<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><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Original post here: </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/volume-5-an-update-on-iana-stewardship-discussions-special-edition-on-the-icann-accountability-enhancements-draft" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/volume-5-an-update-on-iana-stewardship-discussions-special-edition-on-the-icann-accountability-enhancements-draft</a></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Volume 5: An Update on <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
Discussions, Special Edition on the<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> Accountability
Enhancements Draft</h1></div><div><div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
CCWG-Accountability draft now open for public comment</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
On 4 May, the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing <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> Accountability
(<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountability" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability</a>)
published its initial draft report on the elements of 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> accountability
framework that it has identified as essential to happen, or be committed to, before 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 takes place. This initial draft report will be open for public comment for 30 days. Following community input during the comment period and at <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/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;"><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> 53</a> in
Buenos Aires, the CCWG-Accountability will produce a second draft report for a 40-day public comment period in July.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The recommendations in the initial draft now out for comment are not presented as the consensus of the CCWG-Accountability. Instead, the CCWG-Accountability has published the draft to solicit feedback from the community on the CCWG-Accountability’s approach
as well as guidance on several options under consideration.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The CCWG-Accountability initial draft report is the fourth major community developed proposal to undergo public consultation as a part 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 and Enhancing <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>Accountability
processes.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Key links</h3><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-without-annexes-04may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Draft
report</a> – 108 pages [no annexes]</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-with-annexes-04may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Draft
report & annexes</a> – 143 pages</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-graphic-04may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Graphical
Supplement</a> [12 pages of pictorial representations of the main concepts included in the draft report]</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Announcement
of call for public comments</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Archive
of public comments received</a></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
How to submit a public comment</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Comment on the draft report, <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-with-annexes-04may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">with</a> or <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-accountability-draft-proposal-without-annexes-04may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">without</a> annexes,
by 3 June 2015, 23:59 UTC (<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=End+of+Public+Comment+Period+-+CCWG-Accountability+Work+Stream+1+draft+report&iso=20150603T235959&p1=%3A" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">convert
to your time zone</a>):</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Respond to any or all of the 3 general questions and 15 issue-specific questions related to Work Stream 1 included in the <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">announcement
of the public comment period</a> as well as in section 11 of the draft report. There is also an additional question on Work Stream 2 to help guide the CCWG-Accountability with its work.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
Send your comments to:</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="mailto:mcomments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">mailto:mcomments-ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-04may15@icann.org</a></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">
When you receive an automatically generated email asking you to confirm your submission, please follow the instructions in the email to ensure your comments are submitted to the <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-22apr15/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">archive
of public comments</a>.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
To help better understand the contents and context of the draft proposal, you may wish to join one of the<a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53773485" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">two
following webinars</a> live:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">11 May from 11:00 – 12:30 UTC</strong> (time zone converter <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T11&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">here</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">11 May from 19:00 – 20:30 UTC</strong> (time zone converter <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T19&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">here</a>)</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The webinars will also be transcribed and published from <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/rYQ0Aw" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">this
CCWG-Accountability webpage</a> in the six UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
A timeline of events and processes related to the accountability proposal</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Below is a summary of upcoming key meetings and processes specifically related to Work Stream 1 draft report and its interactions with 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 proposal. A list of dates associated with a wider range of stewardship transition related activities is included near the end of this report.</p><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto 15px; width: 750px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
4 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability</strong> halts work on draft Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements. Work Stream 2 accountability work continues.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
20 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Last day for <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">community</strong> comments on the CWG-Stewardship second draft proposal.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
1 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><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> staff</strong> publishes
report of public comments on the CWG-Stewardship’s second draft proposal.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
3 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Last day for <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">community</strong> comments on 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> accountability
enhancements (Work Stream 1).</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
4-29 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><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> staff</strong> compiles
a report of the public comments received on CCWG-Accountability’s draft report on Work Stream 1-related <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> accountability
enhancements.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
5-18 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> CCWG-Accountability</strong> reviews public comments on Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements and prepares documents for <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> 53
briefings with the community.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
8 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CWG-Stewardship</strong> presents revised version of its proposal to their chartering members (Supporting Organizations and Advisory Councils) for review and adoption.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
8-25 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="At-Large Advisory Committee" 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;">ALAC</abbr>, <abbr title="Country Code Names Supporting Organization" 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;">ccNSO</abbr>, <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" 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;">GAC</abbr> and <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" 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;">GNSO</abbr> </strong>review
and consider adoption of CWG-Stewardship’s revised proposal.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
