<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dear All,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For your information, please find below the latest IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update which may be helpful in your preparation for agenda item 6 (Implementation of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan). </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Heather, who will be chairing Thursday’s meeting, requests that you</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> focus in addressing Item 6 on the 'how" rather than the "what" - in other words, use Thursday's meeting to think about the mechanics of how the Council go about answering th</span><font face="Calibri"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">e questions articulated in the agenda (From the agenda: "</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here the Council will determine whether or not the amended Bylaws accurately reflect the ICG and CCWG-Accountability recommendations, and consequently whether a public comment from the Council is warranted. The Council will also discuss any concerns that have been identified relating to the establishment of the CSC, and begin deliberations over broader issues arising from the implementation of the transition plan, including the possible need to develop mechanisms that will facilitate the GNSO's participation in the new Empowered Community to be created”)</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">Best regards,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 253);">Marika</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><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><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Hillary Jett <<a href="mailto:hillary.jett@icann.org">hillary.jett@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 23:33<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>CCWG-Accountability <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[CCWG-ACCT] [blog] IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<br></div><div><br></div><div><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: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;"><div><div>Original link: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-planning-update-volume-2">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-planning-update-volume-2</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; widows: 1; 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
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line-height: normal; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-planning-update-volume-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Previous update (27 April 2016) </a></li></ul><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management</strong></h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">
The <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management implementation planning track contains projects relating to changes to the <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management System (RZMS) to remove <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>'s authorization
role, parallel testing of the production and parallel test RZMS systems; and the development, and execution of an agreement with Verisign as the root zone maintainer.</div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management System (RZMS) Parallel Testing</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
It has been one month since the start of the parallel testing period and everything continues to go smoothly. Click here to view Verisign’s daily <a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Parallel
Operations <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management System Comparison Reports</a> of all the root zone files generated.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
In addition to Verisign’s daily reports, <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> has
posted the first of three <a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/23-1st-rzms-parallel-testing-monthly-report-v-06may16" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Monthly Reports on
RZMS Parallel Testing Progress </a>during the testing period. The report is available on <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>’s
dedicated <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation/root-zone-management-system-parallel-testing" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">Parallel Testing landing page</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
In the event that no unexplained differences in root zone files are identified between the production RZMS and the parallel test RZMS, the testing period will end successfully on 5 July 2016.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements posted:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/23-1st-rzms-parallel-testing-monthly-report-v-06may16" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Monthly Report on RZMS Parallel Testing
Progress</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Verisign’s daily Parallel Operations <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Management System Comparison Reports</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;">
None.</li></ul><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; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Maintainer Agreement (RZMA)</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Discussions between <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> and
Verisign to finalize details of the RZMA are continuing. The two parties have coalesced around many key elements of the agreement and hope to have a final draft by the end of the month.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Once the draft RZMA is finalized it will be made publicly available on icann.org.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements posted:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;">
None.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list(s):</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;">
None.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
</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(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); font-weight: 500 !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stewardship Transition</strong></h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">
The Stewardship Transition planning track contains projects to prepare relationship documentation with the operational communities, creation of a Post-Transition <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> (PTI)
entity, establishment of a Customer Standing Committee (CSC) and a <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Evolution Review Committee (RZERC), operationalizing 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> customer
service escalation mechanisms and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).</div><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; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
Post-Transition <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> (PTI)</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> has
been working with the Implementation Oversight Task Force (IOTF) on various activities relating to the PTI. Summaries of PTI formation documents (Bylaws, articles of incorporation) as well as the conflict of interest policy have been shared with the IOTF. <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> continues
to work with the IOTF to finalize the process and timing of review for these documents as well as for 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>-PTI
contracts.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements posted this week:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;">
None.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list(s):</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-client/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-client/</a></li></ul><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; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">
Customer Standing Committee (CSC)</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
In the CWG-Stewardship proposal, the Domain Names community recommended that a CSC be formed to replace <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>’s
role as it relates to monitoring performance 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> naming
function. The composition of the CSC will include members and liaisons from all <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> <abbr title="Supporting Organizations" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Supporting
Organizations</abbr>(SOs) and <abbr title="Advisory Committees" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory
Committees</abbr> (ACs).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
A Request for Appointment is expected to be sent to SOs and ACs this month to appoint members and liaisons to the CSC using their internal processes.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements posted this week:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;">
None.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list(s):</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/</a></li></ul><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; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160503/c35e40d7/DRAFTRZERCCharter-V4_Clean-0001.docx" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">RZERC Charter (v4)</a> was <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2016-May/004977.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent;">circulated</a> to
the CWG-Stewardship on 4 May 2016. The CWG-Stewardship will discuss the Charter on their 12 May 2016 call, and members and participants of the group are encouraged to provide any comment by 23:59 UTC on 17 May 2016.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Following analysis and incorporation of any input received from the CWG-Stewardship, <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> will
post the Charter for a 30-day public comment period.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160503/c35e40d7/DRAFTRZERCCharter-V4_Clean-0001.docx" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;"><abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root
Zone</abbr> Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) Charter (v4)</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list(s):</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
</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(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); font-weight: 500 !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accountability Enhancements</strong></h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">
The Accountability Enhancements track contains plans to implement enhancements to <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>’s
Independent Review and Reconsideration Request processes, to update <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>’s
governance documents, and to operationalize new community powers defined by the 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability
(CCWG-Accountability).</div><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; font-weight: 500 !important;"><br 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>'s
Bylaws</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Status update:</strong></p><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> and
the community are in the middle of a 30-day public comment period on the new draft <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>Bylaws.
Any interested party can submit comments to the public comment forum until <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">23:59 UTC on 21 May 2016</strong>. </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-new-bylaws-2016-04-21-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Public Comment Page</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://comments-draft-new-bylaws-21apr16@icann.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Submit Comment to Forum</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-new-bylaws-21apr16/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Comments Forum</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Adoption of the new Bylaws by 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board
is anticipated for on or around 27 May 2016. Once new <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Bylaws
have been adopted, <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> will
notify <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> so
they can complete their anticipated 90-day review 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship
Transition Proposal.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Documents/announcements:</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-new-bylaws-20apr16-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Draft New <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Bylaws</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-new-bylaws-redline-20apr16-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">Comparison of Draft New <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Bylaws
to Current Bylaws</a></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mailing list(s):</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; 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;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent;">http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div><div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE"></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></span><style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style></body></html>