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