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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"> ICANN Weekly Newsletter</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</p>
<span style="float: left;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">http://www.icann.org/</a></strong></span> <span style="float: right; font-size: small;"><strong>Week ending 4 July 2014</strong></span>
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<h4>Announcements This Week</h4>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-03-en">Formation of the Coordination Group</a></strong><br>
On 14 March 2014, the NTIA announced its intention to transition its stewardship role of IANA functions, and called upon ICANN to launch and facilitate a process with the community to derive a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community, meeting the criteria set out by NTIA.<br>
3 July 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-02-en">Policy Implementation Updates</a></strong><br>
ICANN announces the implementation of two new consensus policy initiatives: the Additional Whois Information Policy (AWIP) and amendments to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) related to domain name unlocking.<br>
2 July 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-07-01-en">Call for Expressions of Interest for 2015 | Nominating Committee Chair and Chair-Elect</a></strong><br>
ICANN EXTENDS TIME TO SUBMIT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST THROUGH 15 JULY 2014<br>
1 July 2014</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px;"><strong><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-01-en">ICANN Adds Global Coordination Role to Support Government Engagement</a></strong><br>
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that it has promoted Mandy Carver to the newly created position of VP, Government Engagement, Global Coordination.<br>
1 July 2014</p>
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<h4>Upcoming Events</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://la51.icann.org/en/">12-16 October 2014: 51st International Public ICANN Meeting – Los Angeles</a></strong></p>
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<h4>About ICANN</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm">ICANN Bylaws</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;"> Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at <strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.ICANN.org</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/planning/">Strategic Plan, 2012 - 2015</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm">Adopted FY14 Operating Plan and Budget</a></strong></p>
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