<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Thanks Kavouss. I agree with your points below.</div><div><br></div><div>I think one of the key questions for us is whether to do 1 or 2 public comment periods (e.g., comment and reply comment). There is obviously a serious timeline implication depending on what we choose.</div><div><br></div><div>Alissa</div><br><div><div>On May 7, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Kavouss Arasteh &lt;<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Alissa,</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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for internal consultation within the ICG</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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we received from Larry Strickling concerning status and timeframes for the
transition process</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">.&nbsp;"
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<i>"First, I think its important that the communities that we all
represent have an opportunity to provide their views on this topic. I think the
best way to solicit this input would be for ICG members to consult within their
own communities as they see fit and bring that input back to the ICG for incorporation
into our response. Depending on what that input looks like we may decide that
some other arrangement makes sense, but that is my suggestion at the outset for
how to proceed. If people agree with that we can try to establish some
deadlines so that we can get a response back in a timely fashion"</i></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</span></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Yes
but without any NOTE from ICG i.e. each operational community will take the
relevant part of the NTIA statement to its community and come back to ICG with
comment, if any</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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<i>Of course, the ICG has its own distinct role and timing, and that is
something we can discuss amongst ourselves. As mentioned in the letter, there
are, broadly speaking, three tasks remaining with the transition:" </i></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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YES</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">, We need to discuss it
among ourselves, first through the mailng linst and then with one or two conference
call( s) </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Subparagraph <span>&nbsp;</span>3.1,3 2 and 3 3 <br>
1. Finalization of the transition proposal.</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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3. Implementation of the proposal.</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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The ICG and the communities we all represent have to take care of task 1. The
communities or parts thereof may be involved in task 3, so gathering their
input is</i></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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in task 2, but I think we can safely assume it will occupy a couple months
time at minimum, accounting for the proposal to be reviewed across affected and
interested parts of the USG. </span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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,</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">5. Fourth Paragraph </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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The chairs have discussed estimated timing for task 1.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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whom? <span>&nbsp;</span>.It is expected and in fact
necessary that all of us be involved in the discussion </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt"> <i>We believe that if we receive the CWG
names proposal at or just after ICANN 53, we can aim to conclude our process
and deliver the proposal to the ICANN Board for forwarding to NTIA by the
conclusion of ICANN 54 in October. Attached and in Dropbox &lt;</i></span><i><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsjrybo577ycrhe/TimelineGraphic-v10.xlsx?dl=0" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsjrybo577ycrhe/TimelineGraphic-v10.xlsx?dl=0</span></a></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">&gt; is an updated version of our timeline showing how we could
accomplish this.&nbsp;</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">It
is a very optimistic view, I suggest we indicate that, we should undevour to
the best of our ability to <i>conclude our process <span>&nbsp;</span>by the end of October and deliver the proposal
to the ICANN Board for forwarding to NTIA by the conclusion of ICANN 54 toward
the end of November </i><span>&nbsp;</span>Consequently we need
to adjust the timeline and indicate that the timeline is an initial planning
time management which will be periodically reviewed at the forthcoming ICG
virtual or physical meetings </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">if the names proposal slips, or if public comments that we solicit
require further extensive discussion in the communities, then our timing will
slip beyond ICANN 54. How long that slippage could be is difficult to predict
of course. Larrys letter requests a response from us by the end of June, so by
that time we will have more current information about the status of the names
proposal, but there will still be some uncertainty about what our own public
comment process will generate. That uncertainty is something we likely want to
reflect in our response.</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Yes
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everything till after ICANN 53 is internal , we will review and adjust the
timeline.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</span></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">7.Sixth Paragraph</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Weve also been in touch with the chairs of the CCWG to understand
their timing. Their current timeline is available in the draft they recently
released for public comment &lt;</span></i><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">&gt;. It aligns well with the attached proposed update to our timeline
in that both groups would conclude their transition-relevant work at or around
ICANN 54.</span></i></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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CCWG timeline is currently a gestimate as it very much depends on the comment
received by CWG and impact on that on the CCWG activities as well as comments
received by CCWG by beginning of June and incorporation of thaose in the second
draft and results of debate at ICANN 53. </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">7</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">. last paragraph<i> </i></span></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">I wanted to
sketch this out so that we can get discussion going on the list. We will
certainly also have time for this on our next call and in Buenos Aires but
please share thoughts on the list if you have them.</span></i></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Comments </span></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Yes .In fact w<i>e will certainly also have time for this on our next
calls and in Buenos Aires but please share thoughts on the list if you have
them.</i></span></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Additional
Comments</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">I
understand that you have referred to one single public commenting period</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">I
