Dear all, The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has scheduled its sixteenth conference call: * ICG Call # 16 ­ Tuesday, 19 May at 21:00-23:00 UTC The community is welcome to attend by way of a listen-only mode Virtual Meeting Room <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/icg/> through which audio of the call will be streamed. Translations will be available through relevant Adigo Bridge dial-in numbers and Conference ID codes. For information on how to join, see: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-12-en ICG Statement on Contract and Other Agreements On 12 May 2015, the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) published the following statement (see https://www.ianacg.org/icg-statement-on-contracts-and-other-agreements/>): As the development of the proposal for the IANA stewardship transition proceeds, the ICG notes that operational communities have begun discussions with ICANN concerning existing and future contracts and other agreements called for in their respective transition proposals. The ICG expects ‹ as it has from the very beginning of the transition process ‹ that all interested parties will express their opinions about the transition proposals openly, transparently, and within the community processes. This includes opinions about the provisions, principles, and mechanisms associated with contracts or other agreements between the communities and the IANA functions operator. In order to ensure that any final proposal complies with the principle of multistakeholder support, it is crucial that the opinions of the proposed contracted parties be shared within the community processes as early as possible. Kind regards, Gabi