Please note the invitation from Fadi Chehadé and please distribute to all your members. You are invited to join Board Chair Steve Crocker and me on a brief community call to discuss today¹s announcement that stewardship of the Internet technical functions will transfer from the U.S. government to the Internet¹s global multistakeholder community. ICANN¹s role in managing these functions and the Domain Name System will not change. This call is just the beginning of a community-wide dialogue about the development of the transitional process. In the coming months, we will rely heavily on you, our community members, to determine the best way to achieve this long-awaited goal. I look forward to speaking with you soon, and in the future, on this important and exciting development. And please note, we had planned to talk to you about this on Sunday, but unfortunately the NTIA had to move their announcement up to today as it was leaked to the media. Saturday, 15 March Time is 1400-1500 UTC GMT/UTC - 14:00, Saturday Istanbul - 16:00, Saturday Washington, D.C. - 10:00, Saturday Los Angeles - 07:00, Saturday Brussels - 15:00, Saturday Singapore - 22:00, Saturday Tokyo - 23:00, Saturday London - 14:00, Saturday Toronto - 10:00, Saturday Stockholm - 15:00, Saturday 1 (800) 550-6865,56282# Adigo phone information: US Access Number: 213 233 3193 US Toll Free Access Number: 800 550 6865 International Adigo phone numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Conference ID: 56282 Adigo Conference US Access Number: 213 233 3193 Conf. ID 56282 For international Adigo phone numbers go to: http://adigo.com/icann/ Please let us know if you need a dial-out gnso-secs@icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> Thank you. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org