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border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (<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;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr></a>) has <a href="https://www.ianacg.org/proposal-to-transition-the-stewardship-of-the-iana-functions-will-be-out-for-public-comment-july-31-to-september-8-approximately-more-details-to-come-later-this-month/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">announced</a> that it intends to launch the public comment period for the Interim Final Proposal 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Functions on 31 July, with an end date of around 8 September. 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> will hold webinars at the beginning of the public comment period to provide an overview of the proposal. The most recent version 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s draft proposal is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/snxz4dwip2ivno0/combined-proposal-v5.doc?dl=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Version 5</a>. Although it is a lengthy document, 206 pages with some material still to be added, the vast majority of pages consist of the existing proposals that have reached consensus amongst the protocol parameters, numbering resources and domain names operational communities. The most significant new text in 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s draft proposal is its own report, currently 10 pages long, at the front of the proposal. 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s report includes 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s assessment of the three proposals from the operational communities to ensure:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">The community processes used to develop the proposals were open and inclusive, and achieved consensus;</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">the proposals are complete and clear;</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">the three proposals together are compatible and interoperable, provide appropriate and properly supported accountability mechanisms, and are workable; and</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">the proposals together meet 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr> criteria</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">For more background on 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr>'s assessment of the three proposals, see its working document,<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/nge13avtzsa5nhu/combined-proposal-assessment-matrix-v2.docx?dl=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Combined Proposal Assessment Matrix (v2)</a>.</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; font-weight: 500 !important;">CCWG-Accountability</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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>) held its latest face-to-face meeting in Paris, 17-18 July, which was attended in-person by 76 members and participants in person and an additional 30 joining remotely. Following legal analysis of the "Empowered<abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">SO</abbr>/<abbr title="Advisory Committee; or Administrative Contact (of a domain registration)" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">AC</abbr> Model" <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54690279/7.%20%20Revised_%20%20Empowered%20SO_AC%20Membership%20%26%20Designator%20Models%20with%20CM%20as%20Sole....pdf?api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">presented by Adler & Colvin</a> in the lead-up to the meeting, the CCWG-Accountability decided in Paris to pursue a new model, the "Community Mechanism as Sole Member Model (CMSM)". This new model builds on the Empowered <abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">SO</abbr>/<abbr title="Advisory Committee; or Administrative Contact (of a domain registration)" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">AC</abbr> Model that emerged during <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 53</a>, which in turn, built on the original member and designator models documented in the <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;">initial draft report</a> of Work Stream 1 accountability enhancements. The CMSM would be established under <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Bylaws as the one and only member 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>. The CMSM would be composed 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>'s <abbr title="Supporting Organizations" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Supporting Organizations</abbr> (SOs) and <abbr title="Advisory Committees" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory Committees</abbr> (ACs). While the CMSM would have the status of "legal personhood", the SOs and ACs themselves are not required to become legally recognized entities. The possibility of needing to adopt a formal legal status is one of the reasons that parts 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> community were hesitant about the previously proposed models, which required SOs and ACs to adopt "legal personhood" if they wished to have access to "enforceability" mechanisms under the enhanced accountability framework being proposed.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Members of the Government <abbr title="Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">Advisory Committee</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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr>) were active in contributing to the work of the CCWG-Accountability before Paris, with 31 governments contributing input. These inputs were then<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54690279/23.%20%20GAC%20Input%20to%20Paris%20Meeting.pdf?api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">consolidated into a single document</a> by the <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GAC</abbr> Secretariat and provided to the CCWG-Accountability before the Paris meeting. The CCWG-Accountability meeting in Paris discussed the concerns of governments and has acknowledged, in its <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-07-20-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;">Communiqué</a> from the meeting, those concerns as well as the challenge governments face in making decisions about the new CMSM within the short timeframe available before <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54" 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 54</a> in Dublin.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Further, the CCWG-Accountability also reaffirmed in Paris its commitment to coordinating with the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+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;">CWG-Stewardship</a>) on six key dependencies between the CCWG-Accountability's Work Stream 1 work and the work of the CWG-Stewardship:</p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Budget</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Function Review</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">Customer Standing Committee</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">Appeals Mechanism</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">Fundamental bylaws</li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The Paris meeting also resulted in broad agreement on enhancements to the Independent Review Process (IRP) (see <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=54690068" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">18 July Session 2 notes</a> for details). The CCWG-Accountability will create a subgroup to further develop IRP rules and procedures as well as fine tune the subject matter for IRP.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The CCWG-Accountability plans to publish the second version of its proposal for a 40-day public comment beginning 31 July and ending 8 September 2015. The second draft has not yet been published, but the working version will be published <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53783460" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">here</a>.</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; font-weight: 500 !important;">Coordination on stewardship-related activities</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">To enable better communication and understanding of mutual expectations between working group chairs 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> SOs and ACs, <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> is now supporting monthly <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/additional-coordination-through-new-transition-facilitation-calls" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Transition Facilitation Calls</a>, the first which was held July 16 (listen to the <a href="http://audio.icann.org/iana-stewardship-draft-transition-timeline-16jul15-en.mp3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">audio recording</a>).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">At the public <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board meeting at <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 53, the Board adopted a <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2015-06-25-en#2.c" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">resolution</a> regarding expenses for one of the two legal counsels retained by the CWG-Stewardship. This resulted in discussions about managing resourcing 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Accountability processes moving forward.