Internet Governance Officials Say More Work Required for NETMundial Initiative
High-level Internet governance officials agreed the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition should continue, but the issues on the NETMundial Initiative (NMI) need more work, in a meeting last week, an ICANN news release said Monday. The meeting’s participants included several…
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ICANN board members, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade, Internet Engineering Task Force Chairman Jari Arkko, Internet Society (ISOC) CEO Kathy Brown and Interactive Architecture Bureau Chairman Russ Housley, it said. ISOC refused to endorse the NETMundial Initiative’s Coordination Council in November (see 1411170031). Arkko and Housley want the initiative’s “structure defined after setting the terms of reference and scope of the work,” ICANN said. “More work needs to be done by NMI and with the various communities involved.”