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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Original link: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-implementation-planning-update-volume-3-en">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-implementation-planning-update-volume-3-en</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Stewardship Transition Implementation Planning Update (Volume 3)</span><o:p></o:p></h1></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN is compiling updates on the progress of the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability implementation planning efforts. This information is positioned to help inform interested stakeholders on the recent developments in the processes, upcoming key dates, and latest documents and drafts that occur over the timeframe.<br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=900 height=420 id="Picture_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D1CB12.9EB6B940" alt="tps://www.icann.org/uploads/ckeditor/IANA_Implementation_Timeline_blogjune.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);font-size:1.31rem;padding:1rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Root Zone</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span></span><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Management</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>The</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>Root Zone</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>Management implementation planning track contains projects relating to changes to the root zone management system (RZMS) to remove NTIA's authorization process, parallel testing of the production and parallel test RZMS, and the development and execution of an agreement with Verisign as the root zone maintainer.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Root Zone<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Management System (RZMS) Changes to Remove Root Aone Administrator (RZA) Role and Support Parallel Testing</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>We are 75 days into the 90-day parallel testing period and everything continues to go smoothly. Click here to view<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Verisign’s daily Parallel Operations</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Root Zone</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Management System Comparison Reports</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of all the root zone files generated.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>will be posting the second of three Monthly Reports on RZMS Parallel Testing Progress during the testing period in the coming days. The report will be available on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN’s dedicated<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation/root-zone-management-system-parallel-testing"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Parallel Testing webpage</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>In the event that no unexplained differences in root zone files are identified between the production RZMS and the parallel test RZMS, the testing period will end successfully on 5 July 2016.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Verisign Daily Parallel Operations</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Root Zone</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Management System Comparisons</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Root Zone<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Maintainer Agreement (RZMA)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN and Verisign are working to finalize the last outstanding details of the RZMA. The agreement will be posted for public review once it is finalized.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);font-size:1.31rem;padding:1rem'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Stewardship Transition</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>The Stewardship Transition planning track contains projects to prepare agreements with the operational communities, creation of a Post-Transition IANA (PTI) entity, establishment of a Customer Standing Committee (CSC) and a Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC), operationalizing the IANA customer service escalation mechanisms and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Service Level Expectations (SLEs) for Naming Community</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The ongoing work to define performance targets for the naming community is on track.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>has been collecting SLE data since March, and based on the data received, aims to propose performance targets to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/DT-A+Service+Levels+Expectations"><span style='color:#0098D5'>SLE Design Team</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>of the Cross Community Working Group Names (CWG-Stewardship) for their consideration in July.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>In addition to collecting data,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>is also working to develop an online dashboard that will display the final performance targets and actual performance against targets.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Mailing list:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/dt1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/dt1</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Numbering Services</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The Number Resource Organization (NRO) published a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ICANN-RIR-SLA-signature25May16.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>version 5.2 of the SLA</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to remove any references to an Annex as the description in Article 4.3 is sufficient for the purposes of the SLA.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>On 27 May 2016, the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Board issued a resolution (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2016-05-27-en#1.c"><span style='color:#0098D5'>2016.05.27.06</span></a>) approving the SLA for signing. Once signed, the SLA will go into effect upon the successful completion of the transition.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ICANN-RIR-SLA-signature25May16.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Service Level Agreement for the</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>IANA</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Numbering Services (Final Signature Document)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/SLAv5.2-proposedfinal-track25May16.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Redline of changes between SLA versions 5.1 and 5.2</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Mailing list:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Memorendum of Understanding (MoU) Supplemental Agreement for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>On 27 May 2016, the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Board issued a resolution (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2016-05-27-en#1.d"><span style='color:#0098D5'>2016.05.27.07</span></a>) approving the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>MoUSupplemental Agreement for signing. Once signed, the agreement will go into effect upon the successful completion of the transition.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Mailing list:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Customer Standing Committee (CSC)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>On 1 June,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>sent a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/51-csc-request-for-appointment-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Request for Appointment of Members and Liaisons to the CSC</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to the Chairs and co-Chairs of all of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN’s<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Supporting Organizations,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Advisory Committees, and the Registry Stakeholder Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The request asks that the respective organizations to initiate their processes to appoint candidates to serve as members and liaisons to the CSC.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The deadline for appointing organizations to send candidate selections is 22 July.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/29-csc-scope-and-responsibilities-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>CSC Scope and Responsibilities</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/47-csc-charter-clarification-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>CSC Candidates Qualification Requirements</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/47-csc-charter-clarification-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>CSC Charter</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/47-csc-charter-clarification-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>CSC Charter FAQ</span><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'><br></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>CSC Charter Clarification</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/51-csc-request-for-appointment-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Request for Appointment of Members and Liaisons to the CSC</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Mailing list:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Root Zone<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>A draft<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/attachments/20160601/e7410045/RZERCCharter-ForPublicComment.docx"><span style='color:#0098D5'>charter</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for the RZERC has been finalized and is currently posted for a 30-day public comment period through 10 July 2016.