<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;"><br><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[liaison6c] Statement from the I* Leaders Coordination Meeting, Santa Monica, 14 February 2014</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">February 14, 2014 at 7:13:03 PM GMT+1<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14feb14-en.htm" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Titre1Car" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14feb14-en.htm</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>Statement from the I* Leaders Coordination Meeting, Santa Monica, 14 February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="date-display-single"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">14 February 2014</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Leaders of the organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure (loosely referred to as "I* leaders") met last week in Santa Monica, California, USA. During the 2-day meeting, they discussed activities underway and exchanged views and updates on a range of topics including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">IETF and W3C efforts to improve overall Internet privacy and security (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ietf.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.ietf.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>&<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://w3.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://w3.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Globalization of the IANA functions (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iana.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.iana.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The 1net initiative, website and new collaboration forum (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1net.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://1net.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The "Netmundial" – Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://netmundial.br/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://netmundial.br</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ICANN strategy panels and globalization efforts (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Preparations for the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/plenipotbackground" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.internetsociety.org/plenipotbackground</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Web 25th anniversary and W3C 20th anniversary planning (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://w3.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">http://w3.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There was discussion of the significant progress and momentum that has developed since our last meeting, and as well as the need for continued engagement of all stakeholders in evolution of the Internet ecosystem. The leaders were encouraged by the progress made in many areas, and note that there is a lot of work happening in our respective communities, driven by the participants and handled with the usual community processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The meeting also welcomed Kathy Brown, the incoming CEO of the Internet Society, and Carolina Aguerre as a representative of the ccTLD registry community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Participating I* Leaders –<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jeff Jaffe, CEO World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, LACTLD (association of ccTLD registry operators in Latin America and Caribbean)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color: purple; 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