<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Dear CWG-Stewardship Ambassadors, </div><div><br></div><div>Here are two important links to circulate as widely as the multistakeholder model can reach: </div><ul><li>Announcement: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en</a></li><li>Public Comment page: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en</a></li></ul><div>Also, we have about 30 people registered for each of the webinars tomorrow, but it would be great to recirculate the webinar announcement again as well: </div><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-16-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-16-en</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Grace</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Forum Announcement:</strong></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">Comment Period Opens on</td><td class="light" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Date:</strong></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;">22 April 2015</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td class="light" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Categories/Tags:</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;"><abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="light" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Purpose (Brief):</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Cross Community Working Group responsible for the naming related portion of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition (CWG-Stewardship)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en#foot1" name="note1" id="note1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1</a></span> seeks public comment on its 2<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">nd</span> draft proposal for the transition of the stewardship of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Functions Contract from the U. S. Department of Commerce's <abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> to the global multistakeholder community. The draft proposal has been prepared in order to pave the way for a response (the Final Proposal) to the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>Stewardship Coordination Group (<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>) request for proposals.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Though less than the required 40-day minimum, this Public Comment period has been approved by two <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Global Leaders.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td class="light" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248) !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Public Comment Box Link:</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en</a></td></tr></tbody></table><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-22-en#note1" name="foot1" id="foot1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1</a></span> In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (<abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>) announced its intent to transition its stewardship role of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Functions and related <abbr title="Root Zone" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Root Zone</abbr> Management. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> was called upon to facilitate this process, and in June 2014, after a series of community consultations, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> announced the creation of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>), responsible for preparing a transition proposal reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Functions. The <abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> announced its Request for Proposals in September 2014, available here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-09-03-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-09-03-en</a>.</p></div></div></body></html>