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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank-you to everyone for the hard work and cooperation in getting this done!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Lise & Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info] <br><b>Sent:</b> 29 February 2016 10:19<br><b>To:</b> 'Grace Abuhamad' <grace.abuhamad@icann.org>; 'Mathieu Weill' <mathieu.weill@afnic.fr>; 'Thomas Rickert' <thomas@rickert.net>; 'León Felipe Sánchez Ambía' <leonfelipe@sanchez.mx>; 'Patrik Fältström' <patrik@frobbit.se>; 'byron.holland@cira.ca' <byron.holland@cira.ca>; 'thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch' <thomas.schneider@bakom.admin.ch>; 'jbladel@godaddy.com' <jbladel@godaddy.com>; 'alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca' <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Lise Fuhr' <fuhr@etno.eu>; 'Robert Hoggarth' <robert.hoggarth@icann.org>; 'Heidi Ullrich' <Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org>; 'Marika Konings' <marika.konings@icann.org>; 'Bart Boswinkel' <bart.boswinkel@icann.org>; 'Steve Sheng' <steve.sheng@icann.org>; 'glen.gery@icann.org' <glen.gery@icann.org>; 'Olof Nordling' <olof.nordling@icann.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Confirmation that the CCWG-Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal meets the requirements of the CWG-Stewardship<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dear CCWG-Accountability members, participants, and co-chairs,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Confirmation that the CCWG-Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations meets the requirements of the CWG-Stewardship Final Transition Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>We write in response to your group’s recent publication of the Supplemental Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations (the “Final Proposal”). We have prepared this in our capacities as co-chairs of the Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship). Please see our full response attached to this email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The CWG-Stewardship final transition proposal submitted for approval to the chartering organizations on 11 June 2015 is significantly dependent and expressly conditioned on the implementation of ICANN-level accountability mechanisms by the CCWG-Accountability. Specifically, as recognized in the Final Proposal, the CWG-Stewardship Final Transition Proposal sets forth ICANN accountability requirements regarding Community Empowerment Mechanism, IANA Functions Budget, IANA Function Reviews, Customer Standing Committee (“CSC”), Separation Process, Appeals Mechanism, and Post-Transition IANA (“PTI”), as well as Fundamental Bylaws. This document is and should be viewed as an element of the agreed-upon working methods of the CWG-Stewardship and the CCWG-Accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thank you for resolving each of the issues raised in our comment letter relating to your group’s publication of its third draft proposal (the “Third Draft Proposal”) and for all your hard work in reaching consensus. As you know, we rely on your work and our trust in the work of your group is vital in permitting us to focus on the essential aspects of our work on the stewardship transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>In summary, we confirm that the Final Proposal meets the requirements of the CWG-Stewardship final transition proposal. Congratulations on your Final Proposal and thank-you again all for your collaboration and cooperation throughout this extended period of intense work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson<br>Co-Chairs, CWG-Stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>