ICANN The Internet Compartion for Assigned Names and Numbers President & CEO: Mike Roberts November Member Virgin Birth Board 3 PSO3 ASO4 VB’s Large 3 DNSO Domain Name Support Org. Names Council (21) ISPS Trade Marks Business Non-Commercial Registries Registrars Country Code Managers General Assembly Protocol Support Org ITU IETF ETSI WWWC RIPE ARIN APNIC At Large Membership 176,837 GAC Becky Burr Bob Shaw Christopher Wilkinson WIPO Others IRP ICANN CHAIR: VINT CERF 4 ccSO Address Support Org Address Council

ICANN The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers President & CEO: Stuart Lynn 8 “ At Large ” 2 GNSO Names Council (16) ISPS Registries Registrars Non-Commercial Trade Marks Business Selected by the Nominating Committee* General Assembly 2 ASO RIPE ARIN APNIC LACNIC tbd Address Support Org Address Council 5 Liaison TAC IAB/IETF RSSAC SAC GAC g Registries g Registrars c Registries RIR ’ s ISP ’ s Large business users Small business users IP organisations Academic/Public Consumer groups Individual Nameholders IAB/IETF TAC GAC 4 unspecified * Non Com 2 CCSO Board seats Generic Support Org Standing committees Others ? Voting members commit to ICANN policy development CHAIR: VINT CERF ICANN International Council (number unspecified) Country code Support Org

ERC PROPOSAL The “ Names Council ” Chair Selected by the Council ProvidersUsers ISP Registries Registrars Business Non Commercial IP Elected by Nom Com (voting) Elected by Nom Com (voting) Elected by Nom Com (voting) GAC Appointer (non-voting)

ERC PROPOSAL The Country Names Council 1/3 of Council by : - appointments by Nominating Committee (voting), - 1 GAC appointee (non-voting) Unspecified number of regionally voting Councillors

International Council 15 seats: 3 per Region International Assembly Latin America Asia PacificAfricanEuropean North America Member ccTLDS Chair elected by Council LACTLD APTLD AFTLD CENTR NATLD Regional associations by contract Secretariat 3 seats elected to ICANN Board 15 seats: 3 per Region Officers: VP ’ s for Works, L&R, Membership, F&A Interface with other SO ’ s

ccTLD Response to the Blueprint.The cctld members meeting in Bucharest Romania on 25 th June have considered the Blueprint issued on 21 st June. This response concentrates on the ccTLD aspects of the structure of the new ICANN proposed by the ICANN Board Evolution and Reform Committee (ERC). Due to the time available, the ccTLDs do not in this response address all the details of the Blueprint document and lack of comment should not be taken as approval.

ccTLD Response to Blueprint.The ccTLDs are in favour of a number of aspects of the Blueprint, including the formation of an SO for developing policy on cctld domain name matters, and the provision of staffing.

ccTLD Resposnse to Blueprint In the spirit of “bottom up” development, the cctlds prefer to continue using the established name for this SO, (“ccSO”) which is used in all of our documentation, website domain name, committee names and lists, and which reflects the cultural and historical language of the internet.

ccTLD response to Blueprint

ccTLD Responsse to Blueprint 5The board should not make policy in those areas for which a support organization exists. The function of the board is to receive and respond to policy that has been developed by those organisations specifically intended, designed, populated and staffed for the express purpose of developing policy.

ccTLD response to Blueprint It is not the board’s job to make policy, but rather to ensure that policy developed is timely, useful, appropriate, and compliant with the processes of the respective SO providing it.

ccTLD Responsse to Blueprint Therefore the Board could not adopt any policy binding on ccTLDs that had not been through this process.

ccTLD Response To Blueprint The Board may initiate policy discussions in an SO, and might provide guidance and encouragement at various times in the SO’s development process but it cannot be the Board’s role to make policy in the absence of SO agreement.

ccTLD response to Blueprint

ccTLD Response to Blueprint It will be a part of the ccSO function to characterise issues as either local or global.

ccTLD Response to Blueprint –The ccTLDs are committed to funding those overheads of the corporation directly related to ccTLD activities, for example the IANA services, and in addition are willing to make a fair contribution to ICANN for its more general overheads. While the level of funding is not a requisite part of the re-structuring debate, we make the following points:

ccTLD Response to Blueprint No cross subsidy of non-ccTLD activities ccSO approves the Icann Budget, then guarantees ccTLD funding to ICANN Allocation of funding between ccTLDs done by ccSO

ccTLD Response to Blueprint –The ccTLDs are not prepared to have any agency, including the Nominating Committee, appoint members to its Council, the “International Council”. We understand that the purpose of these appointments is to provide the council with individuals having the attributes described as desirable for Directors, and with the additional qualification of an “interest in global names policy”. Those attributes are present in the members of the ccSO, and will be available to the council, and to the Board by way of the ccSO’s appointment of directors.

