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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Internal-cg
[mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:05 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> internal-cg@ianacg.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Internal-cg] Fwd: Letter to the ICG from NTIA on the IANA Stewardship Transition<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">From:
</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Fiona Alexander <<a href="mailto:FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov">FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Subject: Letter to the ICG from NTIA on the IANA Stewardship Transition</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Date:
</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">May 6, 2015 at 11:11:06 AM PDT</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">To:
</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:Alissa@cooperw.in">Alissa@cooperw.in</a>" <<a href="mailto:Alissa@cooperw.in">Alissa@cooperw.in</a>>, "<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se">paf@frobbit.se</a>"
<<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se">paf@frobbit.se</a>>, "<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net">mbashir@mbash.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net">mbashir@mbash.net</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Larry Strickling <<a href="mailto:LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov">LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov</a>>, "<a href="mailto:fadi.chehade@icann.org">fadi.chehade@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:fadi.chehade@icann.org">fadi.chehade@icann.org</a>></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Enclosed please find a letter from Assistant Secretary Strickling to the ICG on the IANA stewardship transition. A similar letter has been sent
to the CCWG.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fiona M. Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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