Comments on Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System
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Document | Type | IAB Statement | |
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Title | Comments on Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System | ||
Published | 2019-06-26 | ||
Metadata last updated | 2023-08-09 | ||
State | Active | ||
Send notices to | (None) |
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On 2019-06-26, the IAB provided the following response to the ICANN Public Comment on Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System:
The IAB thanks ICANN and the Root Server Operators for the opportunity
to comment on this draft governance model. The IAB believes that it
would be able to perform those duties discussed in the model, which we
understand to be:
- Appointing two representatives to the Governance Working Group
- Reviewing the work of the Governance Working Group.
- Coordinating with the Root Server System Governance Board
- Appointing a member of Root Server System Standing Committee.
We do note two areas where the drafters may wish to consider providing
more detail. The first is the work of the secretariat in facilitating
liaisons. The text currently says, in part:
- Coordinating and providing transparency to the operationalization of
appropriate standards (e.g., RSSAC publications and IETF RFCs).
- Assuming new coordination roles that could be defined in the future
The IAB believes that a description of which coordination roles would be
under the Secretariat would be useful, as the RGB and IAB will evidently
also coordinate with each other directly. Similarly, clarification of
whether the coordination envisioned for the deployment of standards will
include contributions to the relevant IETF working groups would be
useful.
As a second point, the text on the work of the Root Server Operator
Review Panel contains no direct references to the appeal path of any
decisions it takes. The IAB understands the text to imply that the ICANN
Board's approval is the first confirmation of RRP decisions and that
further appeals take the form of reconsideration requests as set out in
Article 4 of the ICANN Bylaws. If that is the case, explicit statements
in this document may make the document more comprehensible to a broad
audience. If it is not the case, the IAB would welcome other
clarifications of this point.
regards,
Ted Hardie
for the IAB