This is good news.

Quoting Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi everybody,
>
>  This morning it was announced by Larry Strickling that the transition and
> accountability proposals developed by the ICANN community have met the
> criteria established by the N.T.I.A.  Simply put, the transition proposal
> has been accepted by the Executive branch of the U.S. government.
>
>  The NTIA assessment report, along with relevant charts and data, may be
> located here:
> https://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2016/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-as
> sessment-report .
>
>  It's been a long journey and we are not done. We need more NCSG members to
> volunteer for the ongoing accountability work that will begin again with
> the launch of work stream two in Helsinki. The subtopics for which the CCWG
> Chairs have asked volunteers to express interest in working on are: 1)
> diversity, 2) human rights, 3) jurisdiction, 4) SO/AC accountability, 5)
> staff accountability, 6) transparency, 7) reviewing the CEP, 8) ombudsman
> and 9) guidelines for standard of Board conduct. Volunteer possibilities,
> explanations and sign up sheets may be found here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iw5yn9GRk8RcnTJzclwB-JuSe3B6JugEj_0oGOCs
> eqU/edit .Questions? Feel free to post them on list or in private e-mails
> to any of our engaged members, including myself and our/our  NCSG Member on
> the CCWG Ms. Robin Gross.
>
>  I look forward to working with everyone as we continue to strive to make
> this transition the best one possible for the billions of people worldwide
> who use and depend upon the internet for the exercise of their
> noncommercial speech.
>
>  Kind Regards,
>
>  Ed Morris