[endif]-->The final proposal developed
              jointly by the RIRs must be subject to public comment on a
              global basis before it is submitted to the ICG<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith
              Professor <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Syracuse University School of
              Information Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/</a>
              <o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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