<html><head></head><body style=""><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv5258740038"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_109866"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_109865" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_75365">I think that the Contract between IETF and ICANN&nbsp; provided for the evaluation of the IFO performance for the Protocol Parameter IANA function, in the same way the contract&nbsp; being crafted by the CRISP Team provided for the evaluation of &nbsp; the IFO performance of the Numbering IANA function.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_90533"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_111476">As far as I understand from Alan's answers to me in one of my questions during our last call, Numbering Community has no interaction with PTI as depicted in the graphics. (If I am wrong, Alan you can correct me.) <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_111477"><br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_109872" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_111501">Jari may wish to clarify whether same goes with the IETF.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_113819"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_113820" dir="ltr">If&nbsp; the two answers are affirmative, then ICG's answer to the FQA on eveluation of performance should be clear enough to depict the <br></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_85611"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_88949">Like Joseph&nbsp; said, if we in the ICG are confused, the public and readers would be more confused if the answers are not clearly stated.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_95062"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_95288"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_89739"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_94529"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_88947"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_75364"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_75363"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_75362"><span></span></div>  <br clear="none"><div class="yiv5258740038qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5258740038yqt4521070737" id="yiv5258740038yqt43472"></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv5258740038yahoo_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 Friday, August 21, 2015 3:22 PM, Mary Uduma &lt;mnuduma@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv5258740038y_msg_container"><div id="yiv5258740038"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_25503">All,</div><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_25499"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_25500">I wish to support Alan's formulation with few addition to bring further clarity to the message&nbsp; ICG is trying to convey as show below in capital. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29653"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29655"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_25498">Q: How will performance be evaluated?<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29664" clear="none">
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                          A: IT IS EXPECTED THAT ICANN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING PTI'S PERFORMANCE&nbsp;&nbsp; AS THE IFO FOR THE NAMING COMMUNITY (FUNCTION), THROUGH THE PROPOSED CSC, ETC.&nbsp; WHILE The OTHER TWO Operating Communities (OCs) WOULD BE&nbsp;
                          responsible for<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29666" clear="none">
                          evaluating the performance OF ICANN AS THEIR IFO FOR THEIR parts of
                          the IANA functions,<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29667" clear="none">
                          IT IS LEFT TO EACH OPERATING COMMUNITY TO MAKE&nbsp; whatever decisions are required
                          to ensure<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29668" clear="none">
                          their community's needs and expectations are
                          met, including<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29669" clear="none">
                          choosing/changing the IANA functions operator
                          for their part of<br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29670" clear="none">
                          the IANA functions.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_53222"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_55491">Mary Uduma<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_51701"><br class="yiv5258740038" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29671" clear="none">
                          </div>  <br clear="none"><div class="yiv5258740038qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28392"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5258740038yahoo_quoted" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28835" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28834" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28833" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv5258740038yqt9871993153" id="yiv5258740038yqt57448"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29673"> <font id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_29672" face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, August 21, 2015 12:48 PM, joseph alhadeff &lt;joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com&gt; wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv5258740038y_msg_container" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28832"><div id="yiv5258740038"><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28831">
    Kavouss:<br clear="none">
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    No question on the need for accuracy, but I wanted to underline the
    urgency of concluding this process in a timely manner during the
    consultation period when it will be of great use.<br clear="none">
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    Joe<br clear="none">
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    <div class="yiv5258740038yqt5459400418" id="yiv5258740038yqt23447"><div class="yiv5258740038moz-cite-prefix" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28830">On 8/21/2015 7:40 AM, Kavouss Arasteh
      wrote:<br clear="none">
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      </blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv5258740038yqt5459400418" id="yiv5258740038yqt77309"><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28837"><div>Dear Joe</div>
      <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28836">Yes , but we shall avoid misleading the community by putting
        Number and Protocol communities which nay or may not have
        contract with PTI at the same level of CSC which usa. Integral
        part of Name community in monitoring the performance of IFO</div>
      <div>Regards</div>
      <div>Kavouss</div>
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      <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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        Sent from my iPhone</div>
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        On 21 Aug 2015, at 13:32, Joseph Alhadeff &lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com">joseph.alhadeff@oracle.com</a>&gt;
        wrote:<br clear="none">
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          </div></blockquote></div><div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28845"><div>Colleagues</div>
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          <div>If we, who have been so involved in this process, are
            having these definitional issues I can only presume the
            potential difficulties for the non-initiate... &nbsp;Let us
            resolve these issues as soon as possible as it seems the
            FAQs may be very important to those reviewing the proposal.
