<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Please see the original links here: </div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en</a></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><div><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/update-on-iana-stewardship-discussion-24-february-2015">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/update-on-iana-stewardship-discussion-24-february-2015</a></div></div></div></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> is
compiling bi-weekly updates on the community discussions and progress of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>Stewardship
Transition and Enhancing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability
Processes. This information is positioned to help inform interested stakeholders in the recent developments in the processes, upcoming key dates, latest documents and drafts and a snapshot of any news coverage that occurs over the timeframe.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
An Update on <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
Discussions</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
During <a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52</a> in
Singapore, between 6 and 12 February, more than 41 hours were spent on discussions around the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
transition and related <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> accountability
processes. The discussions consisted of:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Community-wide information and question and answer sessions</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Public working sessions by:
<ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; list-style-type: disc; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
Transition Coordination Group (<a href="http://ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr></a>)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG
Stewardship</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability
(<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG
Accountability</a>).</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Stakeholder-specific discussions within individual Supporting Organizations, including many of the component constituencies of the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GNSO</abbr>,
and within the Advisory Committees.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The community-wide sessions provided online participation mechanisms and were webcast and transcribed live. Transcripts and audio of all sessions, including those not transcribed live, are now<a href="http://singapore52.icann.org/en/materials" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">available
online</a>.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The following is a summary of transition and accountability-related discussions at<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52.</em></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Clarifications from <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://ntia.doc.gov/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr></a> reiterated
that although the current <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> contract
expires 30 September 2015, that is not a deadline for the transition but a target date. The transition can occur whenever the multistakeholder community develops a plan both it and <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> can
accept.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> expects
a single proposal for the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
transition.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> does
not expect any dissenting opinions to accompany the final proposal.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> expects
the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>-related
accountability mechanisms being developed through Work Stream 1 of CCWG Accountability to be submitted at the same time as the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> proposal.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Although the <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-113HPRT91668/pdf/CPRT-113HPRT91668.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015</a> [PDF, 3.44 MB] prohibits <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> from
spending any money to relinquish the contract through 30 September 2015, this does not prevent the <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> from
providing informal feedback when asked questions by the community nor does it prevent the community's ability to continue developing a proposal for the transition.</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Key <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> updates
and discussions:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
The <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> discussed
the progress of the review of the protocol parameters and numbers community proposals the group had received, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wad3entgv3dqr3m/Summary%20of%20internally%20resolved%20questions-v2.xlsx?dl=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">resolving</a> a
number of questions <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> members
had had about both proposals. There was discussion about how to handle public comments on the names proposal, once submitted, due to concerns that the proposal could attract significant numbers of public comments and that it might not be practical to forward
each individual comment to the CWG Stewardship for its consideration.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
There were discussions about the effect that the extended timeline for the CWG Stewardship proposal would have on the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s
final proposal, with agreement to review the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s
current timeline based on more detailed review of the work that can be completed independent of the names proposal. It was noted that, as many members of the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> were
following the CWG Stewardship work, much of the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s
work on the names proposal could take place before the final CWG proposal was formally delivered to the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>.</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
CWG Stewardship and CCWG Accountability:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
The two groups confirmed they were planning to use the same legal counsel for advice on the legal viability of proposal ideas under discussion. Although <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> would
pay for the legal advice, the clients would be the CWG and CCWG, not <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Recognizing the interdependent and interrelated nature of the two groups, the Chairs of both groups are also in regular contact to ensure close coordination between the two processes.</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Key CWG Stewardship updates and discussions:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
A final version of a <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49351404/CWG-SingaporeDiscussionDocument-Final.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1422998880000&api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Discussion
Document</a> [PDF, 447 KB] was published on 3 February to bring the wider community up to date on its work and encourage further community input.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
The CWG Stewardship explained that the reasons the names component of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
proposal was taking longer than the numbers and protocol parameters components was due to the complexity of the names communities. CWG members were meeting very regularly – sometimes daily – to progress the work of the group.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
The CWG Stewardship clarified that although there were still significant differences of opinion about the two main models on the table – "external" trust (oversight of <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> exists
outside <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>)
versus "internal" trust (<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> performs <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
function, with possibly a "golden bylaw" to ensure <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> can
be held accountable to community) – the vast majority of issues under discussion in the CWG were enjoying significant consensus. The CWG hoped that after it received legal advice on the external and internal options under discussion, some of the current proposal
options could be found to be unviable and reduce the number of options from which the CWG needed to choose. </li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Key CCWG Accountability updates and discussions:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Work Stream 1, which is examining the accountability mechanisms that must be in place or committed to within the timeframe of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
transition, has formed two Working Parties (WP): WP 1 is examining how the community can be empowered to hold the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board
accountable while WP 2 is examining possible review and redress processes. There was a suggestion to clarify which accountability mechanisms in Work Stream 1 were "triggered" (by a specific action or non-action by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>)
or "non-triggered" (part of regular <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> processes).</li></ul><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Governmental Advisory Committee:</h4><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
In its <a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC_SINGAPORE52_COMMUNIQUE_FINAL2.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1423724031000&api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Singapore
Communiqué</a> [PDF, 113 KB], the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Governmental
Advisory Committee</strong>(<a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr></a>)
committed to continue working with the CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability both through individual <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> members
and through the designated <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> representatives
to both groups. The <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> also
noted that the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
process would have the highest priority for the <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr>'s
intersessional work in the lead-up to <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 53</a> in
Buenos Aires.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">More detailed information about post-<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52
work in the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>,
CWG-Stewardship, and CCWG-Accountability will follow in the next update.</em></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Updates on other transition-related activities</h3><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
On 12 February, a <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-02-12-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">short
statement from the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board</a> was
published. The key section of the statement is included below:</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
"<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> is
expecting to receive both proposals [from the <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> and
CCWG Accountability] at roughly the same time. When <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> receives
these proposals, we will forward them promptly and without modification to <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>.
