<div dir="ltr">Can someone from the ICG please urgently explain to me (and to everyone else) how one is meant to express interest by this Sunday to run a secretariat with unspecified scope and function as of the Friday?<div><br></div><div>Deeply puzzled here.</div><div><br></div><div>Jordan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 September 2014 22:29, Grace Abuhamad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Please see original post here:�<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-02-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-09-02-en</a></div><div><br></div><div><h1 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style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">The�<abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">IANA</abbr>�Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICG</abbr>) will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to select a suitable contractor through�<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr>�process to perform its secretariat function. The�<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICG</abbr>�was established as a result of a broad community consultation and in response to the announcement by the U.S National Telecommunication and Information Administration Department (<abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">NTIA</abbr>) of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">The�<abbr title="IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICG</abbr>�is composed of representatives from different stakeholders groups to coordinate and deliver a single proposal. For more information about its role, please visit:<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship/coordination-group" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship/coordination-group</a></p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">If you are interested in bidding for this proposal please send an Expression of Intent (EoI) to<a href="mailto:SecretariatForICG-rfp@icann.org" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">SecretariatForICG-rfp@icann.org</a>�by 07 September 2014.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">The Expression of Interest shall provide the name of your organisation and your contact details.</p></div></div></div>
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