            &nbsp;In the interest of utility let us work to assure that the
            perfect does not become the enemy of the good.</div>
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          <div>Joe&nbsp;<br clear="none">
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            Sent from my iPad</div>
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            On Aug 21, 2015, at 4:45 AM, Kavouss Arasteh &lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>&gt;
            wrote:<br clear="none">
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">Hi&nbsp;Lynn</font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">Re Your Questions and
                      Comments </font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">Here are my Reply<br clear="none">
                      Question</font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">&nbsp;<em>I am not clear on
                        your objections, can you clarify
                        please?&nbsp; Is the objection over the roles of the
                        3 OCs (as described below)
                        with respect to the(ir) IFO or perhaps the IFO
                        and the PTI are conflated in the
                        text below.</em></font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">Answer </font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#0000ff" size="3">My comments relate mostly
                      to the responsibilities of the
                      three OCs and to the smaller extent to the IFO and
                      PTI </font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">For the first pls see my
                      comments earlier sent and I do not
                      want to repeat them. One should not put Numbers
                      and Protocols at the level of
                      responsibilities as those of NAMES DUE TO THE FACT
                      THAT THE FORMER MAY OR MAY
                      NOT HAVE CONTRACTs&nbsp; or SLAs WITH&nbsp; PTI THUS MAY ACT
                      WITHIN THEIR
                      CONTRACT&nbsp; through ICANN </font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">&nbsp;</font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">Your explanation <br clear="none">
                      My ANSWER</font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">I suggest the following
                      modifications </font></div>
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                        The 3 OCs l, Based On Their Mandate, ,areas of
                        Responsibilities their Roles and
                        their relation with PTI wil be responsible,&nbsp;for
                        evaluating the performance
                        of their respective IFO functions (through
                        various community managed&nbsp;monitoring
                        &nbsp;mechanisms).&nbsp; They will also be responsible for
                        ensuring that any
                        deficiencies are brought back through
                        appropriate mechanism for remedial actions,
                        as appropriate into line with expected service
                        levels.&nbsp; While today, the
                        IFO for all 3 OCs is in one organization
                        (department), the OCs have all made it
                        clear in their proposals that the responsibility
                        for who their IANA functions
                        operator will be in the future will reside with
                        the individual communities.<br clear="none">
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                      It can be hard to find words that capture the
                      appropriate intent of all 3
                      proposals, so perhaps ICG members from the 3
                      communities can also help
                      clarify/suggest text.&nbsp; In the interest of moving
                      this along, I suggested
                      some edits (in caps) that may help, but again
                      Kavouss, I am not sure I
                      understand your objections, so these may miss the
                      mark.<br clear="none">
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                      Current:&nbsp; "The three Operating Communities (OCs)
                      are responsible for
                      evaluating the performance of the IFO and for
                      making whatever decisions are
                      required to ensure their community\u2019s needs and
                      expectations are met, including
                      choosing/changing their IANA functions operator."<br clear="none">
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                      Proposed: "The three Operating Communities (OCs)
                      are responsible for
                      evaluating the performance of THEIR IFO and for
                      making whatever decisions are
                      required to ensure their community\u2019s needs and
                      expectations are met, including
                      choosing/changing the IANA functions operator FOR
                      THEIR SET OF IANA FUNCTIONS."</font></div>
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                  <div style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3">My suggestions for the
                      above is as proposed at the beginning
                      of the comment which I introduce it again</font></div>
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                  <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28840" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;"><font id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28839" face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3"><font id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28838" color="#0000ff">\u201c
