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IP: Background to announcement of ITAG
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 10:55:23 -0500
In an attempt to clear up a rather confused picture on some peoples mind of what the ITAG is the following was drafted by the ITAG. Dave Background to announcement of ITAG ---------------------------------- A key event in the next few months will be the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) from a US Government funded activity to an openly governed, privately funded not-for-profit activity. To guide him through this transition, the Director of the IANA, Dr. Jon Postel, has requested advice from a few individuals with experience in the Internet and the international arena. Since the IANA operates in cooperation with the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the formation of this advisory group was jointly announced by Jon and by Brian Carpenter, Chair of the IAB on February 11, 1998: The Chair of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Brian Carpenter, and the Director of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), Jon Postel, jointly announce the formation of the "IANA Transition Advisors Group" (ITAG). The ITAG will serve as a set of senior advisors to the IANA during the transition to a new organization with formal status as a non-profit corporation with a board of directors. This group will cease to exist when the board of directors of the new organization has its first meeting. The members of the ITAG have declared themselves as not candidates for the initial IANA board. The ITAG will consist of 6 members. The initial members(*) are: Randy Bush - Verio Brian Carpenter - IBM UK Dave Farber - U Penn Geoff Huston - Telstra John Klensin - MCI Steve Wolff - Cisco * organization affiliation for identification purposes only. The initial task of the ITAG is to assist Jon in drawing up draft statutes for the new, not-for-profit, IANA organization, with particular attention to its open, international governance. This is why the ITAG members have disqualified themselves from membership of the initial Board of the new organization. They will also advise Dr Postel on any other critical issues concerning the transition to the new organization. The ITAG members were invited on a personal basis by Jon, and do not officially represent anyone except themselves. They all have significant experience of the international aspects of the Internet. Their geographical distribution (four in the US, one in Europe and one on the Pacific Rim) loosely reflects that of the Internet itself. However, the ITAG makes no claim to authority and will act exclusively in an advisory capacity. ******************************** See you at INET'98, Geneva 21-24, July 98 <http://www.isoc.org/inet98/>
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