As you may be aware the CWG yesterday announced its draft IANA Transition Proposal https://community.icann.org/x/SoEHAw Further to this , various Webinars have been announced for this week and next week on the IANA Stewardship Transition.. Thanks to Olivier Crepin-Leblond we have the following summary. *Webinars of the CWG on Naming Related Functions Public Consultation on Draft Transition Proposal*: - 3 December from 7:00 – 8:30 UTC | 02:00-03:30 EST - 4 December from 12:30 – 14:00 UTC | 07:30 - 09:00 EST - 4 December from 16:00 – 17:30 UTC | 11:00 - 12:30 EST These Webinars are repeats of each other and are organised and Chaired by the Community Working Group (CWG) which is presenting a first draft of the Naming Communities input to the IANA Stewardship Transition process. This Webinar will be used to explain the contents of the First Draft of the Proposal. This will really help in understanding the draft which is currently under Public Comment from 1 to 22 December 2014. I highly recommend you attend at least one of them. More details: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-01-en ------ *Capacity Building Program Webinar #1:* *- Wednesday 3 December 2014 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | 08:00 - 09:00 EST* *IANA Functions (standards, Numbering and Naming) - Patrik Fältström* Are you interested in this topic but do not know where to start? This Webinar is for you! Indeed, this Webinar is a great introduction about all of the IANA Functions, introduced by the Chairman of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee. He is an expert! If you are interested in what is probably one of the key topics for the year and want to learn about it, then do not miss this Webinar! Tell anyone who is interested! Watch, listen, learn and ask questions - that's what this Webinar is about. The draft Agenda and call details are on: https://community.icann.org/x/2zrxAg *------Capacity Building Program Webinar #2:* *- Wednesday 10 December 2014 21:00 - 22:30 UTC* *IANA Naming Issues by IANA Issues WG* This Webinar will have the members of the At-Large IANA Naming Issues working group explain the proposed ALAC response to the Public Comment period that has opened on 1 December and will close on 22 December 2014. This is your chance ask any questions about the proposed response and to comment on it too! However, we highly recommend that you attend the above capacity building Webinar before to better understand the issues and at least one of the three CWG Webinars above to learn about the CWG's First Draft. Call details for this Webinar will be sent out in due course. Reserve the time slot now! -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -