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The meeting closed with an intention to have a completed consolidated proposal ready to publish for public comment by the end of the month.<ref name="july15call" /> On the July 29th call, that goal had largely been met.<ref name="july29call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-29jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #21], July 29, 2015</ref> After steering the group through final edits and changes to the proposal documents, Cooper stated that the team would have a day to review fresh drafts via the listserv, after which any final edits would be completed and the proposal published for public comment on July 31.<ref name="july29call" /> Cooper thanked everyone for their hard work.

The meeting closed with an intention to have a completed consolidated proposal ready to publish for public comment by the end of the month.<ref name="july15call" /> On the July 29th call, that goal had largely been met.<ref name="july29call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-29jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #21], July 29, 2015</ref> After steering the group through final edits and changes to the proposal documents, Cooper stated that the team would have a day to review fresh drafts via the listserv, after which any final edits would be completed and the proposal published for public comment on July 31.<ref name="july29call" /> Cooper thanked everyone for their hard work.

==August 2015: NTIA Extends IANA Functions Contract for One Year==

==Autumn 2015 - Public Comment and NTIA Action==

The public comment period for the ICG proposal documents opened on July 31, 2015. The ICG posted the call for public comment on their website, ianacg.org<ref>ianacg.org is a WordPress installation that appears to be missing a needed plug-in as of July 2021. Files stored on the site are still accessible, and interested readers can find an archived version of the site from December 2020 on the Internet Archive's [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201013454/https://www.ianacg.org/ Wayback Machine]</ref>. The combined proposal received 157 comments.<ref name="combopc">[https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/Public-Comment-Summary-final.pdf ICG Archive - Summary of Public Comments (PDF)]</ref>

 

===NTIA Extends IANA Functions Contract for One Year===

On August 17, 2017, the NTIA announced its decision to extend the IANA functions contract with ICANN for one year.<ref name="ntiaextend">[https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition NTIA Blog - An Update on the IANA Transition], August 17, 2015</ref> In his message to the community, Larry Strickling wrote:

On August 17, 2017, the NTIA announced its decision to extend the IANA functions contract with ICANN for one year.<ref name="ntiaextend">[https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition NTIA Blog - An Update on the IANA Transition], August 17, 2015</ref> In his message to the community, Larry Strickling wrote:

<blockquote>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<ref>[www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_iana_transition_comment_notice_08102015.pdf Federal Register - IANA Stewardship Transition Consolidated Proposal and ICANN Accountability Enhancements: Request for Comments], August 10, 2015</ref>, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the proposals.<ref name="ntiaextend" /></blockquote>

<blockquote>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<ref>[www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_iana_transition_comment_notice_08102015.pdf Federal Register - IANA Stewardship Transition Consolidated Proposal and ICANN Accountability Enhancements: Request for Comments], August 10, 2015</ref>, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the proposals.<ref name="ntiaextend" /></blockquote>