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<b>From:</b> Steve Crocker<br>
<b>Date:</b> March 10, 2016 at 6:20:58 PM GMT<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Subject:</b> <b>IANA Stewardship Transition and the Affirmation of Commitments</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington, DC 20230</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Re: IANA Stewardship Transition and the Affirmation of Commitments</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Assistant Secretary Strickling:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of the ICANN Board of Directors it gives me great pleasure to transmit to you the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal, which outlines the transition of NTIA’s stewardship of the IANA
functions to the global multistakeholder community. I am also pleased to transmit the CCWG Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations on Enhancing ICANN Accountability.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In its 14 March 2014 announcement, NTIA asked ICANN to convene an inclusive, global discussion to determine a process for transitioning the stewardship of these functions to the multistakeholder
community. It specifically stated that the transition proposal must have broad community support and address the following four principles:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maintain the openness of the Internet.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NTIA also specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces NTIA’s role with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thirty individuals, representing the broad range of Internet stakeholder interests, were nominated by their respective communities to become a part of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination
Group (ICG). The ICG assembled input from three global multistakeholder communities with direct operational relationships with the IANA functions – Domain Names, Numbering Resources, and Protocol Parameters – to develop one single, cohesive proposal to facilitate
the succession of NTIA’s stewardship of the IANA functions.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), made up of members from ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, and over 200 participants,
developed a separate proposal for enhancing ICANN’s accountability in light of the changing historical relationship with the U.S. Government.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The proposals underwent extensive discussion and enjoy broad global community support. The relevant multistakeholder communities held over 600 calls and meetings with more than 32,000 mailing
list exchanges over the past two years . The ICG proposal was finalized after the three operational communities of the IANA functions indicated consensus support for the proposal. The CCWG-Accountability proposal received consensus support from its members
and was subsequently approved by the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees which chartered the group. The proposals themselves describe at great length how their recommendations meet all of NTIA’s criteria. The ICANN Board agrees with the community
that the proposals do in fact meet each of NTIA’s criteria. The ICANN Board resolutions for the package address each of the proposals.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As you conduct your review of the package of proposals, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. , The ICANN multistakeholder community eagerly awaits the results of your review.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Stephen Crocker</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Enclosures:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cover Page for IANA Stewardship Transition Package</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cover Note from Dr. Stephen Crocker</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN Board Resolution on IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN Board Resolution on Enhancing ICANN Accountability Recommendations</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Proposal</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG- Accountability)
Proposal</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IANA Stewardship Transition Timeline</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Diversity and Statistics on Development of IANA Stewardship Transition Package</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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