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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I don’t think the following statement is accurate: “</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The remaining five models were not
 entirely dismissed and could be revived if either or both of the above models prove inadequate.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">”&nbsp; It seems to me that we eliminated the two trust models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Abuhamad<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 01, 2015 9:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cwg-stewardship@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] Vol. 3: Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Vol. 3: Update on&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Discussions</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-discussion-31mar15-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Download PDF version
 of Vol. 3: Update on&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Discussions here.</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 507 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">ICANN&nbsp;is compiling bi-weekly updates on the community discussions and progress of the&nbsp;IANAStewardship Transition and Enhancing&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Accountability Processes. This information is positioned to
 help inform interested stakeholders in the recent developments in the processes, upcoming key dates, latest documents and drafts and a snapshot of any news coverage that occurs over the timeframe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">In brief<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The Cross-Community Working Group to Develop an&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG&#43;to&#43;Develop&#43;an&#43;IANA&#43;Stewardship&#43;Transition&#43;Proposal&#43;on&#43;Naming&#43;Related&#43;Functions"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CWG-Stewardship</span></a>)
 and Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Accountability (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG&#43;on&#43;Enhancing&#43;ICANN&#43;Accountability"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CCWG-Accountability</span></a>) held face-to-face
 meetings in Istanbul, Turkey, during the week of 23 March 2015 with a common goal: the successful transition of theIANA&nbsp;functions stewardship to the global multistakeholder community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Both CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability plan to make draft proposals available for Public Comment in the lead-up to&nbsp;<a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">ICANN&nbsp;53</span></a>&nbsp;in
 Buenos Aires, 21-25 June 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">As work on the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Transition continues to build momentum, a number of communities are beginning to submit formal statements and recommendations to
 the CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">An overview of CCWG-Accountability and CWG-Stewardship meetings<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Accountability (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG&#43;on&#43;Enhancing&#43;ICANN&#43;Accountability"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CCWG-Accountability</span></a>)<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52890276"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">met
 in Istanbul on 23 and 24 March</span></a>. There were 57 CCWG participants – 42 onsite and 15 using remote participation tools, three&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Advisors"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">advisors
 to the CCWG</span></a>&nbsp;and two representatives from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sidley.com/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Sidley Austin</span></a>, one of the two legal firms engaged by CCWG-Accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG&#43;to&#43;Develop&#43;an&#43;IANA&#43;Stewardship&#43;Transition&#43;Proposal&#43;on&#43;Naming&#43;Related&#43;Functions"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CWG-Stewardship</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52890325"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">met
 on 26 and 27 March</span></a>, with 43 onsite and remote CWG participants, including 18 who had participated in the CWG-Accountability meeting earlier in the week. Sidley Austin was represented, as they were also engaged to provide legal advice to CWG-Stewardship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 25 March, the Co-Chairs of both groups met to discuss the progress, objectives of their work, and how the groups could help inform each other's work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">ICANN&nbsp;published video interviews with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVof6v0MguE"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CCWG Co-Chair, Thomas
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">ICANN&nbsp;Mission, Vision and Value statement<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">There was general agreement that&nbsp;ICANN's commitment to its core values, as stated in its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Bylaws</span></a>,
 needed strengthening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">There was recognition that after the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Transition occurs, the accountability and transparency mechanisms provided by the Affirmation of Commitments
 (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/aoc-en"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">AoC</span></a>) between&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;and the U.S. Government should be brought into&nbsp;ICANN's Bylaws. The group discussed the need to rewrite some of
 the original AoC text, rather than incorporate it as a single unchanged block, noting it would be important to raise community awareness of the rewriting process of this key commitment between&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;and the global community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Recall (or &quot;spill&quot;)&nbsp;ICANN's Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Approve or prevent changes to&nbsp;ICANN's Bylaws, Mission and Core Values<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Reject Board decisions on&nbsp;ICANN's Strategic Plan and budget (where the Board has failed to appropriately consider community input)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">It was recognized that, while it was clearly important that the&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Board be accountable to the community, it was also essential for the community itself to meet
