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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Those interested in the work of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG), the group’s second F2F meeting takes place on September 6 in Istanbul. Please read below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The second face-to-face meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will take place on:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>** Saturday, 6 September 2014**</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>At the <a href="http://istanbul.grand.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html">Grand Hyatt</a> in Istanbul</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Meeting room: Tyana 1&2</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>09:00-17:30 EEST – 06:00-14:30 UTC</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>See timezone conversion at: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qz5zjh3">http://tinyurl.com/qz5zjh3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Remote participation features will be available for both the community and ICG members who are not in a position to attend the meeting in person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Remote Participation & Interpreting</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The global multistakeholder community will be able to follow exchanges through the virtual meeting room:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0000E9'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/</a>. ICG members participating remotely in the meeting will also be recommended to join the adobe connect room to view any material being displayed in the meeting room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Please note that we will have interpreting services at the meeting. Links to the respective languages are available below: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* English - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-en.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-en.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* French - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-fr.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-fr.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* Spanish - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-es.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-es.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* Chinese - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-zh.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-zh.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* Russian - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-ru.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-ru.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* Arabic - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-ar.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-ar.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* Portuguese - <a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-pt.m3u"><span style='color:#0000E9'>http://stream.icann.org:8000/icg-pt.m3u</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The community will be also be able to follow the <i>real time transcript</i> (RTT) at <a href="http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=06Sep2014icg">http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=06Sep2014icg</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0000E9'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>(also available in the virtual meeting room).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In addition, here is a link to the <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-16-en">announcement</a> providing background information to the IANA Functions Stewardship Transition that will be updated as we receive more information from the ICG.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>