<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432702636493_73011">Thank you Alissa, just a minor point on the first line where you wrote "I" ask. Would it not be better you change it to "we" ask since the Chairs are writing the letter.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432702636493_77813"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432702636493_82609">Mary Uduma<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432702636493_63419"><span></span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Alissa Cooper <alissa@cooperw.in> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0818741833"><div><div>The updated text below incorporates edits in response to Kavouss and Narelle.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>---</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div>Dear IANAPLAN WG,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Accordingly, to assist us in our planning for the fall, I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete the implementation of these aspects? We asked about this in our RFP but would appreciate an up-to-date estimate. We understand that this may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimate and an explanation of factors contributing to that estimate.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If you could provide us an initial response via your ICG representatives (Jari Arkko and Alissa Cooper) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>\u2014</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Dear CRISP team,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Accordingly, to assist us in our planning for the fall, I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete the implementation of these aspects? We asked about this in our RFP but would appreciate an up-to-date estimate. We understand that this may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimate and an explanation of factors contributing to that estimate.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If you could provide us an initial response via your ICG representatives (Paul Wilson and Alan Barrett) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>\u2014</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Dear CWG,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"Accordingly, to assist us in our planning for the fall, I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete the implementation of these aspects? We asked about this in our RFP but would appreciate a current estimate. We understand that this may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimate and an explanation of factors contributing to that estimate.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If you could provide us an initial response via our liaisons to the CWG (Martin Boyle, Milton Mueller, and Xiaodong Lee) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed</div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0818741833yqt7050615717" id="yiv0818741833yqt49136"><div><div>On May 26, 2015, at 10:07 AM, Alissa Cooper <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in" target="_blank" href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in">alissa@cooperw.in</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv0818741833Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833yqt7050615717" id="yiv0818741833yqt88277"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div>Sure, I can add in the first part of the sentence.</div><div>Alissa</div><br clear="none"><div><div>On May 25, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Kavouss Arasteh <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv0818741833Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Alissa,</div><div>]Thank you very much for your effort.</div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background-color:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Perhaps I was not clear or you
misunderstood my comment.</span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background-color:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">I asked that you kindly include in the draft
the exact quotation from NTIA letter to you from the second paragraph starting
with \u201c<i>Accordingly \u2026\u2026Argentina\u201d</i></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background-color:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">But you have quoted the last part of
that paragraph namely </span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">\u201c<i>please
keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to
evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and
the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be
implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d</i> The reason is that <span> </span>it is necessary to quote the exact language
used in NTIA letter relating to implementation . </span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">May
you please reconsider and correct the text </span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Regards</span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);">Kavouss
</span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0818741833gmail_quote">2015-05-25 10:15 GMT+02:00 Joseph Alhadeff <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com">joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com</a>></span>:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0818741833gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>narelle:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I think it is useful to get a more specific and positive affirmation of the Larry's request from the communities and I believe Alissa's letter does that without creating some of the needless constrains which Partrik had alluded to previously.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Joe</div><div><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="yiv0818741833h5"><div><br clear="none">On May 25, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Narelle Clark <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:narelle.clark@accan.org.au" target="_blank" href="mailto:narelle.clark@accan.org.au">narelle.clark@accan.org.au</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">All,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">My recollection of the RFP was that the question of implementation timeframe was in the RFP we issued and I expected we would get an answer explicitly from the responses.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Part IV last bullet point from the RFP:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="">\u201cDescription of how long the proposals in Section II I are expected to take to complete, and any <u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="">intermediate milestones that may occur before they are completed.\u201d<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">[In hindsight that \u201cmay\u201d should have been a \u201cmust\u201d or \u201care required\u201d, ie \u201cimmediate milestones that are required to occur before\u2026\u201d but that is a separate item.]<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">I note the IETF has answered:<u></u><u></u></span></div><pre><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">\u201c</span> As no services are expected to change, no continuity issues are<u></u><u></u></pre><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> anticipated, and there are no new technical or operational methods<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> proposed by the IETF to test. The IETF leadership, ICANN, and the<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> RIRs maintain an ongoing informal dialog to spot any unforeseen<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> issues that might arise as a result of other changes.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> What is necessary as part of transition is the completion of any<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> supplemental agreement(s) necessary to achieve the requirements<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style=""> outlined in our response in Section III of this RFP.\u201d<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">The RIRs do not seem to have responded to this question.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">I would therefore think the RFP response isn\u2019t complete.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Have I missed something here? The RFP as issued is this, isn\u2019t it:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-iana-stewardship-08sep14-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Yet both the IETF and the RIR responses don\u2019t have the answer as a separate item. The IETF has answered the question, but has noted a dependency.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Therefore, I would prefer the wording to go back to these communities to point out the answer is missing from the RFP, or requesting clarification of the time required given the dependency.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">My apologies for not raising this earlier.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);">Narelle<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(181,196,223) currentColor currentColor;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><b><span style="" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Internal-cg [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org">mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alissa Cooper<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 25 May 2015 8:22 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:internal-cg@ianacg.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:internal-cg@ianacg.org">internal-cg@ianacg.org</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] "Implementation"<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Following on the suggestions of Manal, Kavouss, Wolf-Ulrich, I\u2019ve drafted emails below to send to the OCs. The ones for IANAPLAN and CRISP do not mention the proposal completion phase since their proposals are already complete. In all of the emails I\u2019ve added one sentence about the fact that we\u2019re looking for time estimates (based on what Patrik has said in this thread).<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">I\u2019d like to approve these for sending during our May 27 call.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Alissa<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">---------------------------<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Dear IANAPLAN WG,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">"I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete the implementation of these aspects? We understand that this may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimate and an explanation of factors contributing to that estimate.<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">If you could provide us an initial response via your ICG representatives (Jari Arkko and Alissa Cooper) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">\u2014<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Dear CRISP team,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">"I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete the implementation of these aspects? We understand that this may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimate and an explanation of factors contributing to that estimate.<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">If you could provide us an initial response via your ICG representatives (Paul Wilson and Alan Barrett) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed<u></u><u></u></div></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">\u2014<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Dear CWG,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>> that included the following text:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">"I ask that the community provide us with an update on the status of the transition planning and the associated timeframes, including the community\u2019s views as to how long it will take to finalize the transition plan and implement it after it is approved. We request that you and the three primary customer working groups provide us with your views before the end of June, which will give you the opportunity to discuss these issues with the multistakeholder community at the June ICANN meeting in Argentina. In providing this feedback, please keep in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified either by the ICG and the CCWG-Accountability as prerequisites for the transition will need to be implemented prior to the ending of the contract.\u201d<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">The ICG is therefore gathering input about how much time the operational communities believe they will need to complete proposal development and implement the aspects of the transition proposal that the communities have identified as needing to be completed prior to the expiry of the NTIA contract (e.g., creation of new contracts, agreements, or entities). >From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete proposal development? From start to finish, approximately how many weeks or months do you think your community will need to complete implementation of these aspects? We understand that these time frames may be difficult to predict; we would appreciate your best estimates and an explanation of factors contributing to those estimates.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">If you could provide us an initial response via our liaisons to the CWG (Martin Boyle, Milton Mueller, and Xiaodong Lee) by June 9 at 23:59 UTC, that would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal">Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed<u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="yiv0818741833MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><span><br clear="none"><span>Internal-cg mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Internal-cg@mm.ianacg.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Internal-cg@mm.ianacg.org">Internal-cg@mm.ianacg.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://mm.ianacg.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg_ianacg.org">http://mm.ianacg.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-cg_ianacg.org</a></span><br clear="none"></span></blockquote></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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