[governance] What happened at the NARALO/ALAC/CCNSO?

[Danny Younger]

Jacqueline,

re:  "How does ALAC (an administrative group of 10
people "representing" others (voted by the RALOS) and
5 put in by NomCom to "represent" the global 
balance) have an oversight function towards the USG?"

Let's reframe the question:  "Can the ALAC comment on
matters pertaining to ccTLDs, such as namespace policy
considerations involved in a possible redelegation, as
in .US?"

In my view, in that the ALAC has a liaison to the
ccNSO (that's you), has commented on the GAC-ccNSO IDN
questionnaire, and has a remit that is broader than
merely a focus on gTLDs, it should be able to comment
on such matters.

In potential redelegation situations, RFC 1591 advises
"It is also very helpful for the IANA to receive
communications from other parties that may be
concerned or affected by the transfer."

By the same token, such concerned parties should feel
free to communicate with parties to the potential
transfer (in this case, the USG, Neustar and others
that entered competitive proposals) to similarly make
their views known.

The ALAC and the NARALO chose not to express any views
to the USG -- they chose a path of non-involvement.

So we now have a new contract that was issued to
NeuStar to manage the .us namespace.  One feature in
this contract is the replacement of the former
transparent multi-stakeholder .us Policy Council with
a blog, a message board and RSS feeds -- see
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/usTLD2007_17_L_Outreach.pdf

Perhaps some degree of involvement may have led to a
different outcome.
 


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