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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Begin forwarded message:<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hillary Jett <<a href="mailto:hillary.jett@icann.org" target="_blank">hillary.jett@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">July 26, 2016 at 1:45:49 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">CCWG-Accountability <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>[CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition Implementation Planning Update (Volume 4)</b><br></span></div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Original link:<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-implementation-planning-update-volume-4" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/iana-stewardship-transition-implementation-planning-update-volume-4</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);border-bottom-width:1pt;padding:0in;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:24pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-color:white;border:none;padding:0in;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">IANA<span> </span>Stewardship Transition Implementation Planning Update (Volume 4)<u></u><u></u></span></h1></div><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);border-bottom-width:1pt;padding:0in;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><h1 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:24pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-color:white;border:none;padding:0in;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Root Zone Management</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></h1></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><em><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Root Zone Management implementation planning track contains projects relating to changes to the root zone management system (RZMS) to remove NTIA's authorization role, 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><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></div><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:normal"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></h2><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Root Zone Management System (RZMS) Changes to Remove<span> </span>Root Zone Administrator (RZA) Role and Support Parallel Testing<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">On 6 July 2016,<span> </span>ICANN and Verisign<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-14-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">successfully completed</span></a><span> </span>the 90-day parallel testing period of theRoot Zone Management System (RZMS).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">During the testing period, zero unexplained differences were found between the production RZMS and the parallel test version of the RZMS, which has the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) authorization step removed.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">You can view<span> </span><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">daily comparison reports</span></a> created during the testing period on Verisign's website. Additionally, monthly progress reports for the testing period are available on ICANN's designated <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship-implementation/root-zone-management-system-parallel-testing" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Root Zone Management System Parallel Testing webpage</span></a>.<br> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-14-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">90-day Root Zone Management System "Parallel Testing" Period Ends Successfully</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Verisign Daily Parallel Operations Root Zone Management System Comparisons</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/55-rzms-parallel-testing-monthly-report-2-v-06jun16" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Second RZMS Monthly Progress Report </span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Root Zone Maintainer Agreement (RZMA)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN and Verisign have<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/root-zone-management-transition-update-preservation-of-security-stability-and-resiliency" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">completed</span></a><span> </span>the discussions and negotiations for the<span> </span>Root Zone<span> </span>Maintainer Services Agreement (RZMA). On 29 June 2016, ICANN published the <a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/63-root-zone-maintainer-agreement-v-1-0" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">RZMA</span></a> for a 30-day public review period.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/root-zone-management-transition-update-preservation-of-security-stability-and-resiliency" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Root Zone Management Transition Update: Preservation of Security, Stability and Resiliency</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/63-root-zone-maintainer-agreement-v-1-0" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Root Zone</span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Maintainer Services Agreement</span></a><br> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;text-align:center;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><hr size="1" width="1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;background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/dt1" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/dt1</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN and the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) have<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-29-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">signed</span></a><span> </span>the<span> </span><a href="https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ICANN-RIR-SLA-signature25May16.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">SLA for the</span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">IANA</span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Numbering Services</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The agreement will become effective on the date of the transition.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-29-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">ICANN Signs Service Level Agreement with Regional Internet Registries and Finalizes 2016 Supplemental Agreement with Internet Engineering Task Force</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">https://www.nro.net/pipermail/ianaxfer/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Supplemental Agreement for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN has signed the 2016<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/59-2016-icann-ietf-mou-supplemental-agreement-v-1-0" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Supplemental Agreement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)</span></a><span> </span>for the performance of the protocol parameters functions.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The agreement will become effective on the date of the transition.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-06-29-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">ICANN Signs Service Level Agreement with Regional Internet Registries and Finalizes 2016 Supplemental Agreement with Internet Engineering Task Force</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.icann.org/iana_imp_docs/59-2016-icann-ietf-mou-supplemental-agreement-v-1-0" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Supplemental Agreement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">  <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Customer Standing Committee (CSC)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The deadline for appointing organizations to send candidate selections is Friday, 22 July 2016.<span> </span>ICANNwill then forward the appointments to the<span> </span>ccNSO<span> </span>and GNCO Councils for final approval of the full CSC membership.