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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lise, CWG-Stewardship Co-Chair and CWG Team,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As requested during the last meeting, staff has reviewed the CWG-Stewardship email threads in view of summarizing </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>for RFP3 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>“Options or Proposals” that have been discussed by members and participants. In doing so, we noticed the documentation that has been started by Guru Acharya and found that there was no additional value in creating new documentation at this stage. Guru’s document includes a brief summary of the five options discussed to date, a table that compares the options by category, and it also highlights the comments from the mail list by members and participants for each of the options (see </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B46mlsyZUFF4bZfeWgGCdqIQHCP2BMOy4KZU4RiRiE8/edit"><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B46mlsyZUFF4bZfeWgGCdqIQHCP2BMOy4KZU4RiRiE8/edit</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>). </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>However, we did observe that this documentation does not distinguish between the two sub-tracks discussed at the last CWG meeting as derived from SAC068. It was suggested at the call last week:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:black'>SAC068's description of the NTIA Responsibilities in its Executive Summary seems to capture this quite well:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The NTIA performs the role of <b>IANA Functions Contract Administrator </b>for all the requirements contained within the Contract. </span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As the <b>Root Zone Management Process Administrator</b>, NTIA’s role can be described as the “Final Authorization Authority” for changes to the Root Zone content and contact information for the Top Level Delegations. This is the most significant technical and policy activity currently performed by NTIA that is related to IANA activities. </span></i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Essentially SSAC has broken this down into:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Contract Administrator which has responsibilities for creating an RFP, managing the RFP process, allocating the contract and monitoring the execution and enforcement of that contract; and</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Root Zone Management Administrator which is quite succinctly described as <i>the “Final Authorization Authority” for changes to the Root Zone content and contact information for the Top Level Delegations</i></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As such, it was proposed to further break down the deliberations in CWG-RFP3 into:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Replacement of NTIA's role as <b><i>IANA Functions Contract Administrator </i></b></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Replacement of NTIA's role as <i> <b>Root Zone Management Process Administrator</b></i></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We’re hopeful that the summary provided by Guru will serve the purpose of a starting point for the RFP3 Sub-Team as well as the greater CWG, but if you are of the view that there is something additional that should be provided by staff at this stage to fulfil our action item, please let us know. Of course, if members or participants have any additional suggestions to further advance this documentation, please let staff know how we may be of assistance. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lastly, in preparation of RFP3’s efforts, Greg Shatan as RFP3 Coordinator, sent an introductory email to the sub-group to inform their deliberations (</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-rfp3/2014-November/000019.html"><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-rfp3/2014-November/000019.html</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>). It includes three attachments for the Sub-Team to review that also provides a proposed framework for evaluating proposals. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Berry A. Cobb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>720.839.5735<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mail@berrycobb.com">mail@berrycobb.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@berrycobb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>