Dear All,

Purpose:

This Public Comment proceeding is on behalf of the IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT). The team conducted the review in accordance with the scope specified in Article 18 of the ICANN Bylaws, which centers around a review and evaluation of Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)'s performance of the IANA naming function against the contractual requirements in the IANA Naming Function Contract and the IANA Naming Function Statement of Work (SOW).

Current Status:

The Initial Report outlines key findings and draft Recommendations. The IFRT is seeking community input.

Next Steps:

The IFRT will carefully consider comments received and amend the report as it deems appropriate and in the public interest before submitting its final report to the ICANN Board of Directors. The IFRT expects to submit its final report to the Board by or before January 2021. The final report will be published for Public Comments in advance of the Board's consideration.

Your Comment:

Your submission, including your name, will be published in the Public Comment archive on ICANN org's website. If you have any questions regarding Public Comment, please contact public-comment@icann.org.

Close Date:

2 Dec 2020 23:59 UTC

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org