[170227] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: arin representation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Tue Mar 25 03:29:44 2014
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:25:42 +0000
In-Reply-To: <m2d2hayig5.wl%randy@psg.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
> ok, let me also try to be constructive. how the heck do we get
> ourselves out of a hole where we are ruled by self-perptuating
> monopolies which lack oversight and accountability. and it ain't
> just arin. look at the big [cc]tlds, the horror of icann, ...
Randy -
The ARIN Board has a governance committee, and so I'll leave=20
responding to your ARIN specific governance points to the Chair
of that committee (Paul Andersen)...
With respect to entire Internet name and number ecosystem, I do=20
not agree with the characterization that "... we are ruled by=20
self-perptuating monopolies which lack oversight and accountability",=20
but also in the spirit of being constructive, let me agree that:
1) It is a very strange family of organizations with rather
uneven governance practices.
=20
2) There is a real risk that one or more of these organizations=20
could evolve into "self-perptuating monopolies which lack=20
oversight and accountability", and this risk is definitely
worthy of folks attention considering NTIA's IANA announcement.
In particular, it would be wise idea to folks to think about the=20
what should be the underlying principles for the governance of=20
all of these organizations... The IANA transition announcement
that I forwarded earlier is about building a plan which meets=20
the NTIA's requirements for transiting its oversight role -=20
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transitio=
n-key-internet-domain-name-functions>
"... NTIA has communicated to ICANN that the transition proposal must have =
broad community support and address the following four principles:
=95 Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
=95 Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
=95 Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners o=
f the IANA services; and,
=95 Maintain the openness of the Internet."
That third requirement (meet the needs and expectations of the=20
global customers) is going to be hard to satisfy without really
good governance practices - it would be good if folks who feel
like you do take a moment to remind NTIA what exactly you think
good governance practices are; paraphrasing your points, that
might be elements such as:
- Simple terms and conditions for contracts with registries
- Membership organizations for registries with term limits=20
for Board and advisory bodies
- Board diversity (meaning real world users)
- Competitive registries=20
- ...
There will shortly be a process to share such input into the
transition plan; I will make sure its well known on this list
and the ARIN lists. Folks should begin thinking so that they
can provide insight into what they expect from the Internet=20
name and number registry system as conditions necessary for=20
USG/NTIA to effect a transition of its stewardship role to=20
these organizations collectively.
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