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">None.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">A public comment period on the RZERC draft charter was closed on 10 July 2016. In total,<span> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-rzerc-charter-2016-06-10-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">7 individuals and organizations submitted comments</span></a>.<span> </span>ICANN<span> </span>staff is currently finalizing an analysis of the comments received.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN hopes to be able to begin forming the committee soon. The RZERC will become operational upon the successful completion of the transition.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">None.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iotf</span></a>/<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Post-transition IANA (PTI)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">There are currently three public comment periods underway for the formation of PTI. Any interested party may review and provide feedback on these important PTI formation documents.<br> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">1)</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-articles-incorporation-2016-07-01-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Draft PTI Articles of Incorporation</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The proposed draft of the PTI Articles of Incorporation was developed to meet the community proposal recommendation that a new legal entity be formed to perform the three IANA functions.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Articles were drafted to the<span> </span>ICG<span> </span>and CWG-Stewardship proposals, which were developed through public processes, and adopted by the<span> </span>ICANN<span> </span>Board and transmitted to<span> </span>NTIA<span> </span>on 10 March 2016. The public comment process provides the community with an opportunity to comment on whether the drafted Articles are inconsistent with the proposals, and is not intended to be a forum for the reconsideration of the proposals.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Closes: 31 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2)</span></strong> <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/pti-governance-documents-2016-07-08-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">PTI Governance Documents</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The governance documents include the:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Draft PTI Conflict of Interest Policy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Draft PTI Board Code of Conduct<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Draft PTI Expected Standard of Behavior<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Conflict of Interest Policy and Board Code of Conduct were developed to strengthen PTI’s governance practices, and the Expected Standard of Behavior was developed to guide PTI's Board, staff, customers and broader community on expected standards to guide their participation.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Each of these documents is modeled off of the versions already in force in<span> </span>ICANN, and the public comment period is intended to seek comments on conformance of these documents to PTI.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Closes: 7 August 2016 at 23:59 UTC</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">3) <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);font-weight:normal">Draft PTI Bylaws</span></a></span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">PTI Bylaws contains PTI's governance requirements, including composition of the Board, conduct of Board meetings, powers of the Board and PTI officers, and budgeting, planning and record keeping requirements. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Bylaws were drafted to meet the<span> </span>ICG<span> </span>and CWG-Stewardship proposals, which were developed through public processes, and adopted by the<span> </span>ICANN<span> </span>Board and transmitted to<span> </span>NTIA<span> </span>on 10 March 2016. The public comment process provides the community with an opportunity to comment on whether the drafted Bylaws are inconsistent with the proposals, and is not intended to be a forum for the reconsideration of the proposals.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Closes: 11 August 2016 at 23:59 UTC</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>In addition,<span> </span>ICANN<span> </span>has circulated to the community drafts of the<span> </span>ICANN-PTI contracts for review, including:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160716/63d8860e/NamingFunctionAgreement-Draftasof15July2016-0001.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Draft Naming Function Agreement</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160716/63d8860e/RIRSubcontractAgreement-Draftasof15July2016-0001.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Draft Number Subcontracting Agreement</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">        <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/attachments/20160716/63d8860e/IETFSubcontractAgreement-Draftasof15July2016-0001.docx" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Draft</span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Protocol Parameter</span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">Subcontracting Agreement</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 11.25pt 51pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'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</span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The 40-day public comment period on<span> </span>ICANN’s Draft Restated Articles of Incorporation was extended by one week, and closed on 13 July 2016. In total,<span> </span><a href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-draft-restated-articles-incorporation-27may16/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">6 submissions</span></a><span> </span>were received during the comment period.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">ICANN<span> </span>staff is currently finalizing an analysis of the comments received.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">None.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">None.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:1.31rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:bold;background-color:white;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Independent Review Process (IRP)<u></u><u></u></span></h2><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Status update:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The CCWG-Accountability formed a Working Party called the <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=59643726" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">IRP Implementation Oversight Team (IOT)</span></a>to define supplemental procedures for the enhanced IRP process defined by the CCWG-Accountability in its Work Stream 1 proposal.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The IOT has held 5 meetings and all resources and archives can be found<span> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA/IRP-IOT+Meetings" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">here</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Documents/announcements posted:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">None.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Mailing list:</span></strong><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:1.25rem;font-size:1rem;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:white;line-height:1.4rem;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iot/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,152,213)">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/iot/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline!important">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);float:none;display:inline!important">Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>