Dear colleagues, This is a brief reminder that a deadline of Thursday, 8 May has been set for public comment on the "Draft Proposal, Based on Initial Community Feedback, of the Principles and Mechanisms and the Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions": <http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/iana/transition/draft-proposal-08apr14-en.htm> This document is a preliminary step in the multi-stakeholder process to develop a future model of IANA administration and outlines the process by which that development will take place. It’s most significant concrete proposal is the creation of a "steering group" made up of various IANA stakeholder representatives (including the Address Supporting Organization and the Number Resource Organization) to steward the global discussion and development process. A public comment on the proposal was posted earlier this week by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB): <http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2014/04/iab-response-to-20140408-20140428a.pdf> Anyone with an interest is encouraged to send their comments on the draft proposal to <ianatransition@icann.org>. Further background on the IANA functions and the significance of this transition process for the RIPE community is available at: <http://ripe.net/iana-transition> There will also be an opportunity for further RIPE community discussion of the IANA transition in next month's Cooperation Working Group session at RIPE 68: <https://ripe68.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/coop-wg/> Best regards, Chris Buckridge, RIPE NCC