<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">All,<div class="">please note the suggested time-line is based on our current work plan with a bit of wiggle-room for implementation in 2016. Hence, our work remains unaffected by this announcement. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 18.08.2015 um 19:54 schrieb Salaets, Ken <<a href="mailto:ksalaets@itic.org" class="">ksalaets@itic.org</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">I agree with Jordan re the timeline. As for implementation post-Dublin, absent a preliminary signal from NTIA along the lines of ‘right track’ – and I’m not certain how they could do that, given the politics and procedures – is there risk of pursuing a recommended track or tracks and having it/them “rejected” or altered down the road? Apologies if I have missed a previous discussion on implementation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Cheers,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Ken <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jordan Carter<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:43 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Malcolm Hutty<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Accountability Cross Community<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Contract Extended<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For what it's worth, I do not believe that there is any impact on our timeline at all. We should still finalise our proposal for WS1 for Dublin and be implementing shortly thereafter.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">It is all the things that happen after which require the contract extension... Particularly the 5mth U.S. Govt review and approval process...<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">J<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="">On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, Malcolm Hutty <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="">"Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition<br class="">documents how long it would take to finish and implement their<br class="">proposals. After factoring in time for public comment, U.S. Government<br class="">evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the community estimated<br class="">it could take until at least September 2016 to complete this process. In<br class="">response to their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday that we plan<br class="">to extend our IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30,<br class="">2016. Beyond 2016, we have options to extend the contract for up to<br class="">three additional years if needed.<br class=""><br class="">This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it<br class="">needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning<br class="">the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA<br class="">transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register<br class="">notice, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in<br class="">on the proposals."<br class=""> -- Extract, NTIA statement 2015-08-17 (yesterday)<br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition</a><br class=""><br class="">In the light of this announcement, do we still think we are done?<br class="">Or does the extra time give us the opportunity to improve our proposal<br class="">further?<br class=""><br class="">Malcolm.<br class="">--<br class=""> Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523<br class=""> Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog<br class=""> London Internet Exchange |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://publicaffairs.linx.net/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; 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