On 06/08/2018 12:38 PM, John Curran wrote:
On 8 Jun 2018, at 11:38 AM, Lee Howard <lee@asgard.org mailto:lee@asgard.org> wrote:
A month ago, I sent the request below to the NRO NC and NRO EC members in my region, asking for an update on ICANN's IPv6 Initiative https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ipv6-initiative-2017-02-28-en, announced last year. Maybe my message was lost, because I didn't get a reply from any of them. The minutes https://aso.icann.org/meetings/formal-ac-meetings/ from this week's meeting have not been published yet, so maybe it has been discussed.
Lee - The NRO EC has not discussed this matter, but it is not apparent to me that there is any intersection of ICANN’s IPv6 initiative and the ASO (at least as far as I understand the mission of the ASO.)
It does not seem to me that asking ICANN for status of a project related to Internet numbers is scope creep. If not the ASO, what path would you suggest for an individual stakeholder requesting accountability from ICANN? I have made the same request of the ALO.
The ICANN IPv6 Initiative https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ipv6-initiative-2017-02-28-en appears to enjoin specific parties (within ICANN and the DNS community) to get more involved with IPv6. For example, there is a task involving ICANN’s Procurement and operations teams to ensure IPv6 related requirements are met for every relevant procurement process. There is task involving DNS Registries and Registrars to conduct a IPv6 compliance assessment, and there is a task for more ICANN outreach on IPv6 to ccTLD operators.
Yes, ICANN has told the community that it will do these things. Then what happens?
One particular task is assigned to ICANN’s Research & Development (R&D) department – "Engage in more IPv6 measurement initiatives within our area of activity, and publish regular status updates (DNS and related services).” It would appear that this task is particularly relevant to your query, and I would recommend that you seek out David Conrad, ICANN’s CTO, regarding current status.
I have not asked him whether I can discuss our correspondence in public.
ICANN should be of its own accord issuing more timely updates to the global Internet community (not to the ASO specifically.) However, I will suggest to the NRO-EC that we ask for the current status of this initiative from ICANN's CEO, and perhaps that will aid with the establishment of more regular reporting from ICANN on this project.
That would be great, thank you,
Lee