SITA?s Comments on the 5th Version of the new IANA Bylaws

["Rosa Delgado" <Rosa.Delgado@sita.int>]

Friday, 2 October 1998


Ref:  SITA?s  Comments  on  the  5th  Version  of  the  new IANA Bylaws (28
September 1998)


Dear Mr. Postel,


SITA   very much appreciates the considerable amount of effort made by IANA
and  the  private  sector  in the entire drafting process, a difficult task
considering the widely divergent interests of stakeholders.

SITA  supports  IANA  in proceeding with the immediate incorporation of the
Internet  Corporation  for  the  Assigned  Names  and  Numbers  (ICANN) and
endorses the Bylaws-Version 5 and its Articles of Incorporation.

SITA  considers  that  the  Bylaws-Version  5  are sufficient to  begin the
implementation  of  the new corporation. However, we must echo the thoughts
of  many  others  throughout  the  world who have stated that remaining key
issues  must  be  given  immediate  attention  by  the  Board of Directors,
resulting  in  a  modification of the Bylaws-Version 5, as soon as ICANN is
incorporated.

In  SITA?s  view  the  priority  tasks  to  be  addressed  by ICANN are: an
equitable  international representation on  the interim Boards of Directors
of the new corporation and voting proceedings; the addition of new TLDs, as
stated  in the Green Paper, and applicability of international law needs to
be recognized, since the new corporation will operate worldwide.

We  believe that these concerns are shared by the global Internet community
of Interand due consideration should be given to them when implementing the
final process.


Yours sincerely,


Rosa Delgado
New Applications Planning Manager - Business Planning
Air Transport Systems Div.
The Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautique
(SITA)
Phone: (+41.22) 71.00.266
Fax:     (+41. 22) 71.00.151
e-mail: rosa.delgado@sita.int