[Internal-cg] Heads up on Secretariat function

[Lynn St.Amour]

Thank you Adiel,

and a sincere thank you to ICANN for accommodating this.  We maximize the chance of a successful outcome if we are always clear that this process is operating under community leadership.  

Best,

Lynn

On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:33 AM, Adiel Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net> wrote:

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> On Sep 2, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Adiel Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net> wrote:
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>>> Dear Lynn,
>>> 
>>> you make some interesting points. Just a few remarks:
>>> 
>>> - Whereas the IETF has an organic link to ISOC, the same cannot be said to the ICG in relation to ICANN. This has legal and financial implications.
>> 
>> Yes, specially the legal implication is the main reason why through out the actual RfP document that I have drafted ICANN has been mentioned as the “owner” of the process. I have however asked ICANN if this can be accommodated in their process.
> 
> Just got a response from ICANN that we can label the Request as from the ICG. Here is revised text.
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> The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to select a suitable contractor trough ICANN process to perform its secretariat function. The ICG was established as a result of a broad community consultation and in response to the announcement by the U.S National Telecommunication and Information Administration Department (NTIA) of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. 
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> The ICG is composed of representatives from different stakeholders groups to coordinate and deliver a single proposal. For more information about its role, please visit: https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship/coordination-group
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> If you are interested in bidding for this proposal please send an Expression of Intent (EoI) to SecretariatForICG-rfp at icann.org by 07 September 2014
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> The Expression of Interest shall provide the Name of Organisation your organisation and your  Contact details.
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> - a.
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