Today at ICANN 49 in Singapore, process to develop an Internet community plan was launched. Since the announcement by NTA just over a week ago, discussions have been taking place in many hallways and mail lists. Input from the all of the community discussions needs to be gathered, and ICANN has provided a mail list for this purpose: ianatransition@xxxxxxxxx. An archive is available so that everyone can see the collection of prior postings to the list: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ianatransition/. The goal is to gather the input by 27 March 2014, and then combine the output of the mail list discussion and the discussions happening at ICANN 49, proposing a timeline and specific next steps by for public comment and community feedback on 7 April 2014. Please contribute. Russ On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:14 PM, IETF Chair wrote: > I believe you will find this announcement interesting: > > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions > > As we knew this might be coming, Russ and I (along with IESG/IAB) have worked with various Internet technical organisations to prepare a statement as well: > > http://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2014-2/internet-technical-leaders-welcome-iana-globalization-progress/ > > There will be more to discuss in the coming weeks but I wanted to make sure you saw these announcements. > > Jari Arkko, IETF Chair >