The ICANN CEO has announced intentions to step down from the helm in March 2016, it is not clear what has caused his resignation but speaking to AFP, Chehade said he has accepted a job in the private sector, outside of the domain name space which ICANN supervises. He promised to disclose the name of …
The one million dollar question however is: “If the ICANN CEO thinks that the CWG does not understand how the IANA functions work, and no body else understands it but ICANN, then why give such an important responsibility of aspects of the IANA Transition proposal to a group of people that presumably do not understand how the …
As writen by Kieren McCarthy on Theregister.co.uk Video footage has surfaced of ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade slagging off an independent team investigating how the internet’s crucial IANA body will be governed in future. Chehade said during breakfast with domain-name industry types: “There is no one today in the CWG [Community Working Group] who even understands …
Thomas Rickert, León Sánchez, Mathieu Weill Members and participants of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) met in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23-24 March 2015. The meeting was attended in-person by 42 members and participants. A number of participants and observers joined the meeting remotely using the virtual meeting room. Three …
As published on CircleID Only proper regulation by an independent agency with full Congressional mandate will ensure that a ‘FIFA-Mafia type’ organization of systematic corruption does not emerge. ICANN should not be trusted by Congress to regulate itself. Introduction – The cure is closer, and not arms-length, Internet supervision The recent hearing conducted by the …
Lawrence E. Strickling has said in his latest post-ICANN 52 Singapore blog that “While September 2015 has been a target date, because that is when the base period of our contract with ICANN expires, we have the flexibility to extend the contract if the community needs more time to develop the best plan possible” This …
It is asserted that ICANN was “purpose-built” to operate the IANA functions. This is only partly true. ICANN’s original design, in which the IANA functions were a central aspect, was abandoned very quickly between 1999 and 2002. ICANN‘s first bylaws tried to create three Supporting Organizations, one for domains (DNSO), one for addresses (ASO) and …
By Robin Gross on CircleID Below is the text of a proposal made today to ICANN’s Cross Community Working Group on Accountability (CCWG-ACCT) to create a community veto process over certain key decisions of ICANN’s board of directors. This community veto process could be created by amending ICANN’s existing corporate bylaws, which should also be amended …
SINGAPORE (AFP) – The head of the Internet overseer ICANN conceded Thursday that the United States may have to extend its control over the group beyond September as governments bicker over a replacement regulatory regime. Fadi Chehade, ICANN CEO , said he still hoped that a new oversight system could be agreed in time. “I …
As written by Brett D. Schaefer, Paul S. Rosenzweig and James L. Gattuso on Heritage.org Time Is Running Out: The U.S. Must Be Prepared to Renew the ICANN Contract Last March, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an arm of the Commerce Department, announced that it intended to “transition key Internet domain name functions …