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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><br /></div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;">In a <strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9eZd1F_0q49ggH37P7kpebN300LX0hx6ERWtC3IIh-8jI7ToLlpPuwm7N_P65USJptvqNm8QnYkh3tJvuagU3wd2FPHiaTHRWk-5bRAIiXWgXv-2wom4_KekCS9mSyCcp1rvm7fC_L_g7_0uVPwqdGOh5Q8CEwC8eU6Q2-ysny103ywRIqospXQ=&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" alt="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/20160816marby.pdf" target="_blank">letter to ICANN</a></strong> on 16 August 2016 regarding the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions contract with ICANN, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) stated:</div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"> </div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;">"NTIA has thoroughly reviewed the report. Based on that review, barring any significant impediment, NTIA intends to allow the IANA functions contract to expire as of October 1."</div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><b> </b></div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;">The letter was sent as a result of NTIA's review of ICANN's <strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9WzKIAOXvP9S3iOoN-9mGK-QEh74K8080Beh9eKQod5f7J-er4hSFyZcXt2ac4NJKtlYgolaQA4ACXLDvcL-A0juT-SvmFRN0NXy_YhERZSrRBjdusCk5S8WyL1wQPwMvAX0OnA52Xj4TXrUsWkTiz2zt2SzJg-XhnxI7CcCWbnp06PyujWLO5TXf1_oXqp038STiUiqYAmFDl8az1hbEA8bMjYB1TTzE-3HlObNtMwvzPUtfW41Jew=&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-implementation-planning-status-12aug16-en.pdf" target="_blank">IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Implementation Planning Status Report</a></strong>, which was <strong><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9eZd1F_0q49gP3Gc4XFVnwQKNJoOoHIJBNiGd-XH4JCb3NH5dRttSCHYX_swRxCHhFQupfPIhG6ZZRDgIbq5noKUnHz2_FUYpXmEyJ3uBM77P97hgSbEPFtovCUXGhkJMpDOTbQT6YoxSRwRFHJcVopqWybQd8cwLE413RGVDFyIwZPzbFVlv9Bk4SlGYt3UAnLgYy3fza2MFzbnu7lbp6Q=&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-strickling-12aug16-en.pdf" target="_blank">submitted</a></strong> to the administration on 12 August. In that report, ICANN informed NTIA that it has completed or will complete all the necessary tasks in advance of 30 September 2016 to allow the IANA functions contract to expire.</div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><b> </b></div>
<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;">ICANN is pleased with NTIA's statement and is focused on the few remaining tasks to be completed by the end of the month.</div>
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<div>The ICANN57 Public Meeting will take place from 3 to 9 November in Hyderabad, India. This third meeting of the year will be ICANN's Annual General Meeting. To find out what to expect of this meeting format,</div>
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<div>If you are a foreign national traveling to attend ICANN57, you must obtain a conference visa,</div>
<div><i>even if you already have a valid business visa</i><b style="font-size:10pt;">. </b><span style="font-size:10pt;">Nick Tomasso, ICANN's VP of Meetings, recently posted a </span><strong style="font-size:10pt;"><a style="color:rgb(122, 117, 120);" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IFH4qxUt-TLHV51FZggQ9ZynznS2TarkhTdqEVpzFxldJVqWORwx9SBFXo8SFrwW6nK-1xeXzXZLEhKPHhq0VRHJk0bhLt69hoKsElwZ4bEQm1iio5gyJAnAKmC4OdfHjH4eUSpmBmrxiid7gSBIjIu5evrr5NMJuf5LZGGuHJMszVoaakIjvN6IezlXXU7WzNY3BlaEPDlp2I3oSfX4eLd2cn9VJVrsxH1ffzttvKoaqA0tHmIHKRXS7KF37kc7&c=QaIowpK5v9oagd6antCWTUnSL3RLpNoyjVncDum-Tep1FdCL6RbAyg==&ch=HN84P-LhxUpIVSikKa5H5mD-zkL9FYXLbBaEFWT35ooT2Fzmv6RnvA==" alt="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann57-hyderabad-what-you-need-to-know-part-2" target="_blank">blog about the visa application process</a>.</strong><span style="font-size:10pt;"> This blog is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.</span></div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;background:white;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Jardina will oversee physical security operations. Among his responsibilities are travel advisories (for ICANN meetings, Board meetings and other business-related travel), onsite security at ICANN Public Meetings and events, and security for ICANN offices around the world.</span></div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"> </div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><span>ICANN staff members working on the implementation of the Framework of Interpretation (FOI) have raised some questions on how to implement this request. Based on conversations and input received, the FOI Implementation Advisory Team, consisting of Becky Burr and Keith Davidson, recently advised IANA staff as follows:</span></div>
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<ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;">There has been no consistency in the feedback received from the very small pool of ccNSO Councilors. Opening up the consultation to seek more, additional opinions will be no avail. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;">IANA should introduce a field to record the instruction from the ccTLD with respect to the approval contact in case of more serious changes to the IANA database. Each ccTLD manager should be asked to give individual instructions. </span></li></ul>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>Thanks to ICANN's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EURid, I was able to receive three weeks of training at the .eu Academy at EURid's office in Pisa, Italy. The first part of the training focused on marketing. I was introduced to .eu promotion programs, co-funded marketing programs, testimonials, the registrars' platform, effective marketing strategies, and means of encouraging new registrars' accreditation (which included webinars and video conferences). In addition, I received training on different social media marketing tools. During the hands-on session, I wrote a paper that highlighted the impact of websites and social media on businesses. This part of the training was particularly important to the DNS-EC, as it will help us create an effective marketing strategy. </span></div>
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<div class="MainText" style="color:#7A7578;font-size:10pt;font-family:Source Sans Pro,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>The second part of the training focused on business continuity. I was introduced to different business continuity standards, disaster recovery and the capability maturity model. As part of the training, I created a risk and business impact analysis for the DNS-EC, which included defining mitigating actions. Both the training and the exercise contributed to the achievement of one of the center's strategic objectives: "Ensure that DNS-EC is well established and is operationally sustainable in the long term."</span></div>
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