Creation of Advisory councils proposal

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All,

  Please consider the following proposal with respect to the Geneva conference
and the White Paper recommendations.

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  As time is short and getting shorter we ahd thought that
soem more substitive suggestions or proposals for
consideration may be helpful for the upcomming Geneva
and Singapore Conferences so as to have a basic outline
or framework to work with and/or consider.

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Creation of Advisory Councils Duties and/or Responsibilities
as they apply to the new non-profit Corporation
outlined in the USG's White Paper.

  To wit:  Background and partial justification.
           (From the WP)

THE TRANSITION


Based on the processes described above, the U.S. Government believes that
certain actions should be taken to accomplish the objectives set forth
above. Some of these steps must be taken by the government itself, while
others will need to be taken by the private sector. For example, a new
not-for-profit organization must be established by the private sector and
its Interim Board chosen. Agreement must be reached between the U.S.
Government and the new corporation relating to transfer of the functions
currently performed by IANA. NSI and the U.S. Government must reach
agreement on the terms and conditions of NSI's evolution into one
competitor among many in the registrar and registry marketplaces. A process
must be laid out for making the management of the root server system more
robust and secure. A relationship between the U.S. Government and the new
corporation must be developed to transition DNS management to the private
sector and to transfer management functions.

And specifically:

5) undertake, in cooperation with IANA, NSI, the IAB, and other
   relevant organizations from the public and private sector, a review of
   the root server system to recommend means to increase the security and
   professional management of the system. The recommendations of the
   study should be implemented as part of the transition process; and the
   new corporation should develop a comprehensive security strategy for
   DNS management and operations.

And.....

Staff. We anticipate that the new corporation would want to make
arrangements with current IANA staff to provide continuity and expertise
over the course of transition. The new corporation should secure necessary
expertise to bring rigorous management to the organization.

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Based on these comments, it has been our collective opinion
with much consideration that the following Advisory Councils
should be formed.

Purpose: Advisory councils Duties and/or Responsibilities

  I.) To provide direction and advise for the NewCo to otherwise
      assist the Interim/Permanent Board of directors on an
      advisory and recommendation basis only.

 II.) To provide direction and advise and or technical expertise
      to the relevant committees/councils on an as requested
      basis from any and all resources that they have available
      either from a profit or non-profit source.

III.) To assist upon direction or request of the Interim/permanent
      board of directors behest in the education and/or implementation
      of any ongoing project or Committee activity under that
      committees or councils direction given to that said
      committees or councils by the Interim/permanent Board
      of directors or from the COO of that Interim/permanent Board
      of directors.

 IV.) That any or all of these Advisory councils under the
      direction of the Interim/permanent Board of directors,
      and by the bylaws and/or Charter of NewCo determine
      what structure the and/or determination of the
      stakeholder or Internet community should be represented
      within these Advisory councils.

    A.) Advisory councils to be created.

      1.) The IANA Advisory Counsil or nIANA Advisory council.

          a.) ARIN, APNIC, and RIPE currently withstanding

      2.) The IAB Advisory Council.

      3.) The IETF Advisory Council.



Kindest Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com