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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear colleagues,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>As a result of the successful IANA Stewardship transition in 2016, the IANA Numbering Services are currently managed through a Service Level Agreement between ICANN and the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>As part of the result of the IANA Stewardship transition, the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) <<u><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</span></a>></u><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>was established in 2016. The IANA RC is composed of representatives from each RIR region and advises and assists the RIRs in the review of the IANA Numbering Services.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>The IANA services are currently provided by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) <<a href="https://pti.icann.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://pti.icann.org/</span></a>>, which publishes monthly performance reports on the IANA Numbering Services website. <<a href="https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers</span></a>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Based on these monthly performance reports, the five RIRs have produced the 2021 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. <<a href="https://www.nro.net/2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report">https://www.nro.net/<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>30-Day Public Comment Period</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>The IANA RC is now launching a 30-day public comment period to seek comments and input from the community on the IANA numbering services performance and the 2021 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. <<a href="https://www.nro.net/2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report">https://www.nro.net/<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report</span></a></span><span style='color:black'>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>The IANA RC encourages all members of the Internet number community to review the public IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to: iana-performance [at] nro [dot] net.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>The IANA RC will publish an annual report in March 2022 as advice to the NRO EC with its evaluation of the IANA Numbering services. The report will be based on the IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report and on any input gathered from the global number community.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>The public comment period ends on <b>Wednesday, 9 March 2022 at 23:59 UTC.</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>All public comments will be published on the NRO Website in the dedicated IANA RC section<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports</span></a>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and will be considered as input to the final report by the IANA. At the end of the 30-day public comment period, the IANA RC will meet and evaluate all input to the final report.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Martin Hannigan</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Chair, IANA Numbering Services Review Committee</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Further Information</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc"><span style='color:#0563C1'>IANA Numbering Services Review Committee</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<u><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</span></a></u>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="https://pti.icann.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://pti.icann.org/</span></a>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/stewardship-transition-archive/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>IANA Stewardship Transition Archive</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/</span></a>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.nro.net/sla"><span style='color:#0563C1'>The SLA for the IANA Numbering Services</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="https://www.nro.net/sla"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.nro.net/sla</span></a>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span 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