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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks Milton.&nbsp; I totally agree that the RFP provides excellent guidance in terms of what a final proposal needs to contain.&nbsp; My intent in what I proposed was to be at a much higher level.&nbsp; I think the mistake
 I made was to call it a proposal; I didn’t mean a proposal in the sense of what would be sent to the ICG but rather my proposal as to how we might develop our work plan.&nbsp; Sorry for the confusion on that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller@syr.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 06, 2014 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gomes, Chuck; 'cwg-stewardship@icann.org'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: IANA Stewardship CWG Process Steps Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The main RFP is here: </span><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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">http://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en.pdf</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 84 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">There are also French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Portugese transations:
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</span><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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Français</span></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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Español</span></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"><span style="font-family:&quot;MS Gothic&quot;;color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">中文</span></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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Pусский</span></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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">العربية</span></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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">Português</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[PDF,
 92 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F4E79">Also keep in mind this advisory from the ICG:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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"><span style="color:#217BC0;text-decoration:none">stewardship-rfp-questions@icann.org</span></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><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Milton L. Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/mueller/Home.html</span></a>
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