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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Your work plan might be improved or supplemented by reviewing the IANA stewardship coordination group’s Request for Proposals. This document shows
 CWG the format and data elements that will be required to submit your final proposal to the ICG. Below, I include the links.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The main RFP is here:
</span></font><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">http://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en.pdf</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 84 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#5b9bd5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">There are also French,
 Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Portugese transations: <br>
</span></font></span></font><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.icann.org/fr/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-fr.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Français</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 94 KB] |<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/es/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-es.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Español</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 93 KB] |<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/zh/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-zh.pdf"><font color="#217bc0" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">中文</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 135 KB] |<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/ru/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-ru.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Pусский</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 126 KB] |<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/ar/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-ar.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">العربية</span></font></a>[PDF, 3.71 MB] |<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/pt/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-pt.pdf"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Português</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 92 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" color="#5b9bd5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">Also
 keep in mind this advisory from the ICG: <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Should any community submitting a proposal require clarifications to the RFP, these should be submitted to
 the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICG<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>on or before Wednesday, 24 September 2014. Submissions should be sent by email to<a href="mailto:stewardship-rfp-questions@icann.org"><font color="#217bc0"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">stewardship-rfp-questions@icann.org</span></font></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>before
 this date, and responses will be provided by the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICG<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>by 20 October 2014. Clarification questions will be posted to the public<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>ICG<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>mailing
 list.</span></font><font color="#1f497d"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Milton L. Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html"><font color="#0563c1"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html</span></font></a>
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