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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-16-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-16-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This page is available in:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<h5><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Why this matters<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NTIA Stewardship Transition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Following the request of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S Department of Commerce, for ICANN to "convene a multistakeholder
process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG-Stewardship) was formed with the purpose of developing a consolidated transition
proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to domain names.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The CWG-Stewardship held briefing webinars on the first draft proposal on 3-4 December 2014, and subsequently received nearly 60 public comments. Following the close of the public
comment period, the CWG-Stewardship reviewed the comments and continued to work at an intense pace to prepare its transition proposal, through more than 30 teleconferences, a working session at ICANN 52 in Singapore in February, a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul
in March and, most recently, during a two-day meeting block with over 12 hours of conferences to converge on the 2<sup>nd</sup> draft proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With the aim to submit its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) by the close of ICANN 53 in June, the CWG-Stewardship highlights the importance
of broader community input of their draft, for which the group has received independent legal counsel for structural considerations and external expertise to bolster operational sections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The CWG-Stewardship will hold two identical webinars at different times to facilitate participation across time zones.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The webinars will take place on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">24 April from 14:00 – 15:30 UTC</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (time zone converter
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<h3><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Webinar Details & How to Attend</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The webinars will be run in an
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-iana/"><span lang="EN-US">Adobe Connect room</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. If you
are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:brenda.brewer@icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">brenda.brewer@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and indicate
which time you would like to attend the webinar. Please note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CWG-Stewardship Wiki
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ryYnAw"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further information</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information about the CWG-Stewardship's work, please see
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg"><span lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition, please see
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.icann.org/stewardship</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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