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Topics covered will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>What are the IANA functions?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>What is the IANA stewardship transition?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>What is being proposed for the transition of the IANA stewardship?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Why is the ICG seeking public comments?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>What should commenters focus on?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>The ICG will hold two webinars at different times to facilitate participation across the time zones:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Thursday 6 August 2015 from 19:00-20:30 UTC (time zone convertor here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://icgsec.asia/1fB5GMF"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>http://icgsec.asia/1fB5GMF</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Friday 7 August 2015 from 11:00-12:30 UTC (time zone convertor here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://icgsec.asia/1IpVZfn"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>http://icgsec.asia/1IpVZfn</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>The webinars will include about 45 minutes of presentation material and 45 minutes of Q&A.<br>Webinar details<br>The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/</span></a>. Please note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Live interpretation will be available through Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers using Conference ID codes listed below.<br>A list of country dial-in numbers can be found here:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://adigo.com/icann/"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>http://adigo.com/icann/</span></a>. Should there be no appropriate dial-in number for an interested participant, the ICG Secretariat in conjunction with ICANN will provide a dial-out service to that individual \u2013 please send dial-out requests to the ICG Secretariat at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:admin@icgsec.asia"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>admin@icgsec.asia</span></a>. Correspondingly, language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Fran�ais \u2013 Conference ID: 75929475<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Espa�ol \u2013 Conference ID: 68385764<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#111111'>\u4e2d\u6587</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'> \u2013 Conference ID: 825702<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>P\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u2013 Conference ID: 345720<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u2013 Conference ID: 82855066<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#111111'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>�<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Portugu�s \u2013 Conference ID: 759752<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>Participants who are interested in an English line but are unable to join by way of the Virtual Meeting Room may request a dial-out service by contacting the ICG Secretariat at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:admin@icgsec.asia"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>admin@icgsec.asia</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#111111'>For further information about the IANA stewardship transition proposal, please see<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://comments.ianacg.org/"><span style='color:#1F73A5'>https://comments.ianacg.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>