</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; font-weight: 500 !important;">Updates on other transition-related activities</h2><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr>-related discussions</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">On 16 July, the <a href="http://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2015/" 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 Governance Forum" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IGF</abbr>-USA 2015</a> held a discussion 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship transition 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>accountability. The discussion has been documented in the Storify article, <a href="https://storify.com/yangbodu/internet-governance-forum-usa-2015-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;">Internet Governance Forum USA 2015: <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Transition</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">On July 29, <a href="http://www.aei.org/events/the-dotcom-act-a-roadmap-for-congressional-oversight-of-the-internet-assigned-numbers-authority-iana-transition/?utm_source=Event&utm_medium=Paramount&utm_campaign=Tews" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Rep. John Shimkus will speak</a> on the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, a bill which provides a framework for congressional oversight of the transition. Following his remarks, members of the Internet governance community will comment on the bill and outlooks for the transition's progress. The event will be webcast and archived within 24 hours.</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; font-weight: 500 !important;">Latest documents and drafts</h2><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; clear: both; width: 750px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 1rem auto 15px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%;"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">16 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> – <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/snxz4dwip2ivno0/combined-proposal-v5.doc?dl=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Combined <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship proposal</a>, Draft version 5</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">14 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">CCWG-Accountability – <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54690279/2015-07-14-DRAFT-PC2--3-2-and-5-4--FundamentalBylaws.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1436915974727&api=v2" 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 Content for Second Public Comment Report on Fundamental Bylaws </a></p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">7 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">CCWG-Accountability – <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/54690279/7.%20%20Revised_%20%20Empowered%20SO_AC%20Membership%20%26%20Designator%20Models%20with%20CM%20as%20Sole....pdf?api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Empowered <abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">SO</abbr>/<abbr title="Advisory Committee; or Administrative Contact (of a domain registration)" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">AC</abbr> Membership & Designator Models for Community Empowerment (and CMSM variation)</a> by Sidley Austin</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; 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; clear: both; width: 750px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 1rem auto 15px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%;"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://tek.sapo.pt/opiniao/artigo/a_fragmentacao_da_internet_so_vai_servir_para_reverter_as_vantagens_economicas_e-43454mkc.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;">A fragmentação da Internet só vai servir para reverter as vantagens económicas e a dinâmica da inovação</a>, SAPOTEK [PT]</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2015/07/20-multistakeholder-internet-governance-brotman/multistakeholder.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;">Multistakeholder Internet governance: A pathway completed, the road ahead</a>, The Brookings Institution [EN]</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">15 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-ccwg-from-buenos-aires-to-paris-to-dublin" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The CCWG: From Buenos Aires to Paris to Dublin</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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> [EN]</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; font-weight: 500 !important;">Upcoming key dates</h2><table class="convey" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; clear: both; width: 750px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 1rem auto 15px; min-height: 0.00999999977648258%;"><colgroup style="box-sizing: border-box;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"><col style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 0px;"></colgroup><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">29 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://www.ianacg.org/icg-announces-upcoming-conference-calls-2/" 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> Teleconference #21</a>, 5:00-7:00 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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">31 Jul 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Public Comment Period for CCWG-Accountability's 2nd 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>accountability enhancements (Work Stream 1) begins.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Public Comment Period on interim final <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship proposal, consisting of names, numbers and protocol parameter components, begins.</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">3-7 Aug 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">3 webinars: briefings on <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> combined proposal released for public comment (times to be confirmed)</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">8 Sep 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Public Comment Period for CCWG-Accountability's 2nd 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>accountability enhancements (Work Stream 1) closes.</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Public Comment Period on interim final <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> stewardship proposal closes (date TBC).</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">18-19 Sep 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://www.ianacg.org/icg-announces-face-to-face-meeting-for-18-19-september/" 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> Face-to-Face Meeting</a>, Los Angeles</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">CCWG-Accountability's 2nd and final proposal (Work Stream 1) presented to<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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">GNSO</abbr> for their approval.</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">18-22 Oct 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54" 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> 54</a> including <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICG</abbr> Face-to-Face meeting and presentation of proposals for<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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> accountability enhancements (Work Stream 1) to 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board for subsequent transmission to 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>.</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; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Week 1, Nov 2015</p></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.75rem; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board transmits <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> accountability (Work Stream 1) proposals to <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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">NTIA</abbr>.</p></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(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"> </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; 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> accountability. For information on joining <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CCWG-Accountability</strong>, contact <a href="mailto:acct-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;">acct-staff@icann.org</a>.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compiled on behalf 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; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> by Samantha Dickinson | 23 July 2015</em></p><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(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">[<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-discussion-23jul15-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;">PDF</a>, 375 KB]</p></div></div></body></html>