                        The 3 OCs l, Based On Their Mandate, ,areas of
                        Responsibilities their Roles and their relation
                        with PTI ( direct relation through separate
                        Contracts between Number and Parameter
                        communities&nbsp; or through ICANN) will be
                        responsible,&nbsp;for evaluating the performance of
                        their respective IFO functions
                        (through various community managed&nbsp;monitoring
                        &nbsp;mechanisms).&nbsp;
                        They will also be responsible for ensuring that
                        any deficiencies are brought
                        back through appropriate mechanism for remedial
                        actions, as appropriate into
                        line with expected service levels.&nbsp; While today,
                        the IFO for all 3 OCs is
                        in one organization (department), the OCs have
                        all made it clear in their
                        proposals that the responsibility for who their
                        IANA functions operator will be
                        in the future will reside with the individual
                        communities.\u201d</font><br clear="none">
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                      Kavouss </font></div>
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                  <div class="yiv5258740038gmail_quote" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28849">2015-08-21 9:31 GMT+02:00
                    Subrenat, Jean-Jacques <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjs@dyalog.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjs@dyalog.net">jjs@dyalog.net</a>&gt;</span>:<br clear="none">
                    <blockquote class="yiv5258740038gmail_quote" id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28848" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;">Alan's
                      formulation, with more specific answers to more
                      limited questions, is a pretty good solution.<br clear="none">
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                        Jean-Jacques.<br clear="none">
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                        ----- Mail original -----<br clear="none">
                      </span>De: "Alan Barrett" &lt;<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:apb@cequrux.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:apb@cequrux.com">apb@cequrux.com</a>&gt;<br clear="none">
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                      Envoy�: Jeudi 20 Ao�t 2015 16:53:13<br clear="none">
                      Objet: Re: [Internal-cg] Questions from webinars<br clear="none">
                      <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28847">
                        <div id="yiv5258740038yui_3_16_0_1_1440164228133_28846"><br clear="none">
                          On Fri, 14 Aug 2015, Lynn St.Amour wrote:<br clear="none">
                          &gt; Thank you to all those who have reviewed
                          these FAQs.&nbsp; In the<br clear="none">
                          &gt; attached document, I accepted all those
                          changes, and believe<br clear="none">
                          &gt; there is only one remaining area needing
                          review.&nbsp; The response<br clear="none">
                          &gt; to the question:&nbsp; "How is PTI different
                          from the current IANA<br clear="none">
                          &gt; department?" was very focused on the
                          naming functions while not<br clear="none">
                          &gt; making that explicit.&nbsp; I added a few
                          lines to try and clarify<br clear="none">
                          &gt; that (virtually all from the various
                          proposals) and to include<br clear="none">
                          &gt; all the OC proposals.<br clear="none">
                          &gt;<br clear="none">
                          &gt; A quick review would be very helpful and
                          once we have agreement,<br clear="none">
                          &gt; I will work with the secretariat to get
                          these posted.&nbsp; Hopefully<br clear="none">
                          &gt; very soon, given the comment period is
                          well underway.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          I think that Lynn's answer is accurate, but I
                          suggest splitting it into<br clear="none">
                          a few smaller questions/answer pairs, as
                          indicated below.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Lynn's question and answer:<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          &gt; Q: How is PTI different from the current
                          IANA department?<br clear="none">
                          &gt;<br clear="none">
                          &gt; A: In their proposal, the Names community
                          proposed to form a<br clear="none">
                          &gt; new, separate legal entity (PTI) in the
                          form of a non-profit<br clear="none">
                          &gt; corporation (i.e., a California public
                          benefit corporation).<br clear="none">
                          &gt; They proposed that ICANN enter into a
                          contract with PTI to<br clear="none">
                          &gt; serve as the IANA Functions Operator
                          (IFO) for the naming<br clear="none">
                          &gt; functions. The entire IANA functions
