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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white 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'>For those interest in the IANA Stewardship. The IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) has published guidelines for decision-making.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Friday, September 19, 2014 2:39 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- IANA Stewardship Coordination Group Publishes Guidelines for Decision-Making<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=94 height=94 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFD401.0550F040" alt=ICANN></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-18-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-18-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IANA Stewardship Coordination Group Publishes Guidelines for Decision-Making<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>18 September 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) today announced that it has finalized and published the group's <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icg-guidelines-decision-making-17sep14-en.pdf">Guidelines for Decision Making</a> [PDF, 125 KB]. The objective of the document is to assist the ICG in optimizing productivity and effectiveness in the process of making decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To view all ICG documents, calls for input, announcements and other resources, visit the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/icg-activities-2014-07-18-en">ICG Activities Page</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01CFD401.0550F040" alt="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=947113&act=MI8Z&r=25971199&c=165637"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>