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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In relation to the IANA
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2) under
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Item 6 of the GNSO Council
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-12may16-en.htm"><span style="color:windowtext">agenda</span></a>,12 May 2016</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">the following slides were presented to the Council.</span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>De la part de</b> Glen de Saint Géry<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 12 mai 2016 11:09<br>
<b>À :</b> GNSO Council List (council@gnso.icann.org)<br>
<b>Objet :</b> [council] IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For easy access, this document has been published to :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>]
<b>De la part de</b> Julie Hedlund<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> mercredi 11 mai 2016 19:48<br>
<b>À :</b> GNSO Council List<br>
<b>Cc :</b> Marika Konings<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [council] IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pursuant to Marika’s message below, please see the attached overview that Mary Wong and I have drafted as an introductory aid to
 the 12 May initial discussion on agenda item 6.  I will be happy to outline the document on the call should the Council need a quick summary at that time about what’s in store for the transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Julie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 4:10 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Heather, who will be chairing Thursday’s meeting, requests that you<span style="color:black;background:white"> 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><span style="background:white">e questions articulated in the agenda (From the agenda: "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><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 23:33<br>
<b>To: </b>CCWG-Accountability <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[CCWG-ACCT] [blog] IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">IANA Stewardship Transition Planning Update (Volume 2)<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The Root Zone Management implementation planning track contains projects relating to changes to the Root Zone Management System (RZMS)
 to remove NTIA'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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Status update:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">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"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">Parallel
 Operations Root Zone Management System Comparison Reports</span></a> of all the root zone files generated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">In addition to Verisign’s daily reports, ICANN has posted the first of three <a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/23-1st-rzms-parallel-testing-monthly-report-v-06may16"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">Monthly
 Reports on RZMS Parallel Testing Progress </span></a>during the testing period. The report is available on ICANN’s dedicated <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation/root-zone-management-system-parallel-testing"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">Parallel
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">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
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Mailing list:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Discussions between ICANN 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
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Once the draft RZMA is finalized it will be made publicly available on icann.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The Stewardship Transition planning track contains projects to prepare relationship documentation with the operational communities,
 creation of a Post-Transition IANA (PTI) entity, establishment of a Customer Standing Committee (CSC) and a Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC), operationalizing the IANA customer service escalation mechanisms and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Status update:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">ICANN 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.  ICANN continues to work with the IOTF to finalize the process and timing of review for these documents as well as for the ICANN-PTI contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Mailing list(s):</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Customer Standing Committee (CSC)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Status update:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">In the CWG-Stewardship proposal, the Domain Names community recommended that a CSC be formed to replace NTIA’s role as it relates to monitoring performance of the IANA naming function.
 The composition of the CSC will include members and liaisons from all ICANN Supporting Organizations(SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Documents/announcements posted this week:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Mailing list(s):</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Status update:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160503/c35e40d7/DRAFTRZERCCharter-V4_Clean-0001.docx"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">RZERC
 Charter (v4)</span></a> was <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2016-May/004977.html"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">circulated</span></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Following analysis and incorporation of any input received from the CWG-Stewardship, ICANN will post the Charter for a 30-day public comment period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) Charter (v4)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Mailing list(s):</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Accountability Enhancements</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EEEEEE"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The Accountability Enhancements track contains plans to implement enhancements to ICANN’s Independent Review and Reconsideration Request
 processes, to update ICANN’s governance documents, and to operationalize new community powers defined by the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ICANN's Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Status update:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">ICANN and the community are in the middle of a 30-day public comment period on the new draft ICANNBylaws. Any interested party can submit comments to the public comment forum until <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">23:59
 UTC on 21 May 2016</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-new-bylaws-21apr16/"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">Comments Forum</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Adoption of the new Bylaws by the ICANN Board is anticipated for on or around 27 May 2016. Once new ICANN Bylaws have been adopted, ICANN will notify NTIA so they can complete their
 anticipated 90-day review of the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-new-bylaws-20apr16-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none">Draft New ICANN Bylaws</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 to Current Bylaws</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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