ccTLD Response to Blueprint –We understand the committee’s view is that such appointments will provide: (1)reporting to the Board on minority view points, ()facilitation in case of deadlock or other stoppages, and ()leadership ()representation in what is, otherwise, a monolithic structure

ccTLD Response to Blueprint The ccTLDs will work with the committee to demonstrate that those concerns are already dealt with by the ccTLDs and their proposed ccSO structure (a copy of the draft structure for the SO, and its Council are attached)

ccTLD Response to Blueprint The ccTLDs are prepared to work in close liaison with the GAC, in relation to those matters of interest to governments. We do not believe that an appointed liaison officer will be an efficient way of arranging that…. We are committed to working with the GAC to improve liaison, and point instead to the first joint ccTLD-GAC workshop held in Bucharest

ccTLD Response to Blueprint Each SO should have 3 seats on the Board. …..and for ICANN to have credibility as an international organisation, those interests should be represented on the board….. that number greatly facilitates fair geographic representation. With two directors, at any given time, three ccTLD regions are unrepresented

ccTLD Response to Blueprint We suggest that the Board seats in question be re-allocated from those appointed by the Nominating Committee, reducing those to 5 (1 per geographic region) rather than creating any additional seats. This would mean that there would be 3 directors from each SO (a total of 9) providing specialist input, 10 directors from the wider community (5 voting and 5 non-voting) providing general, public interest perspectives and the CEO.

ccTLD Response to Blueprint – We have reservations about the concept and composition of the Nominating Committee, and ICANN’s ability to find and select members in an open transparent and contestable manner in the time frame. If there is to be such a body, it is essential for the reputation of the Corporation that there be no allegation that it was not created under conditions of the greatest fairness and openness.

ccTLD Response to Blueprint The ccTLD representation in the Nominating Committee is disproportionately small (1 of 19 seats). We recommend that should a Nominating Committee be created there should 1 representative of the ccTLD mangers and 5 regionally selected representatives of local internet communities, with the ccSO recommending candidates to the Board

ccTLD Response to Blueprint –The ccTLDs recommend that there be no extension of the current 2 term limit for directors. –The ccTLDs look forward to working with the ERC to develop a transition plan and schedule that can be implemented.

Implement as Policy International Council Vice President, Works (Policy Development) GNSO International Assembly An Open List for the discussion of ccTLD matters, announcements, Minutes etc Rapporteur provides synthesis Council reviews Establish a Working Group (plus outside Representatives) Policy Development Process : ccSO (see Issue List automatically created by Secretariat/VP Notified. Specified period. Notice of Policy Request Remits for further work

Developments since Bucharest; the Board’s instruction to ERC. Board in Romania adopts Blueprint, saying meeting in Bucharest had provided “additional feedback”... Public Forum had identified the following important issues…geo/cultural diversity…At Large Committee creation…Nom.Com to be balanced…collaborate with critical infrastructure providers….(cont’d)

Developments since Bucharest; the board’s instruction …and the technical community to further the establishment of effective working relationships “…ensure that Icann’s policy development processes enhance and promote a transparent bottom up process”

Documents issued by ICANN since Bucharest 15 July Status Report on Implementation 26 July Names Policy AG - Preliminary 29 July Accountability AG -Preliminary 1 August First Interim Implementation 2 September : 2nd Interim Implementation 19 August ALAC AG Reports

Developments since Bucharest 21 August Adcom conference call with ERC recomends cc AG further discussion with Adcom promised last contact by ERC with adcom 23 August ccTLD group call with ERC - discusses cc AG No further contact

Developments since Bucharest 21 August NP AG reports on NPDP 2 September 2nd Interin Implementation 18 September ERC announces formation of ccAG

Developments since Bucharest 20 September : Renewal of MoU between US Government and ICANN 20 September : Statement from USG on Extension

Documents issued by ICANN 2 October : Final Implementation Report First re-drafted Bylaws GNSO policy development process annexed 4 October : Progress report from ccNSO Assistance Group

Documents issued by ICANN 9 October : RIRs deliver “Blueprint for Evolution of Address Management” 11 October : First Supplemental Implementation Report 12 October : Fourth Status Report (on RIRs)

Documents issued by ICANN 22 October : ccNSO Update to ERC 23 October : Second Supplemental Implementation Report Second Re-draft of proposed Bylaws