THE IANA FUNCTIONS The Coordination of the Assignment of Technical Internet Protocol Parameters The Administration of Certain Responsibilities Associated with Internet DNS Root Zone Management The Allocation of Internet Numbering Resources Other Services Related to the Management of the ARPA and INT Top- Level Domains (TLDs)

| 2 “Stakeholder” refers broadly to anyone who has an interest in the Internet Within ICANN, stakeholders include: The multistakeholder community functions on bottom-up consensus building which, by design, is resistant to capture due to the openness, diversity and equal division of authority among participants ICANN’s private sector-led multistakeholder community is directly responsible for the success of the Internet’s DNS What is the multistakeholder community? Large and small businesses Civil society Researchers and academics End usersGovernment s Technical community

ICG 3 ALAC ASO ccNSO GAC GNSO gTLD registries ICC/BASIS IAB IETF ISOC NRO RSSAC SSAC ICANN board liaison IANA staff liaison Coordinate Liaise Assess Assemble Inform No proposal development

Transition proposal development 4 RIR communities IETF community Naming CWG

ICG Steps towards a single proposal 1.Individual proposal assessment –Completeness –Clarity –NTIA criteria met –Community comments accommodated –Consensus level achieved –Inclusiveness of community process 5

ICG Steps towards a single proposal 2.Unified proposal assessment –Compatibility and interoperability –Gaps/overlaps –Accountability (under discussion) 6

ICG Steps towards a single proposal 3.Proposal finalization –Public comment – ENDS TODAY 23.59UTC –ICG review 18-9 SEPT f2f –Changes in communities if necessary –Submission 7 ICG

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