<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Joe Catapano</b> <<a href="mailto:joe.catapano@icann.org">joe.catapano@icann.org</a>><br>Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015<br>Subject: March IANA Stewardship Transition/ICANN Accountability Update<br>To: <span></span><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi All,</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please see the <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/vol-2-update-on-iana-stewardship-discussions" target="_blank">latest update </a>from ICANN on the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability proceeses. I know a good amount of this was covered in last week’s meeting that Matt hosted. Adding Matt here, as well as Carolina (CR - I had Natalie on this list, if there is someone else on your staff that is now covering her beat just let me know) Here are the top–level highlights:</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div><ul style="padding:0px;line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem 20px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px">The protocol parameters and numbers proposals submitted to the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICG</abbr> in January 2015 have moved into Step 2 of the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-transition-assembly-finalization-24dec14-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;clear:both;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Proposal Assembly and Finalization Process</a> [PDF, 92 KB].</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px">The work in the CWG-Stewardship [known informally as “the names group”] and CCWG-Accountability have intensified, and both have activated a number of specialized teams focusing on specific issues.</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px">CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability will hold face-to-face meetings in Istanbul next week.</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px">U.S. Senate Committees have questioned witnesses about the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition and its implications for a variety of domestic and international issues.</li></ul><div>Here are key dates and latest documents as well.</div></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><h3 style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.31rem;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:500!important">Upcoming key dates</h3><table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;margin:1rem auto 15px;width:750px;min-height:0.00999999977648258%;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><colgroup><col style="width:0px"><col style="width:0px"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">19 Mar 2015</td><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">CWG-Stewardship Meeting #30</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(236,240,241);background-repeat:initial initial"><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">23-24 Mar 2015</td><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/In+Person+Attendees" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">CCWG-Accountability Face-to-Face Meeting</a>, Istanbul</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important">25 Mar 2015</td><td style="padding:0.75rem;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0)!important"><a href="https://www.ianacg.org/upcoming-icg-calls-13th-14th/" style="color:rgb(0,136,204);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank"><abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICG</abbr> Call #14</a>, 20:00-21:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(236,240,2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xt-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Process Timeline version 8</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Let me know if you have any questions and hope all is well.</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Joe</div></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><span style="color:rgb(17,5,59);font-family:Times;font-size:12px">Joe Catapano</span></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">Program Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, North America</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">+1.202.249.7544 (direct)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">+1.202.550.6018 (mobile)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)"><a href="http://www.icann.org" target="_blank">www.icann.org</a></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">@JosephCatapano</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">@ICANN</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">Facebook.com/icannorg</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)">Skype: joe.catapano.icann</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Times;color:rgb(17,5,59)"><br></p></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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