<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Dear all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">The Kenyan Internet community
will hold a consultative forum at the Nairobi Safari Club (Lillian Towers),
University Way, on Friday 24^th April 2015 from 2PM on the IANA Functions
Stewardship Transition from NTIA to the global multistakeholder community, and
Enhancing ICANN Accountability.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">This email is to invite
you to the event, and also solicit comments and feedback from the Kenya
community from those who cannot attend the face to face meeting on the
transition of the IANA functions stewardship role from the US Government. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Please give feedback using this
short survey here, and also share it with your networks: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NXSQ7FG">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NXSQ7FG</a>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">For those attending the
meeting, Please RSVP for logistics purposes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">NB: Parking can be
accessed at the Nairobi Safari club parking opposite Uchumi Supermarket (former
Kengeles Grounds)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">BACKGROUND</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">On 14th March 2014, the
U.S. Government announced its intent to transition its stewardship of the IANA
functions to the global multistakeholder community:<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions" target="_blank">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Following this
announcement, ICANN, was tasked with facilitating the development of a global,
and representative proposal based on the following principles:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a name="_TOC43778"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">Support and enhance the
multistakeholder model; </span></a></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><span style="min-width:0.635cm;float:left">Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet
DNS; </span></span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><span style="min-width:0.635cm;float:left">Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners
of the IANA services; </span></span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">4.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><span style="min-width:0.635cm;float:left">Maintain the openness of the Internet. </span></span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">5.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"><span style="min-width:0.635cm;float:left">The proposal must not replace the NTIA role with a government-led
or an inter-governmental organization solution. </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><i><span style="color:rgb(11,11,11)"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">The IANA Stewardship
Transition Coordination Group (ICG) was formed in July 2014 (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship</a>), and
tasked with assembling and delivering a proposal to NTIA through the ICANN
Board. The ICG constituted three special interest groups representing the
Domain Names community (NRO members), Numbering Resources community (CWG), and
the Protocol Parameters community (IETF), </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">ICG shall compile the
proposals from the three communities into a single proposal which the ICG shall
submit to the board for review, and the board shall forward the final proposal
to NTIA.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The three communities affected by IANA functions,
IETF (handling protocol parameters), Numbering community – CRISP Team  (under the umbrella of NRO), and Domain Names
community (Cross Community Working Group) have released proposals on how the
IANA transition should be handles. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Number resource process and proposal can be found here:
<a href="https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/consolidated-rir-iana-stewardship-proposal-team-crisp-team">https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/consolidated-rir-iana-stewardship-proposal-team-crisp-team</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">IETF process and proposal can be found here: <a href="https://www.ietf.org/iana-transition.html">https://www.ietf.org/iana-transition.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Domain names community process and proposal can be
found here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions</a>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">































































</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Mwendwa Kivuva<br>
Consolidated Regional Internet Registries IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP)
Team member - Representing AFRINIC region.</span></p>
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