ICANN Board Approves Revised Bylaws To Reflect IANA Transition Plans
The ICANN board adopted revisions to bylaws meant to implement aspects of ICANN's Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition plan and a related set of changes to the nonprofit's accountability mechanisms. The board also adopted ICANN's IANA functions service level agreement…
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with the regional Internet registries and a supplemental memorandum of understanding with the Internet Engineering Task Force, ICANN said Friday. The revised bylaws generally track with draft revisions that ICANN released for comment last month (see 1604220061) but make some additional revisions in response to concerns raised in comments (see 1605230059). New revisions included removing a portion of the bylaws that grandfathers agreements between ICANN and five entities that aren’t set to take effect until Oct. 1 -- the Address Supporting Organization, Internet Engineering Task Force, Number Resource Organization, Root Zone Management System and Post-Transition IANA. Most commenters raised concerns about the inclusion of the agreements because they hadn't been finalized, ICANN said. ICANN planned to have transmitted the revised bylaws to NTIA after our deadline Friday. NTIA had required revisions to ICANN's bylaws before the agency could complete its review of ICANN's IANA transition-related bylaws. That review is expected to be completed by mid-June. “This is an important milestone for ICANN and the community,” ICANN Chairman Steve Crocker said in a blog post. “As we await the release of NTIA’s report, we continue to prepare for implementation of the transition proposals.”