<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;">Hi Imran<div><br></div><div>Ok good, but the process is you submit your own name, per below.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br>
<br><div><div>On Sep 29, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Imran Ahmed Shah <<a href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com">ias_pk@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="" class="">Thanks Bill, for inviting to important opportunity, I would like to join this Working Group as an observer.</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class=""><br></span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="" class="">You may forward my name. Please let me know if any information is required.<br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D"> </span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">Founder & Executive Member</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">Linguistic Internet Council, Urdu Internet
Society</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">Internet Governance Forum of Pakistan</span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">Imran (at) <a href="http://uisoc.org">uisoc.org</a></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">Imran (at) <a href="http://IGFPAK.org">IGFPAK.org</a></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span class="" style="color:#1F497D">[+92-300-4130617]</span></div>
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<![endif]--><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><blockquote class="" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class="" face="Arial" size="2"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NCUC-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>> <br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 29 September 2014, 12:35<br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class="" id="yiv0229983218"><div style="" class="">Hi<div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="">If anyone has the bandwidth, it’s important for us to take the opportunities to participate in stuff like this....</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="">Cheers</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class="">Bill</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><div style="" class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br style="" class=""><blockquote style="" class="" type="cite"><div class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Glen de Saint Géry <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Glen@icann.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">Subject: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions</b><br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">Date: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';">September 29, 2014 at 9:32:37 AM GMT+2<br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">To: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Rafik Dammak <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b style="" class="">Cc: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family:'Helvetica';">William Drake <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank" href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>>, Rudi Vansnick <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be" target="_blank" href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>>, "<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br style="" class=""></span></div><br style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><div class="" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" lang="FR"><div class="" style=""><div class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif;"> </div><h1 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:24pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-26-en" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span class="" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" lang="EN-US">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-26-en</span></span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><br style="" class="">Call for Observers to Join Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions</span></h1><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">In Brief</span></h3><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">The organizations that have adopted the charter for the Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to develop an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions call for observers to join this effort. The primary goal of the CWG is to produce a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to the Domain Name System.</span></div><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Participating as observer</span></h3><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Participation in the CWG is open to members and observers. In addition to members, who are appointed by the chartering organizations, anyone interested in the work of the CWG, can join as an observer. Observers are expected to actively participate and attend all meetings. The only difference between a member and an observer is that any consensus calls or formal decisions that may need to be made will be limited to CWG members appointed by the chartering organizations. However, this does not take away that it is the expectation that the CWG will operate as much as possible with the views and consensus support of all participants in mind as the importance of considering all input
and views on this important topic is recognized. Observers may be from a chartering organization, from a stakeholder group or organization not represented in the CWG or currently active within ICANN, or self-appointed.</span></div><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">How to join</span></h3><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">If you are interested in joining, please contact Grace Abuhamad (</span><font style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><a class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</span></a></span></font><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">), or the secretariats of your Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee. All participants (members and observers) will be listed on the CWG's webpage. All observers are also required to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) following the procedures of their chartering organization, or where that is not applicable for observers, the GNSO Procedures should be followed (see<span style="" class=""> </span></span><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">).</span></div><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Next steps</span></h3><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">The CWG is currently in formation. To date, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Country Code Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) have adopted the charter, and are in the process of appointing members.<span style="" class=""> </span><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The CWG will have its<span style="" class=""> </span></span></b></span><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial,
sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://community.icann.org/x/6grxAg" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">first meeting</span></a></span></b><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><span style="" class=""> </span>(via teleconference) on 6 October at 13.00 UTC, followed by a</span></b><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-iana-stewardship-naming" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">F2F meeting in Los Angeles during the ICANN meeting</span></a></span></b><b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><span style="" class=""> </span>(scheduled for Monday 13 October from 12.15 – 13.45
local time (19.15 – 22.45 UTC), with remote participation). Both sessions will be recorded and transcribed.</span></b><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"></span></div><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Background</span></h3><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management. In making its announcement, the NTIA specified that the transition proposal must have broad
community support and meet the following principles:</span></div><ul class="" style="margin-bottom:0cm;" type="disc"><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Support and enhance the multistakeholder model</span></li><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS</span></li><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services</span></li><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Maintain the openness of the Internet.</span></li></ul><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">NTIA also specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces the NTIA role with a government-led or an intergovernmental organization solution.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">On June 6 ICANN proposed the creation of an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) "responsible for preparing a transition proposal reflecting the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions."</span></div><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">It was determined that Stewardship Transition proposals for each of the IANA functions should be developed by the directly affected communities, the IETF and IAB for IANA functions related to Internet Protocol Parameters; the NRO, the ASO, and the RIRs for functions related the management and distribution of numbering resources; and the GNSO and ccNSO for functions related to the Domain Name System. These efforts will inform the work of the ICG, whose responsibility is to develop an overall integrated transition proposal from these autonomously developed components.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Two of IANA's global directly affected
communities, the addressing and Internet protocol parameter communities, have responded to the NTIA's announcement and the formation of the ICG, by establishing working groups to provide input on their specific needs and expectations with respect to the IANA Stewardship Transition.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">This CWG was formed as an integral part of this transition process, and to develop a proposal for the elements of the IANA Stewardship Transition that directly affect the naming community.</span></div><h3 class="" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-weight:bold;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Further Information</span></h3><ul class="" style="margin-bottom:0cm;" type="disc"><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/iana-stewardship-naming-function-charter-14aug14-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;"><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">Charter of Cross Community Working Group (CWG) to develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">[PDF, 277 KB]</span></li><li class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;">CWG
Wiki</a></span></li></ul><div class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Glen de Saint Géry</span></div><div class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">GNSO Secretariat</span></div><div class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline;">http://gnso.icann.org</a></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br style="" class=""></div></div></div><br style="" class="">_______________________________________________<br style="" class="">Ncuc-discuss mailing list<br style="" class=""><a style="" class="" ymailto="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a><br style="" class=""><a style="" class="" href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss</a><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div> </div> </div> </blockquote><div></div> </div></div>
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