RIPE NCC statement on New IANA In June 1998, the RIPE NCC Executive Board reviewed the US Government White Paper at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm and welcomed it, especially the emphasis on self-administration for the Internet. In particular, the RIPE NCC believed then and believes now that for stability of operation, the technical work of the new IANA corporation must be initially built out from the existing IANA technical team hosted by the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California under the direction of Jon Postel. The RIPE NCC has considered the draft bylaws of the new IANA corporation as most recently revised and posted at http://www.iana.org/bylaws3.html. While we recognize deficiencies in the present draft and wish that they be remedied, the RIPE NCC endorses the draft as the basis for the final bylaws and encourages all parties to continue discussions to achieve consensus on such a final version. The RIPE NCC repeats its earlier commitments to provide its fair share of the operational costs of the new IANA. As a first step the RIPE NCC provides US$25,000 to the University of Southern California to help cover costs associated with the establishment of the new IANA and as an initial contribution to the operational costs. These monies have already been made available in April 1997 when the continuation of IANA operational funding from the US government for FY98 had not yet been secured. The RIPE NCC commits to work with the existing Regional Registries and others to establish the "Address Supporting Organisation" and have it recognised by the new IANA as soon as practical.