think it is not sufficient as we need to have two public comments period, this
issue was discussed at Singapore meeting and there was general agreement on
that.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div><div style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Please
kindly note that we MUST AVOID sending something to ICANN / NTIA which does not
have broad support of the community. This fact has been emphasized in NTIA announcement
and reiterated by Larry at various occasions</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><br><strong>Regards</strong></div><div><strong>Kavouss </strong><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-05-07 21:58 GMT+02:00 Alissa Cooper <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in" target="_blank">alissa@cooperw.in</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=""><div>I wanted to offer some initial thoughts in response to the letter we received from Larry Strickling concerning status and timeframes for the transition process.&nbsp;<br><br>First, I think its important that the communities that we all represent have an opportunity to provide their views on this topic. I think the best way to solicit this input would be for ICG members to consult within their own communities as they see fit and bring that input back to the ICG for incorporation into our response. Depending on what that input looks like we may decide that some other arrangement makes sense, but that is my suggestion at the outset for how to proceed. If people agree with that we can try to establish some deadlines so that we can get a response back in a timely fashion.<br><br>Of course, the ICG has its own distinct role and timing, and that is something we can discuss amongst ourselves. As mentioned in the letter, there are, broadly speaking, three tasks remaining with the transition:<br><br>1. Finalization of the transition proposal.<br>2. NTIA/USG assessment and approval of the proposal.<br>3. Implementation of the proposal.<br><br>The ICG and the communities we all represent have to take care of task 1. The communities or parts thereof may be involved in task 3, so gathering their input is especially important there. Neither we nor the communities are involved in task 2, but I think we can safely assume it will occupy a couple months time at minimum, accounting for the proposal to be reviewed across affected and interested parts of the USG.<br><br>The chairs have discussed estimated timing for task 1. We believe that if we receive the CWG names proposal at or just after ICANN 53, we can aim to conclude our process and deliver the proposal to the ICANN Board for forwarding to NTIA by the conclusion of ICANN 54 in October. Attached and in Dropbox &lt;<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsjrybo577ycrhe/TimelineGraphic-v10.xlsx?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsjrybo577ycrhe/TimelineGraphic-v10.xlsx?dl=0</a>&gt; is an updated version of our timeline showing how we could accomplish this.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>If the names proposal slips, or if public comments that we solicit require further extensive discussion in the communities, then our timing will slip beyond ICANN 54. How long that slippage could be is difficult to predict of course. Larrys letter requests a response from us by the end of June, so by that time we will have more current information about the status of the names proposal, but there will still be some uncertainty about what our own public comment process will generate. That uncertainty is something we likely want to reflect in our response.<br><br>Weve also been in touch with the chairs of the CCWG to understand their timing. Their current timeline is available in the draft they recently released for public comment &lt;<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en</a>&gt;. It aligns well with the attached proposed update to our timeline in that both groups would conclude their transition-relevant work at or around ICANN 54.</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to sketch this out so that we can get discussion going on the list. We will certainly also have time for this on our next call and in Buenos Aires but please share thoughts on the list if you have them.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Alissa<br><br><br><br>Couple of notes regarding the updated timeline:<br><br>- The timeline includes an ICANN-standard 40-day public comment period on the full combined proposal.<br>- The chairs are looking into the possibility of having an ICG F2F meeting during the second week of September.<br>- ICANN 54 is October 18-22.</div><div><br></div></div><div></div></div><br><div style=""><div></div><br><div><div>On May 6, 2015, at 3:05 PM, Alissa Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in" target="_blank">alissa@cooperw.in</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="">Begin forwarded message:<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;">Fiona Alexander &lt;<a href="mailto:FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov" target="_blank">FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov</a>&gt;<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;"><b>Letter to the ICG from NTIA on the IANA Stewardship Transition</b><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;">May 6, 2015 at 11:11:06 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;">"<a href="mailto:Alissa@cooperw.in" target="_blank">Alissa@cooperw.in</a>" &lt;<a href="mailto:Alissa@cooperw.in" target="_blank">Alissa@cooperw.in</a>&gt;, "<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se" target="_blank">paf@frobbit.se</a>" &lt;<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se" target="_blank">paf@frobbit.se</a>&gt;, "<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net" target="_blank">mbashir@mbash.net</a>" &lt;<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net" target="_blank">mbashir@mbash.net</a>&gt;<br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;">Larry Strickling &lt;<a href="mailto:LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov" target="_blank">LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov</a>&gt;, "<a href="mailto:fadi.chehade@icann.org" target="_blank">fadi.chehade@icann.org</a>" &lt;<a href="mailto:fadi.chehade@icann.org" target="_blank">fadi.chehade@icann.org</a>&gt;<br></span></div><br><div><div lang="EN-US" style="font:12px/normal Helvetica;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Enclosed please find a letter from Assistant Secretary Strickling to the ICG on the IANA stewardship transition.&nbsp; A similar letter has been sent to the CCWG.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Fiona<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Fiona M. Alexander<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Associate Administrator for International Affairs<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20482-1866" target="_blank" value="+12024821866">(202) 482-1866</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/" target="_blank">www.ntia.doc.gov</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><span>&lt;Letter to ICG May 6.pdf&gt;</span><div style=""><div><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" style="font:12px/normal Helvetica;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" vlink="purple" link="blue"></div></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Internal-cg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Internal-cg@mm.ianacg.org" target="_blank">Internal-cg@mm.ianacg.org</a><br><a href="http://mm.ianacg.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg_ianacg.org" target="_blank">http://mm.ianacg.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg_ianacg.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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