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Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions Draft Transition Proposal

1 December 2014

Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 1 December 2014
Categories/Tags: IANA Stewardship Transition
Purpose (Brief): Following the request of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG) was tasked with developing to produce a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to the Domain Name System (DNS). The CWG has now published its draft transition proposal [PDF, 1.72 MB] for public comment.
Public Comment Box Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-naming-transition-2014-12-01-en