Reorganization of ICANN

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Reorganizationof ICANN

• Reorganization of ICANN, ccSO
• Elisabeth Porteneuve
• AFNIC (NIC-FR)
• ccTLD Names Council Member
• DNSO Secretariat

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ICANN

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
  Numbers
• USG Government White Paper (5 Jun 1998)
• http//www.icann.org/general/white-paper-05jun98.h
  tm
• MoU between USG and ICANN (28 Nov 1998)
• http//www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/icann-
  memorandum.htm)

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ICANN (1)

• Defined as an international body for technical
  management of the Internet, set up as a project
  of US Government in 1998
• Initialy estimated for 2 years
• Extended until September 2001
• Structure defined in Articles (Bylaws),
  compromise between various groups

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ICANN (2)

• 3 Supporting Organizations
• ASO (Address SO) gt 3 Directors
• PSO (Protocol SO) gt 3 Directors
• DNSO (Domain Names SO) gt 3 Directors
• At-Large Members gt 9 Directors
• It was expected that At-Large Directors will
  replace the 9 Initial ones
• Does Internet lead towards direct democracy ?
• GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee)
• RSAC (Root Server Advisory Committee)

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ASO Address Supporting Organization

• IP numbers
• 3 professional organizations, Regional Internet
  Registries
• APNIC (Asia-Pacific)
• ARIN (North and South America, partly Africa)
• RIPE NCC (Europe, partly Africa, Middle East)

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PSO Protocol Supporting Organization

• Internet Protocols
• 4 professional organizations
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  (ETSI)

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DNSO Domain Names Supporting Organization

• DNSO was built up from scratch, at the same time
  as ICANN
• 7 Constituencies (built up from scratch)
• ccTLD Registries
• gTLD Registries
• Registrars
• Business and Commercial Interests
• Internet Service Providers and Connectivity
  Providers
• Intellectual Property
• Non Commercial Domain Names Holders

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DNSO (2)

• Domain names are the most passionate and
  contentious issue on the Internet
• Two categories of TLD
• gTLD international rules, established within
  ICANN framework
• ccTLD national rules, established within
  countries
• Impact of gTLDs on ccTLDs ?

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At-Large Membership

• At-Large Member of ICANN ( people of the
  Internet )
• 158000 subscribers, no fees, procedure
  Webe-Mailpostal letter
• 5 Directors elected by At-Large in October 2000,
  one per region
• Step-by-step and fears, 4 another Initial
  Directors continue to serve
• AGM ICANN Los Angeles Nov 2000
• 5 At-Large replace 5 Initial ones

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gTLD  Global Village 

• 3 SOs, AtLarge, GAC
• Rules established within ICANN
• Operating under US law and jurisdiction
• The Registrants or Registrars are from all other
  the world, but the terms and conditions of
  contractual relationship they have with the
  generic (global) TLD Registries are always US
  connected.

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ccTLD  Countries Village 

• Reality of the World
• Policy rules are devised locally by a Local
  Internet Community including local government
• Each ccTLD operated under its national law and
  jurisdiction

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Rich world of ccTLD (1)

• Various business models
• Private companies, public organizations,
  governmental agencies
• Private for profit and private not for profit
• Registries forbidden to act as Registrars or
  cooperatives of Registrars and ISPs
• Naming authority inside and outside of Registry
• Loosly contracting with Registrars or developing
  accreditation policies

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Rich world of ccTLD (2)

• Trusty for a Nation
• Developing Local Internet Community
• Working together with local government
• Providing arbitration services for various
  disputes
• Following ICANN process and acting as information
  center in national language

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ccTLD concerns

• IANA partnership and re-delegations well defined
• Contractual relationship with ICANN
• Stability of Internet and its root servers
• New TLDs and their impact
• International Domain Names
• Data protection

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ccTLD structure

• ccTLD bring genuine international legitimacy to
  ICANN
• ccTLD are well organized structure for
  development of policy matters - international
  network of national ICANN-like bodies
• ccTLD act as legitimate national representations
  on Internet matters

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AtLarge and ccTLD

• Internet AtLarge democracy cannot be built up
  without education and appropriate local
  structures
• ccTLD have their LICs, it is a structure for
  information and education
• The Internet education is matter of local
  language and local culture
•  Global Village  and  Countries Village  are
  complementeries and simultaneous

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ICANN reorganization (1)

• ASOPSO, as it is, 6 ICANN Directors
• DNSO with 6 professional constituencies,  Global
  Village  perspective, 3 ICANN Directors
• Individuals SO, AtLarge and DNSO GA successor,
  tentative for direct democracy, 3 ICANN Directors
  
• ccSO Registries representing Local Internet
  Communities,  Countries Village  perspective, 6
  ICANN Directors

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ICANN reorganization (2)

• Financial scheme shall be adapted to the
  membership
• ccTLD contribute for 35 to ICANN budget, its
  ICANN Board Directors shall match this proportion

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Conclusions

• ICANN reform is necessary
• Internet management requests for better worldwide
  participation
• ccTLD component is essential for ICANN, and its
  structure does exist
• AtLarge component is essential for ICANN, but is
  cannot be deployed without structure