As we have previously stated, if we do submit the proposals with an accompanying communication of comments, they will be on points we had already shared with the community during the development of the proposals. […] With respect to improvements in our accountability,
we are definitely open to improvements."</p></blockquote></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">
Internet Society (<abbr title="Internet Society" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ISOC</abbr>)</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
At its <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-board-trustees-encourages-continued-trust-multistakeholder-process-iana" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">15
February meeting</a>, the <abbr title="Internet Society" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ISOC</abbr> Board
stressed that "successful transition will reinforce the value of the collaborative, multistakeholder model", with the Board Chair noting that the process "is a true reflection of the power of the multistakeholder approach to bring parties together to solve
complex problems".</p></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">
International Telecommunications Union (<abbr title="International Telecommunication Union" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ITU</abbr>)</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
During the <abbr title="International Telecommunication Union" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ITU</abbr>'s
Member States-only Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (<a href="http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Internet</a>),
2-3 February, one Member State proposed including the<abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
transition as a topic for open consultations preceding the CWG-Internet's next meeting in October, with the aim of CWG-Internet providing input into the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
process. There was support from some States at the meeting to hold such a consultation while others were opposed. Therefore, the topic will not proceed to public consultation. However, supporting States indicated they might suggest the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
transition as a topic again at the October meeting for the CWG-Internet's subsequent open consultation.</p></li></ol><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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 class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto; width: 750px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
24 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #23</a>, 17:00-19:00<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability
meeting #14</a>, 19:00-21:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
25 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/internal-cg/2015-February/003106.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> Call
#12</a>, 4:00-5:30 UTC<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=683924ae-83d7-4bf4-922a-cdecb9556ba9&ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a&MonthDisplay=2&YearDisplay=2015" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Preserving
the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance</a> – US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>stewardship,
15:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
26 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #24</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
3 Mar 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability
meeting #15</a>, 12:00-14:00 UTC<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #25</a>, 17:00-19:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
4 Mar 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/ianaxfer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Update on the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
Transition Process</a> – <abbr title="Internet Society" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ISOC</abbr> webinar
14:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
5 Mar 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #26</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
CCWG-Accountability Face-to-Face meeting. Details to be confirmed.</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
26-27 Mar 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
CWG-Stewardship Face-to-Face meeting. Details to be confirmed.</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;">
Latest documents and drafts</h3><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto; width: 750px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
12 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52889466" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Chairs' Summary of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52
Meeting</a></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
18 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; 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/download/attachments/49351404/CollectedFeedbackfromICANN52.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1424306998000&api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Feedback
collected from <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52
for review & analysis by CWG Stewardship</a>[DOCX, 40 KB]<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/internal-cg/attachments/20150219/0e71f1df/CWG-Stewardship-ProjPlan-20150218-0001.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
timeline</a> [PDF, 243 KB]</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
21 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wad3entgv3dqr3m/Summary%20of%20internally%20resolved%20questions-v2.xlsx?dl=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> summary
of internally resolved questions regarding the protocol parameters & numbers proposals</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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;"><abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship
in the news</h3><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto; width: 750px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="http://pircenter.org/media/content/files/13/14243433340.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ДО
СИХ ПОР НЕЯСНА БУДУЩАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА КОНТРОЛЯ НАД ФУНКЦИЯМИ <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr></a> [PDF,
388 KB], PIR Center [RU]</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
10 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/icann-52-where-does-the-iana-transition-and-internet-governance-go-from-here-i/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52:
Where does the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> transition
and Internet governance go from here?,</a> National Law University Delhi [EN]</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
10 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/02/10/the-last-third-why-the-iana-transition-for-names-is-hard/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
last third: Why the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> transition
for names is hard</a>, Internet Governance Project [EN]</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
13 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ICANN-Tagung-Experten-fordern-von-den-USA-unabhaengige-IANA-2548976.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>-Tagung:
Experten fordern von den USA unabhängige <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr></a>,
Heise Online [DE]</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;">
20 Feb 2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><a href="https://internetnz.nz/blog/icann-52-reflection" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 52
reflection</a>, InternetNZ [EN]</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
You can play a role in <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>'s
future…</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anyone can participate in discussions about the future of <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>'s
stewardship and <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> accountability.
For information on joining <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CWG-Stewardship</strong>, contact <a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>.
For information on joining <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability</strong>, contact <a href="mailto:accountability-staff@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">accountability-staff@icann.org</a>.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
This update can also be found here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-02-24-en</a></p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compiled on behalf of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> by
Samantha Dickinson | 23 February 2015</em></p></div><div><div></div></div></div></span></div></span></body></html>