RFC1591 is still in force at the moment, which states:

6) For any transfer of the designated manager trusteeship from one organization to another, the higher-level domain manager (the IANA in the case of top-level domains) must receive communications from both the old organization and the new organization that assure the IANA that the transfer in mutually agreed, and that the new organization understands its responsibilities. 

It is also very helpful for the IANA to receive communications from other parties that may be concerned or affected by the transfer.


If you read RFC1591 you will see that the IANA approach has been relatively
hands off.


g



At 09:31 AM 10/28/98 +1000, George Michaelson wrote:
>  >o I think you need to mention if briefly that IANA/ICANN have some level
>  >  of oversight in the transition from KRE to a body.
>  
>  How exactly would any oversight operate George? Certainly the IANA view
>  was consistent is indicating that what happens within the country
>  domains was a matter for the country concerned. How would you see this chan
>  ging?
>
>I'd like to see a 1-2 paragraph or a cite to the BCP/RFC on how you transit
>the delegation as in what kind of authority they want to see to vary the NS
>for a domain. This is the context where munnari.oz.au. stops being the
>authority for .AU and mulga.cs.mu.oz.au the other onshore secondary.
>
>Even if its a no-brainer, having something which said "IANA expect to see
>the current delegated party explicity hand over control as part of the 
>transition and will make a change in NS delegation accordingly" Its a little
>bit more than "fix it yourself" since somebody has to edit a file or two,
>and the idea they do it on a whim or a phonecall doesn't really fill me with
>glee.
>
>If there is nothing to CITE, then maybe we just have to make it up for
>ourselves?
>
>cheers
>
>-George
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