No: Sec.05 / ISOCID / Sep / 2005 Re: management off ccTLD.id To: Association of Internet Service Provider Indonesia (APJII) Atnn. Mr Sammy Pangerapan, APJII supervisor CC: - Minister of Telecommunication and Informatics, Republic of Indonesia - Secretary General of Department of Telecommunication and Informatics, Republic of Indonesia - Expert staff on International Relations and Digital Divide - Chairman of Trustee, Internet Society International - CEO of Internet Society International - Vice President for chapters of Internet Society International - Vice Chairman of Internet Society Indonesian Chapter - Manager of ccTLD .id - ccTLD .id mailing list - ISOCID mailing list
Dear Mr Sammy Pangerapan, First of all, let me introduce myself as Irwan Effendi, elected secretary of Internet Society Indonesian Chapter, registered in Internet Society International as member number 1347822. Internet Society Indonesian Chapter is a chartered branch of Internet Society International, while Internet Society International is the home organization for Internet Engineering Task Force and other working groups on the internet. Next, I would like to state that this is an Official Inquiry, not an Official Statement of Position, therefore the idea is to obtain as much information as to determine whether we will need to take a position, and what would that position be, if it should come to that. Background We have been partially informed that there has been a move made by APJII to create a new organization to take over the management of root server for ccTLD .id . While the former chairman of ISOCID has stated his support to this move, we are still unclear about how actually this will happen. For ISOCID, the most important keywords in any changes that will affect many users of the internet is "justified need" and "ensured stability of service". We would like to quote our founding father, Vinton G. Cerf, who once said "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" . Although this is not meant that we should not change anything that is already work, it does mean that any changes must be need oriented, justified with clear reasons, explained in technical details, and performed carefully as to avoid breaking something that already works in the first place. The concern We have received information that the plan to set up the new organization is driven by arguments over financial matters between APJII and Budi Rahardjo, not by the need voiced by the community. Furthermore, we have also read the public statement by Budi Rahardjo that he will have nothing to do with the new organization, that sounds like disruption of continuity to us, and we are deeply concerned as to how this will affect internet services related to domain .id during the transition period. The inquiry We would like to receive official answer from APJII regarding the following questions: 1. Is there any specific technical issues that calls for setting up an entirely new organization to manage ccTLD .id? If there is, please explain to us in elaborative manners. 2. Have APJII explore other ways to gain better role in the management, aside of creating a new organization? Joining the current managing organization as a member is one example that we can propose. 3. Change should only be pursued if it will result in improvement. Please list the details of improvements expected as the result of creating a new organization, as well as the supporting studies. 4. How will APJII handle the transition of management to prevent disruption of service ? Does APJII have personnels already accustomed to the current system, or does APJII have a signed agreement from parties involved in the current management, promising to provide technical expertise during the transition? As a closing statement, we urge APJII to carefully reconsider between the benefits and loss of this move, and hopefully will arrive to a solution which is safer and better to the Internet compared to the one currently pursued. Thank you for your attention and reply. Sincerely yours, Irwan Effendi Secretary - Internet Society Indonesian Chapter
