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This is an open list for discussion in the APNIC community about the future of IANA, in particular about the announcement from United States Government that they will transfer their oversight of IANA functions to a new community-defined structure.
ICANN has been asked by the USG to facilitate community wide discussions, and the APNIC EC has agreed to launch discussions in the APNIC region (which have already begun on the apnic-talk list). These discussions can continue on this mailing list, and also in face-face sessions, for instance during the APNIC 38 conference in September.
Following is the announcement from APNIC EC Chair Akinori Maemura, which gives further details.
All APNIC community members and stakeholders are encouraged to join and participate.
From: MAEMURA Akinori maem@nic.ad.jp
Subject: [apnic-talk] Launching the discussion on the IANA stewardship transition
Date: 28 March 2014 5:20:31 PM AEST
To: "apnic-talk@apnic.net" apnic-talk@apnic.net
Dear APNIC community members
The ICANN49 meeting has just finished in Singapore, after long discussions
about the recent US Government decision on IANA functions. This decision
will transfer the responsibility for IANA functions from the US Government
to the Internet community, replacing the existing contracts regarding IANA
functions with new arrangements to be implemented by September of 2015.
This is an exciting and important development for APNIC and for the wider
Internet community; something that has been expected since the establishment
of ICANN, in 1999.
After discussions in Singapore, ICANN is now developing a community
process which will determine the new IANA arrangements, and it will
announce a proposed process on 7 April 2014 for public comment.
The discussion of this does not happen only in ICANN arena.
It is important that the APNIC community be aware of this process, and
take part to ensure that the result is satisfactory to us. This is
important because we are dependent on IANA functions including IPv4, IPv6
and ASN registry services, and reverse DNS services, and these must
continue in a stable, secure and accountable way. In addition, the APNIC
EC believes that the health and stability of ICANN itself is important for
the reliable operation and proper evolution of the IANA functions in
future.
After recent discussions on "apnic-talk", the EC has decided to establish
a new open mailing list for discussion of the process and the desired
outcome. Subscription to this mailing list is available here:
http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/IANAxfer
The APNIC EC encourages all interested parties, particularly from the
APNIC membership and wider community, to join this mailing list and
participate in discussions. As details and developments emerge in coming
weeks, we will share these on the list in order to keep participants
informed. We expect also to convene face-to-face sessions, during APNIC
conferences and other events, where discussion and updates can continue.
We encourage and look forward to your participation.
With the Best Regards,
MAEMURA Akinori, Chair of the APNIC Executive Council
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