19 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability</strong> meets for working session before <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/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;"><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> 53</a>.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
21-25 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">All <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> communities
and other parties interested in <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> </strong>meet
during <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/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;"><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> 53</a> in
Buenos Aires, and online via remote participation, to discuss 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 in a number of cross-community as well as stakeholder-specific sessions. (See <a href="http://buenosaires53.icann.org/sites/default/files/icann53_blockschedule_april2015.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">preliminary
schedule</a>).</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
25 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CWG-Stewardship</strong> delivers the final proposal on 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 Coordination Group (<a href="http://ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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></a>).</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
20 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability </strong>publishes second, revised, version of draft report on Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements for public comment.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
29 Aug 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
Last day for <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">community</strong> comments on the second draft of <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> accountability
enhancements (Work Stream 1).</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
30 Sep-15 Oct 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><abbr title="At-Large Advisory Committee" 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;">ALAC</abbr>, <abbr title="Address Supporting Organization" 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;">ASO</abbr>, <abbr title="Country Code Names Supporting Organization" 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;">ccNSO</abbr>, <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" 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;">GAC</abbr> and <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" 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;">GNSO</abbr> </strong>review
and consider adoption of CCWG-Accountability’s revised proposal.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
22 Oct 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
The <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability </strong>present Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements report to the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><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> Board</strong>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Updates on other transition-related activities</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;"><abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr> Working
Group on Planning for 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>/<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> Transition
(IANAPLAN)</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
On 30 April, the chairs of <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr>,
IAOC and <abbr title="Internet Architecture Board" 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;">IAB</abbr> <a href="http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ianaplan/current/msg01680.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">notified</a> members
of <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ianaplan/documents/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">IANAPLAN</a> of
the status of work between <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr> and <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> regarding
the annual SLA or Supplemental Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding (<abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding" 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;">MoU</abbr>)
between <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr> and <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> in
relation to <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>’s
performance of the protocol parameters function. Following that notification, there was much discussion on the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ianaplan/current/maillist.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">IANAPLAN
mailing list</a>about the possible reasons behind <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>’s
communication to <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr> that
it believed that agreeing to the proposed text of the SLA would possibly put <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> in
breach of its existing agreement with the <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>.
The discussion was <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-April/003018.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">forwarded</a> on
to the CWG-Stewardship mailing list and, in response, <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> <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2015-May/003029.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">clarified</a>that
the concerns it had expressed were not related to the proposed stewardship model for the protocol parameters function of <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> after
the expiration of <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>’s
contract with <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>,
but were specifically related to constraints that applied solely while the current contract with <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> remained
in place. <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>expressed
it did not want to pre-empt or create a perception of pre-empting any of the community consensus process around any areas in the finalization of the transition. A further email was <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-May/002686.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">posted</a> to
the CCWG-Accountability list by a member of 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> Board
containing more information on the <abbr title="Memorandum of Understanding" 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;">MoU</abbr> and
the process <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" 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;">IETF</abbr> can
invoke to terminate the agreement.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Consolidated <abbr title="Regional Internet Registry" 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;">RIR</abbr> <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
Proposal (CRISP) Team</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
As a result of the <a href="https://www.nro.net/crisp-team" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CRISP</a> Team’s
draft proposal for the numbers component 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 Number Resource Organization (<a href="http://www.nro.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><abbr title="Number Resource Organization" 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;">NRO</abbr></a>)
has produced a <a href="http://www.nro.net/sla" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Draft Service Level Agreement
(SLA) for 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> Numbering
Services</a>. The draft SLA, which has not been reviewed by the CRISP Team nor negotiated with any other parties, including <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>,
is <a href="https://www.nro.net/news/call-for-comments-for-a-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">available
for comment</a> until 14 June 2015. Comments received are archived on the <abbr title="Number Resource Organization" 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;">NRO</abbr>’s <a href="https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">ianaxfer
mailing list</a>.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;"><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>)</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/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;"><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></a> has
announced that it has published its <a href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/Community-Comments-Handling-1May15-final.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">final
process</a> for how it will handle comments sent by members of the community to the <a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/icg-forum_ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> forum</a>.
Comments may be directly submitted to 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> any
time via <a href="mailto:icg-forum@ianacg.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">icg-forum@ianacg.org</a>.
