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