[Community-Discuss] ICANN and RIRs signed SLA for IANA numbering services post transition

[Mike Silber]

Honest

Individual congresspeople add riders on to spending bills in other areas when they cannot get traction for their demands in the committee having oversight. It is a form of coercion that tries to tie getting money (in this case for defence spending) only on condition that x is done or y is not done. It “wraps” the request into a bigger issue in the hope that it gets lost in there.

This is even more of an issue in the “lame duck” period before the election and inauguration of a new president.

The community has done a very good job of avoiding this lunacy in the commerce committee through strong testimony at the hearing (and a fair bit of lobbying). 

The community can (and should) also demand that the changes agreed as part of this process should be implemented irrespective of any US government restrictions. However, they must also accept that if the rider process succeeds - then certain implementation steps will be suspended. Still, the vast majority of what has been agreed will not be impacted.

This makes for some interesting reading

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/20160627_-_ntia_response_iana_-_rubio.pdf

Mike

> On 1 Jul 2016, at 11:49, Honest Ornella GANKPA <honest1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Owen,
> 
> Can you explain further what  the US congress is trying to do? What can the Internet community do to avoid seeing community efforts wasted if such a bill is passed?
> 
> Honest Ornella GANKPA
> Network engineer 
> 
> 
> 2016-06-30 21:47 GMT+01:00 Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com>>:
> Now if we can just avoid the US Congress doing something stupid (which the senate
> is already trying todo through an amendment to a defense appropriations bill), we’ll
> be all set.
> 
> Owen
> 
>> On Jun 30, 2016, at 10:15 , Noah <noah at neo.co.tz <mailto:noah at neo.co.tz>> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes this is indeed progress...
>> 
>> Congrats to the CRISP and ICANN teams....
>> 
>> Noah
>> 
>> On 30 Jun 2016 17:18, "Danny" <afahounko at gmail.com <mailto:afahounko at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1805-icann-and-regional-internet-registries-sign-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1805-icann-and-regional-internet-registries-sign-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services>
>> 
>> Congratulations to CRISP and ICANN teams.
>> 
>> This is a good example.
>> 
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