In response to the SLA-related discussions described in the sections above, 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> has
posted <a href="http://www.ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">a statement on its homepage</a> that
encourages all interested parties, including <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>staff
and Board members, to participate within the open, transparent processes being used by the three operational communities to transition the stewardship 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
away from <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>.
Board Chair, Steve Crocker, issued a <a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/2015-May/000450.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">response</a>.
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> has
also created <a href="https://twitter.com/ianastewardship" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ianastewardship" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Facebook</a> accounts
to assist with disseminating information about their activities.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Transition timeline and implementation</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
The 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>)
has written to the chairs of 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> and
CCWG-Accountability requesting information on projected dates related to completing the transition proposal, as well as the estimated time to implement the transition, to assist the <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> in
planning for the transition. The <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> has
requested this information be communicated by the end of June.</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-May/002880.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Letter
to the CCWG-Accountability</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/attachments/20150506/77c3dd16/attachment.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Letter
to 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></a></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
U.S. Congressional Hearings</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
On 13 May, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing titled <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/hearings?ID=7E5AF16E-B1F8-45B8-803B-9E389A9B745E" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Stakeholder
Perspectives on <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>:
The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet's Operation</a>. <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> <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/icann-to-judiciary-committee-13may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">submitted
written testimony for the record. </a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Later that afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a separate hearing titled, <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/press-release/members-review-dotcom-act-and-discuss-transition-internet-oversight-functions" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Stakeholder
Perspectives on 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> Transition</a>.
<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> also
submitted <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/swinehart-to-walden-eshoo-12may15-en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">written
testimony for the record</a> in that hearing.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
Upcoming key dates</h2><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto 15px; width: 750px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
14 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53773685" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #47</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
19 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability
Meeting #33</a>, 6:00-8:00 UTC<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/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;"><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> Teleconference</a> (TBC)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #48</a>, 17:00-19:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
21 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #49</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
26 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability
Meeting #34</a>, 12:00-14:00 UTC<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #50</a>, 17:00-19:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
28 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #51</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
28-29 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Intensive Working Days</a></p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
2 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #52</a>, 17:00-19:00 UTC<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CCWG-Accountability
Meeting #35</a>, 19:00-21:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
4 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/Meetings" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">CWG-Stewardship
Meeting #53</a>, 11:00-13:00 UTC</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
14 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://www.nro.net/news/call-for-comments-for-a-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Deadline
for comments</a> to <abbr title="Number Resource Organization" 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;">NRO</abbr> on <a href="http://www.nro.net/sla" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Draft
Service Level Agreement (SLA) for 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>Numbering
Services</a></p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
18-19 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><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> Face-to-Face
Meeting, <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> 53</a>,
Buenos Aires, all day</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
19 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
CCWG-Accountability Working Session 1, <a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> 53</a>,
Buenos Aires, all day</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
21-25 Jun 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://buenosaires53.icann.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> 53</a>,
Buenos Aires</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;"><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
in the news</h2><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 1rem auto 15px; width: 750px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
7 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/05/icann_transition_the_interesting_history_of_the_internet_domain_name_system.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dot
What? The surprisingly interesting history of the Internet domain system</a>, Slate [EN]</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
6 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://roll.sohu.com/20150506/n412478971.shtml" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">专访张建川解读<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>互联网管理权移交建议草案内容</a>,
Sohu.com [CN]</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
5 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://burkina24.com/2015/05/05/le-burkina-veut-participer-aux-instances-de-la-gouvernance-mondiale-de-linternet/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Le
Burkina veut participer aux instances de la gouvernance mondiale de l’internet</a>, Burkina24 [FR]</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
4 May 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://www.gbcghana.com/1.3411406" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Internet in Ghana not controlled
– Omane Boamah</a>, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [EN]<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ICANN-will-IANA-dauerhaft-betreiben-2631519.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> will <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> dauerhaft
betreiben</a>, Heise Online [DE]</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">
28 April 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://www.telesintese.com.br/icann-abre-nova-consulta-sobre-transicao-de-funcoes-iana/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><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> ABRE
NOVA CONSULTA SOBRE TRANSIÇÃO DE FUNÇÕES <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></a>,
Tele Síntese [PT]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">
You can play a role in <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>’s
future…</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anyone can participate in discussions about the future of <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>’s
stewardship and <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> accountability.</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">For
information on joining <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CWG-Stewardship</strong>, contact </em><a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</em></a><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">For
information on joining <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability</strong>, contact </em><a href="mailto:accountability-staff@icann.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">accountability-staff@icann.org</em></a><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</em></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>