                          department staff currently<br clear="none">
                          &gt; housed in ICANN, and related resources,
                          processes, data, and<br clear="none">
                          &gt; know-how will be legally transferred to
                          PTI.&nbsp; The PTI will be an<br clear="none">
                          &gt; affiliate (subsidiary) of ICANN and ICANN
                          will be responsible<br clear="none">
                          &gt; for its stewardship.<br clear="none">
                          &gt;<br clear="none">
                          &gt; The Number and Protocol Parameter
                          communities have proposed<br clear="none">
                          &gt; that the current contractual
                          relationships with ICANN for the<br clear="none">
                          &gt; IANA Functions Operator be maintained,
                          and if necessary ICANN<br clear="none">
                          &gt; sub-contract the registry functions to
                          PTI.<br clear="none">
                          &gt;<br clear="none">
                          &gt; The three Operating Communities (OCs) are
                          responsible for<br clear="none">
                          &gt; evaluating the performance of THEIR IFO
                          and for making whatever<br clear="none">
                          &gt; decisions are required to ensure their
                          community=92s needs and<br clear="none">
                          &gt; expectations are met, including
                          choosing/changing the IANA<br clear="none">
                          &gt; functions operator FOR THEIR SET OF IANA
                          FUNCTIONS.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Alan Barrett's suggestion:<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Q: What is the Post-Transition IANA (PTI)?<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          A: In their proposal, the Names community
                          proposed to form a<br clear="none">
                          new, separate legal entity (PTI) in the form
                          of a non-profit<br clear="none">
                          corporation (i.e., a California public benefit
                          corporation).<br clear="none">
                          They proposed that ICANN enter into a contract
                          with PTI to serve<br clear="none">
                          as the IANA Functions Operator (IFO) for the
                          naming functions.<br clear="none">
                          The entire IANA functions department staff
                          currently housed in<br clear="none">
                          ICANN, and related resources, processes, data,
                          and know-how will<br clear="none">
                          be legally transferred to PTI.&nbsp; The PTI will
                          be an affiliate<br clear="none">
                          (subsidiary) of ICANN and ICANN will be
                          responsible for its<br clear="none">
                          stewardship.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Q: What is the relationship between PTI and
                          the existing IANA<br clear="none">
                          department within ICANN?<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          A: PTI is expected to employ the same people
                          and perfom the same<br clear="none">
                          work using the same resources as the current
                          IANA department<br clear="none">
                          within ICANN.&nbsp; The difference is that PTI will
                          be a separate legal<br clear="none">
                          entity, while the current IANA department is
                          legally part of<br clear="none">
                          ICANN.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Q: How will the three Operating Communities
                          (OCs) interact with<br clear="none">
                          PTI?<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          A: The Names community has proposed that ICANN
                          (in its role as the<br clear="none">
                          policy coordinating body for the names
                          community) will contract<br clear="none">
                          with PTI for operation of the IANA naming
                          functions.&nbsp; The Number<br clear="none">
                          and Protocol Parameter communities have
                          proposed to contract with<br clear="none">
                          ICANN for the operatation of their IANA
                          functions, and to allow<br clear="none">
                          ICANN to sub-contract to PTI.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          Q: How will performance be evaluated?<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          A: The three Operating Communities (OCs) are
                          responsible for<br clear="none">
                          evaluating the performance of their parts of
                          the IANA functions,<br clear="none">
                          and for making whatever decisions are required
                          to ensure<br clear="none">
                          their community's needs and expectations are
                          met, including<br clear="none">
                          choosing/changing the IANA functions operator
                          for their part of<br clear="none">
                          the IANA functions.<br clear="none">
                          <br clear="none">
                          --apb (Alan Barrett)<br clear="none">
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