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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">The first paragraph is a quote from the NTIA letter ..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Internal-cg [mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Uduma<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alissa Cooper; internal-cg@ianacg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] &quot;Implementation&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Thank you Alissa, just a minor point on the first line where you wrote &quot;I&quot; ask. Would it not be better you change it to &quot;we&quot;&nbsp; ask since the Chairs are
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Alissa Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in">alissa@cooperw.in</a>&gt; wrote:</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">The updated text below incorporates edits in response to Kavouss and Narelle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Dear IANAPLAN WG,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling &lt;<a href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>&gt;
 that included the following text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Dear CRISP team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling &lt;<a href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>&gt;
 that included the following text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Alissa, Patrik, and Mohamed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">Dear CWG,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling &lt;<a href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>&gt;
 that included the following text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#222222">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><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#222222">\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 &nbsp;it is necessary to quote the exact language used in NTIA letter relating
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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
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On May 25, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Narelle Clark &lt;<a href="mailto:narelle.clark@accan.org.au" target="_blank">narelle.clark@accan.org.au</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">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.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">\u201cDescription of how long the proposals in Section II I are expected to take to complete, and any
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black"> Internal-cg [<a href="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org" target="_blank">mailto:internal-cg-bounces@ianacg.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alissa Cooper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 25 May 2015 8:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:internal-cg@ianacg.org" target="_blank">internal-cg@ianacg.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] &quot;Implementation&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">The ICG chairs recently received a letter from Larry Strickling &lt;<a href="http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/correspondence/Letter-to-ICG-May-6.pdf</a>&gt;&nbsp;that
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 included the following text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black">&quot;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 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?&nbsp;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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 would be much appreciated. If you have further thoughts to communicate to us later in June, that would be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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