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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) Communications

Below are all communications between the members of the ICG. This includes archives from its public mailing list, draft and final documents and resources. The ICG maintains a separate website at: http://www.ianacg.org

On 6 July 2015, the ICG published a communications strategy. See here for more information.

Blog Posts:

Below are all blog posts created and published by the ICG.

IANA Stewardship Transition: Full Steam Ahead (22 September 2015)

IANA Transition Planning Proceeding in Fine Internet Style (20 January 2015)

ICG Exchanges and Document Repository:

ICG Mailing List Archives

ICG Call and Meeting Archives

Public Drop Box

Correspondence:

Below are all formal correspondences between the ICG and any working groups, supporting organizations or advisory committees.

CRISP Team/RIR Community

IANAPLAN WG/IETF Community

CWG-Stewardship/Naming Community

Drafting Team of the Charter for a CWG to develop an IANA stewardship transition proposal

Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)

United States Department of Commerce: National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

ICANN Board of Directors

Announcements

Below are all listed all the ICG-related announcements.

Plan to Transition Stewardship of Key Internet Functions Sent to the U.S. Government (10 March 2016)

ICG Transmits the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal (10 March 2016)

ICG Announces Upcoming Conference Call (23 January 2016)

ICG Announces Upcoming Conference Call (7 January 2016)

ICG Publishes Summary Report on Public Comments Received (30 November 2015)

ICG Completes its Work and Awaits Conclusion of CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (29 October 2015)

ICG – IANA Stewardship Transition Engagement Session at ICANN 54 Dublin (10 October 2015)

ICG – Seventh Face-to-Face Meeting and Working Sessions at ICANN 54 Dublin (30 September 2015)

ICG – Sixth Face-to-Face Meeting in Los Angeles (17 September 2015)

ICG Seeking Public Input on Key Internet Governance Proposal (31 July 2015)

ICG Announces Upcoming Meetings (29 June 2015)

ICG – Fifth Face-to-Face Meeting and Working Session at ICANN 53 Buenos Aires (11 June 2015)

ICG Announces Upcoming Conference Calls (25 May 2015)

ICG Announces Sixteenth Conference Call and Publishes a Statement (12 May 2015)

ICG Publishes Update to Process Timeline (13 April 2015)

ICG Announces Fourteenth and Fifteenth Conference Calls (6 April 2015)

ICG Announces New Web Site and Mailing List (12 March 2015)

Upcoming ICG calls (5 March 2015)

ICG Announces Twelfth Conference Call (23 Feb 2015)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Responds to Submitted Proposals (9 February 2015)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Fourth Face-to-Face Meeting & Public Session atICANN 52 (5 February 2015)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group - Announcement Regarding Community Comments (2 February 2015)

ICG Concludes Selection of Secretariat Contractor (12 January 2015)

Upcoming ICG Conference Calls (12 January 2015)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Issues Proposal Assembly and Finalization Process and Updated Transition Process Timeline (7 January 2015)

Upcoming ICG Conference Calls (4 November 2014)

ICG Announces Sixth Conference Call (28 October 2014)

ICG Considering Future Meeting Requests from Community (29 September 2014)

Upcoming ICG Events (22 September 2014)

IANA Stewardship Coordination Group Publishes Guidelines for Decision-Making (18 September 2014)

ICG Announces Fourth Conference Call (17 September 2014)

Request for Proposal for Performance of Secretariat Function for the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (9 September 2014)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Issues Request for Transition Proposals and Suggested Transition Process Timeline (9 September 2014)

Revised: Request for Proposals (RFP) for IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Issued by the IANAStewardship Transition Coordination Group (5 September 2014)

Request for Proposals (RFP) for IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Issued by the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (3 September 2014)

IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group Calls for Expression of Interest (EoI) to Fulfill Secretariat Function (2 September 2014)

Charter for the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group is Published (27 August 2014)

ICG Announces Third Conference Call (25 August 2014)

ICG Charter Open for Public Comments (8 August 2014)

ICG Announces Second Conference Call (7 August 2014)

ICG Announces Second Face-to-Face Meeting (31 July 2014)

Contact:

For questions: question-icg@ianacg.org
For meeting requests: icg-meetingrequest@ianacg.org
To contact the ICG Secretariat: admin@icgsec.asia

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