[governance] FYI: ICANN Releases Its Submission to the Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement

[Veni Markovski]

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-09jan08.htm

ICANN Releases Its Submission to the Midterm 
Review of the Joint Project Agreement

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation 
for Assigned Names and Numbers today made its 
formal submission to the Midterm Review of the 
Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and 
the United States Department of Commerce.

The submission▓s main point is that the 
conclusion of the JPA would be a further step in 
the transition envisioned since ICANN was 
established ≈ one of moving the Domain Name 
System to private-sector co-ordination.

"Ending the JPA will provide long-term stability 
and security for a model that works," stated 
Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush in the ICANN Board 
submission. "It will provide confidence to all 
participants that the investment of time, thought 
and energy for over nine years has secured an 
Internet coordination body that will always be 
owned by all stakeholders, not managed or overseen by any one entity."

The U.S. Government has been committed to the 
transition of the DNS to the private sector since 
1998. Over this time there have been seven 
Memorandums of Understanding between ICANN and 
the USG, and 13 status reports measuring ICANN▓s progress.

The submission also states that the completion of 
the JPA will clearly signal that JPA and the MOUs 
before it have been successful.

"This success should be commemorated," Dengate 
Thrush stated in the Board▓s submission.

ICANN▓s Board is encouraging the Internet 
Community to take part in the Midterm Review 
before the 15 February 2008 deadline for submissions.

If you continue to believe, in full transition of 
the domain name system to the private sector, and 
in an Internet that is co-ordinated not 
controlled, now is the time to say so and be a 
part of the next step in that transition.

ICANN▓s entire submission to the Midterm Review 
[PDF,101K] including a table outlining the 
organization▓s achievements on the 10 
responsibilities of the JPA [PDF, 469K], is 
publicly available at http://icann.org.

A link to the Department of Commerce▓s Midterm 
Review is available online at 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2007/ICANN_JPA_110207.html. 

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