 high standards of accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Introducing Fundamental (&quot;Golden&quot;) Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The CCWG-Accountability proposed to introduce Fundamental Bylaws (previously referred to as &quot;Golden&quot; Bylaws), in&nbsp;ICANN's revised Bylaws that would add additional
 robustness to key provisions. These Fundamental Bylaws should be changeable, but any change should require a very high standard of community approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">ICANN's Mission (some provisions also identified for possible elevation to&nbsp;ICANN's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/articles-en"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Articles
 of Incorporation</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Enhanced Independent Review Process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The power to veto Bylaw changes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">New community powers (&quot;Empowering the community&quot; above)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Independent Review Process<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">There was general agreement to&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52888740/IRP%20Accountability%20Mechanism%20Template%20.pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1426866536000&amp;api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">enhance&nbsp;ICANN's
 existing Independent Review Process</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 74 KB] rather than create a new process. Possible enhancements include making the process more accessible and affordable and having a standing panel (to help with consistency of decision making) that produces
 binding outcomes.&nbsp;ICANN's Mission and Core Values would guide the decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">General discussion<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">There was debate about the accountability mechanisms to be proposed as Work Stream 1 –ICANN&nbsp;accountability processes that need to be in place or agreed to before
 the&nbsp;IANAStewardship Transition can occur – and broad agreement to continue developing proposals on six core themes:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Revisions to the mission, commitments and core values<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Enhancement of the independent review process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Establishing fundamental bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">What comes next?<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">All recommendations by CCWG-Accountability will be subjected to&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/ST-WP&#43;Draft&#43;Documents"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">stress
 tests against contingencies already identified by the group</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The CCWG-Accountability will refine its recommendations and expects to put its draft out for public comment within the next few weeks. Based on input from the wider
 community, the CCWG-Accountability expects to hold further deliberations during&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;53.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Given the potential significant impact to&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;and the global community of the proposals CCWG-Accountability is considering, the group is discussing the need to
 hold dual public comment processes, to ensure its recommendations are given the broadest consideration by the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">CWG-Stewardship comes closer to converging on a single solution in Istanbul<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Reducing the possible number of potential structures/models on the table<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Entering the meeting, the CWG-Stewardship was considering seven possible models of what a post-NTIA&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;stewardship could look like: two external solutions (Contract
 Co. and Trust); two internal solutions (Accountability mechanisms and Trust); and three hybrid/integrated models (IANA&nbsp;subsidiary/ &quot;affiliate&quot; of&nbsp;ICANN,&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;shared services agreements and Standalone&nbsp;IANAentity). Following&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52891634/LegalOverview_26March.pptx?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1427359362000&amp;api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">preliminary
 legal advice presented by Sidley Austin</span></a>&nbsp;[PPTX, 853 KB] and subsequent discussion amongst CWG-Stewardship members of the pros and cons of the different models, there was agreement to actively investigate the following two models: Accountability mechanisms
 with functional separation and Accountability mechanisms with legal separation (also called the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;subsidiary or &quot;affiliate&quot; of&nbsp;ICANN).
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The remaining five models were not entirely dismissed and could be revived if either or both of the above models prove inadequate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Design Teams<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Eight of the proposed fourteen&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Design&#43;Teams"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Design
 Teams</span></a>&nbsp;had been active before the Istanbul meeting, with a fifteenth, on the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;budget, being added on the final day of the meeting. The Design Teams reported back to the group on their progress. Detailed information on the Design Teams and their
 activities can be found in the documents&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52894123"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">marked &quot;DT.&quot;</span></a>&nbsp;A summary of the status of the Design Teams as of 27 March is available&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52894123/CWG_Stewardship_Handouts_04.pdf?api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">on
 Slide seven.</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 1.2 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Design Teams aim to complete their work by 10 April for review by CWG-Stewardship. Accepted work will be inserted in the appropriate section of the draft names proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">CWG-Stewardship has revised its upcoming timeline slightly and extended the Public Comment period for its draft proposal from 21 to 30 days. See &quot;Upcoming Key Dates&quot;
 below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Three versions of the group's final proposal will be developed. One version will be submitted to theIANA&nbsp;Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) for consideration.
 A second, more detailed version will explain the reasoning behind choices in the proposal and provide more information about the implementation of the post-NTIA&nbsp;model for the names component of&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;stewardship. A third, short version, produced with the assistance
 of&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;communications staff, will be made available as a summary for members of the community not involved with the process on a day-to-day level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 19 March, a group of registries&nbsp;<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-March/002385.html"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">submitted</span></a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52894123/IANA%20Stewardship%20Transition%20-%20Guidance%2019%20March%202015.pdf?api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">guidance
 document</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 99 KB] to CWG-Stewardship aimed at delivering the most minimal, simple and lightweight structures possible while meeting the needs of stakeholders and avoiding the creation of new, unnecessary structures and complexities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 22 March, the Consolidated&nbsp;RIR&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Proposal (<a href="https://www.nro.net/news/final-proposal-crisp"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">CRISP</span></a>)
 Team Co-Chairs<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-March/002444.html"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">requested</span></a>&nbsp;that the CWG-Stewardship Co-Chairs communicate with them directly and in a timely manner on developments
 that might affect the Numbers community, and not wait for the final submission of the names proposal to the&nbsp;ICG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Also on 22 March, the Registries Stakeholder Group (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/rysg"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">RySG</span></a>)&nbsp;<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-March/002417.html"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">submitted</span></a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52894123/RySG%20IANA%20Statement%203%2022%202015%20%28Final%29.docx?api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">statement</span></a>&nbsp;[DOCX,
 34 KB] to CWG-Stewardship. Among other issues, the statement recommended: avoid creating new accountability concerns by minimizing the creation of new structures; identifying processes for improvements to the performance of the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;functions and oversight
 structures; and identifying stable funding streams for the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;functions from fees paid to&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;by gTLDs and ccTLDs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 26 March, the Country Code Name Supporting Organization (<a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">ccNSO</span></a>)
 Council Chairs&nbsp;<a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/about/holland-et-al-to-lise-et-al-26mar15-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">wrote</span></a>[PDF, 52 KB] to the CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs to report that theccNSO&nbsp;intended
 to have the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;and accountability proposals presented at the next face-to-face meeting of the&nbsp;ccNSO&nbsp;at&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;53 in Buenos Aires and, if the ccTLDs present at the meeting express support for the proposals, the&nbsp;ccNSO&nbsp;Council would then make a decision on whether
 to adopt the proposals. Therefore, the earliest the&nbsp;ccNSO&nbsp;could make a decision is 21-25 June 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 26 March, a German&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52894734/German%20Position%20Paper%20IANA%20transition%200326%5B1%5D.pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1427447800000&amp;api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">position
 paper</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 26 KB] on the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Transition, developed via a multistakeholder process and backed by the German government, was&nbsp;<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-March/002471.html"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">sent</span></a>&nbsp;to
 the CWG-Stewardship Co-Chairs. Among its recommendations, the paper suggests that there must be binding rules implemented that protect&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;and the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;functions from possible threats toICANN's existence (such as insolvency) before the transition occurs.
 The paper also recommends it should remain possible to separate the technical execution of the&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;functions from&nbsp;ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">On 26 March, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (<a href="http://www.gao.gov/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">GAO</span></a>)&nbsp;<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-March/001939.html"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">requested</span></a>&nbsp;a
 teleconference with the Co-Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability on 7 or 8 April 2015. GAO is reviewing&nbsp;NTIA's proposed transition of&nbsp;IANA&nbsp;Stewardship in response to a request by the Chairs of the&nbsp;<a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">U.S.
 House Committee on Energy and Commerce</span></a>&nbsp;and its&nbsp;<a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/communications-and-technology"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Communications and Technology Subcommittee</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CWG-Stewardship -&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52894123/CWG_Stewardship_Handouts_04.pdf?api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Overview Handout from Istanbul Face-to-Face meeting</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF,
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<p class="MsoNormal">CCWG-Accountability -&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890082/Sidley%20Preliminary%20Draft%20Responses%20to%20CCWG%20Legal%20Sub-team%20Questionnaire.pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1427711507000&amp;api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Sidley
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<p class="MsoNormal">CCWG-Accountability -&nbsp;<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52890082/Adler%20Colvin%20Preliminary%20Responses%20%2800663636xA3536%29.pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1427711471000&amp;api=v2"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Adler
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 to legal questions</span></a>&nbsp;[PDF, 155 KB]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">IANA&nbsp;Stewardship Transition in the news<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.insidemarketing.it/temi-importanti-per-proprietari-di-marchi_5849/"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">Temi importanti per i proprietari di marchi</span></a>, Inside Marketing [IT]<o:p></o:p></p>
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 dans la gouvernance de l'internet dans le monde: Les Etats africains invités à faire des propositions</span></a>, Le Soleil [FR]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;PMingLiU&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">经济观察网</span> [CN]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">You can play a role in&nbsp;IANA's future…<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Anyone can participate in discussions about the future of&nbsp;IANA's stewardship and&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;accountability. For information on joining&nbsp;</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">CWG-Stewardship</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">,
 contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</span></a>. For information on joining&nbsp;</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">CCWG-Accountability</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">,
 contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:accountability-staff@icann.org"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">accountability-staff@icann.org</span></a>.</span></em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Compiled on behalf of&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;by Samantha Dickinson | 31 March 2015</span></em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">This update can also be found here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-03-31-en"><span style="color:#0088CC;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-discussion-2015-03-31-en</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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