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-rzerc-charter-2016-06-10-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Public Comment Forum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://comments-draft-rzerc-charter-10jun16@icann.org/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Submit Comment to Forum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-rzerc-charter-10jun16/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Comments Forum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Once the RZERC Charter has been adopted,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>will take the steps necessary to form the committee, which will become operational upon the successful completion of the transition.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-rzerc-charter-10jun16-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Draft</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Root Zone</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Evolution Review Committee Charter</span></a><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Mailing list:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf</span></a>/</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Post-transition<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(PTI)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation for PTI were circulated to the community on 13 May 2016.ICANN’s legal team is currently working with the CWG-Stewardship’s independent legal counsel to revise the draft documents. Once the documents are finalized they will be posted for public comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Additionally,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf/2016-May/000112.html"><span style='color:#0098D5'>shared</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>a draft implementation approach for PTI to the IOTF on 24 May. Discussions with the IOTF on this proposed approach are ongoing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/35-pti-implementation-approach-v-v1"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Draft PTI Implementation Approach</span></a><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Mailing list:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf</span></a>/</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);font-size:1.31rem;padding:1rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Accountability Enhancements</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>The Accountability Enhancements Planning track contains projects to plan for implementation of enhancements to</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>ICANN’s Independent Review and Reconsideration Request processes, to updateICANN’s governance documents, and to operationalize new community powers defined by the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>ICANN</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:lightgrey'>Accountability (CCWG-Accountability).</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN's New Bylaws</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status Update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN's legal team<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/2016-May/000332.html"><span style='color:#0098D5'>distributed</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>the summary and analysis of Public Comments and the proposed revisedICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Bylaws to the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Board and Bylaws Coordination Group on 25 May 2016. The external legal teams affirmed that the New Bylaws reflected the Proposals’ recommendations. These resources were also made available on the public comment page.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/StaffReportofBylawsPublicComment-UPDATED-0001.docx"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Summary Report of Public Comments</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/ChartofICANNAnalysisofPublicCommentsonBylaws-25May2016-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Detailed Chart of</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>ICANN's Analysis of the Comments</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/f4e9ff42/Bylaws-Redline-May26toMay25-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Proposed New Bylaws (Revised to address comments)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/25May2016-REDLINE-ICANNBylaws-Postpubliccomment-redlineto20April2016-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Redline of Bylaws (Changes from 20 April)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/MemotoBylawsCoordinationGroup-25May2016-0001.doc"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Memo to Bylaws Coordination Group on Items for Consideration</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>On 27 May 2016, the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Board issued resolutions (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2016-05-27-en#1.a"><span style='color:#0098D5'>2016.05.27.01-2016.05.27.04</span></a>) adopting the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-bylaws-27may16-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>newICANN</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Bylaws</span></a>.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>transmitted the new Bylaws to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that same day.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The new<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Bylaws will be deemed effective upon the expiration the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Functions Contract between<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>NTIA.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/StaffReportofBylawsPublicComment-UPDATED-0001.docx"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Summary Report of Public Comments</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/ChartofICANNAnalysisofPublicCommentsonBylaws-25May2016-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Detailed Chart of</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>ICANN's Analysis of the Comments</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/f4e9ff42/Bylaws-Redline-May26toMay25-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Proposed New Bylaws (Revised to address comments)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/25May2016-REDLINE-ICANNBylaws-Postpubliccomment-redlineto20April2016-0001.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Redline of Bylaws (Changes from 20 April)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/attachments/20160526/aa622ea1/MemotoBylawsCoordinationGroup-25May2016-0001.doc"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Memo to Bylaws Coordination Group on Items for Consideration</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Mailing list(s):</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/bylaws-coord/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>http://mm.ianacg.org/pipermail/internal-cg_ianacg.org/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN's Updated Articles of Incorporation</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN’s Draft Restated Articles of Incorporation are currently posted for a 40-day public comment period through 6 July 2016.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-restated-articles-incorporation-2016-05-27-en"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Public Comment Page</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://comments-draft-restated-articles-incorporation-27may16@icann.org/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Submit a Comment to the Forum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-restated-articles-incorporation-27may16/"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Comments Forum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Any interested party may review and provide feedback on the draft Restated Articles during the public comment period. The comments will be analyzed and incorporated for the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Board prior to its consideration of the adoption of the Restated Articles.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Restated Articles must be adopted as part of the implementation planning process. Once adopted, the Restated Articles are expected to go into effect upon the successful completion of the transition.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-restated-articles-incorporation-25may16-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Draft Restated Articles of Incorporation</span></a> [PDF, 78 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo10;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-restated-articles-incorporation-redline-25may16-en.pdf"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Comparison of draft Restated Articles to Current Articles</span></a> [PDF, 75 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Mailing list:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);padding:0.5rem;font-size:1.31rem'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Independent Review Process (IRP)</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Status update:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The CCWG-Accountability formed a Working Party called the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/WP-IOT+-+IRP+Implementation+Oversight+Team"><span style='color:#0098D5'>IRP Implementation Oversight Team (IOT)</span></a>to define procedures for the enhanced IRP process defined by the CCWG-Accountability in its Work Stream 1 proposal.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Helvetica'>Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>None.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;margin:1.25rem;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>Mailing list:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>