ICANN Q4 FY15 Stakeholder Call August 20, Registration Deadline

ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August at 14:00 UTC - time converter - 10:00am ET (US). The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015 and will cover some of the information from the latest KPI Beta Dashboard, anticipated to launch around the same time.

Register to attend the call no later than 16:00 UTC, 12 noon ET (US), August 19th, at: http://goo.gl/forms/4T76Zn1ulT and to receive joining instructions.

If you are unable to access the form (at the registration link above), email ICANN at icann.communications@icann.org to register--include your full name and email address where to send joining instructions.

The call is open for all to attend, including press, and there will be ample time for Questions & Answers (Q&A). A recording of the call will also be available online on the ICANN website here.

These calls were set up to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency efforts by making it easy to follow ICANN's progress toward fulfilling its mission of keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable.

Agenda

• President's Overview (10 mins) - Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO
• Policy Update (10 mins) – David Olive, VP Policy Development Support and Adiel Akplogan, VP Technical Engagement
• Management Update (15 mins) – David Conrad, CTO
• Financial Update (10 mins) – Xavier Calvez, CFO
• Q&A (30 mins)

More information:

Visit ICANN's Quarterly Reports page 24 hours before the call to pre-read the presentation. You may also find other useful recourses and background information there, as well as archived transcripts and recordings of all previous Quarterly Stakeholder Calls. A recording will also be made available after the call on that page.

(source: ICANN.org)

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ICANN, IANA Functions, Internet DNS Root, Root Server Operators

In what countries are Internet DNS Root Servers hosted? Many, including nations on every continent excepting Antarctica which once hosted a root server as explained in the video above. Speaker is Matt Larson, then VP (2010) of VeriSign, the Internet DNS Root Zone Maintainer under a contract with the US government. Matt also explains anycast in this 2010 video.

Screenshot of Internet DNS Root Servers Map from root-servers.org

2. Mutual Recognition 2.1. Recognition of ‘F Root Operator’: ICANN recognizes ‘F Root Operator’ as the manager and sponsoring organization of the “F Root Name Server”, and the entity responsible for operating the “F Root Name Server” as a stable and interoperable part of the global domain name system for the Internet. 2.2. Recognition of ICANN: ‘F Root Operator’ acknowledges that ICANN, through its IANA functions, is the entity responsible for maintaining and keeping the root of the Internet DNS stable and globally interoperable in a manner that is consistent with ICANN's Mission and Core Values as reflected in its bylaws. (Excerpt: Root F Operator agreement, infra, emphasis added)

Root Servers: The authoritative name servers that serve the DNS root zone, commonly known as the “root servers”, are a network of hundreds of servers in many countries around the world. They are configured in the DNS root zone as 13 named authorities, see below.

List of Root Servers
Hostname and IP Addresses -- Manager:
a.root-servers.net 198.41.0.4, 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 -- VeriSign, Inc.
b.root-servers.net 192.228.79.201, 2001:500:84::b -- University of Southern California (ISI)
c.root-servers.net 192.33.4.12, 2001:500:2::c -- Cogent Communications
d.root-servers.net 199.7.91.13, 2001:500:2d::d -- University of Maryland
e.root-servers.net 192.203.230.10 -- NASA (Ames Research Center)
f.root-servers.net 192.5.5.241, 2001:500:2f::f  -- Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
g.root-servers.net 192.112.36.4 -- US Department of Defense (NIC)
h.root-servers.net 128.63.2.53, 2001:500:1::803f:235 -- US Army (Research Lab)
i.root-servers.net 192.36.148.17, 2001:7fe::53 -- Netnod
j.root-servers.net 192.58.128.30, 2001:503:c27::2:30 -- VeriSign, Inc.
k.root-servers.net 193.0.14.129, 2001:7fd::1 -- RIPE NCC
l.root-servers.net 199.7.83.42, 2001:500:3::42 -- ICANN
m.root-servers.net 202.12.27.33, 2001:dc3::35 -- WIDE Project

ICANN and Root Server Operators: The Internet's Root Server System consists of twelve organizations that operate the world's thirteen DNS root name servers. ICANN is the root server operator for L-root. Over the years, some root server operators have affirmed their role in cooperation with ICANN. These relationships are outlined in the documents listed below.

Root - Root Server Operator - Document - Date
F  - ISC -  Mutual Responsibilities Agreement [PDF, 20 KB] - January 2008
I   - Netnod - Letters (Netnod [PDF, 45 KB]) - May 2009
K   - RIPE - NCC - Letters (RIPE NCC [PDF, 307 KB]) - June 2009
M   - WIDE Project - Letters (WIDE [PDF, 372 KB]) - May 2009

Further information:

• root-servers.org Root Server Technical Operations Association
• iana.org The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)--responsible for the global coordination of the DNS Root, IP addressing, and other Internet protocol resources. 
• What Is The US Government's Claim to the Internet Root?
• The Day Jon Postel Freed The Internet Root From US Government Control
• ICANN, IANA functions, Ultimate Mechanism of Accountability, A New Root

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ICANN Strategic Plan 2016-2020, Video with captions

ICANN Strategic Plan 2016-2020 (with captions) -

An animated look at ICANN's 5-year Strategic Plan 2016-2020 (published April 1, 2015), which sets forth five Strategic Objectives and sixteen Strategic Goals, each with Key Success Factors and Strategic Risks.

ICANN's Strategic Objectives:
1. Evolve and further globalize ICANN....
2. Support a healthy, stable, and resilient unique identifier ecosystem....

2.3 Support the evolution of domain name marketplace to be robust, stable and trusted.
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS (OUTCOMES)
- Credible and respected industry that is compliant with its responsibilities as demonstrated by open, transparent, and accountable systems, policies, and procedures implemented usingbest practices.
- High confidence in ICANN’s coordination of the domain name system.
STRATEGIC RISKS
- Conflicting agendas of key players thwart cooperation and evolution of marketplace to serve the public interest.
- Loss of confidence in ICANN’s coordination of the domain name marketplace.

3. Advance organizational, technological and operational excellence....
4. Promote ICANN’s role and multistakeholder approach....

4.2 Clarify the role of governments in ICANN and work with them to strengthen their commitment to supporting the global Internet ecosystem....

5. Develop and implement a global public interest framework bounded by ICANN’s mission.

5.1 Act as a steward of the public interest
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS (OUTCOMES)
- The ICANN community’s decision and policy-making structures and processes are driven by a clear understanding of the public interest, including a healthy unique identifier system and marketplace.
- The ‘L’ root server and related infrastructure is enhanced to continually improve the services provided for the public interest.
- Common use across the ICANN community of best practices that demonstrate commitment to the public interest.
- Streamlined reviews that demonstrate the effectiveness of best practices in support of the public interest.
STRATEGIC RISKS
- Inability to reach consensus on what constitutes “public interest”.
- Privacy concerns impact the ability to improve root services.
- ICANN community does not reach consensus on best practices related to the public interest.
- Perception that ICANN is driven by selected interests rather than the public interest.
- ICANN’s structures evolve in a manner that results in capture or perception of capture by groups of stakeholders.... (emphasis added)

ICANN Strategic Plan 2016-2020 (Flyer) from ICANN


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