Malcolm, As the community estimation is after factoring in time for pub-comm, USG evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the time allowance until Sept 2016 includes the implementation. The estimation of the time when the implementation is completed was said around July 2016 in BsAs meeting. Does it look correct? Akinori On 2015/08/18 20:21, Malcolm Hutty wrote:

"Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition documents how long it would take to finish and implement their proposals. After factoring in time for public comment, U.S. Government evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the community estimated it could take until at least September 2016 to complete this process. In response to their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday that we plan to extend our IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30, 2016. Beyond 2016, we have options to extend the contract for up to three additional years if needed.

This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register notice, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the proposals."

- Extract, NTIA statement, yesterday http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition

I don't know whether this will be seen simply as time for implementation, or whether it gives time to further develop and refine the proposals (whether the ICG/IANA transition proposal or the related ICANN accountability proposal).

Any thoughts, anyone?