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The CWG-Stewardship working group submitted its final draft for approval by the chartering organizations in June, and after approval from all of those organizations, passed its proposal on behalf of the naming operational community to the ICG at the end of the month. At its teleconference on July 8, 2015, the ICG began the work of assessing the proposal from the names community. There was broad consensus among those who had volunteered to read and present assessments that the proposal's dependencies on the conclusion of Work Stream One elements in the CCWG-Accountability work track rendered the proposal "incomplete," although the implications of that judgement were a matter of some debate.<ref name="july8call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-08jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #19], July 8, 2015</ref> Some members of the ICG thought that the consolidated proposal would not yet be ready for a public comment process, because of the dependencies that existed between the CWG-Stewardship's proposal and the work of the CCWG-Accountability. Others thought that the dependencies could be stipulated as known, and that between close work and communication with the the two working groups, and specificity of expectations regarding the comment period, the ICG could publish a consolidated proposal for comment even if work remained open. There were other issues still pending within the report, including the disposition of the IANA trademarks, website, and domain name.<ref name="july8call" /> The group also discussed some objections to the proposal that had been raised by the community, either through the Stewardship Transition forum or the listserv.<ref name="july8call" /> The ICG also discussed plans for public and press outreach as their work to present a consolidated proposal ramped up.<ref name="july8call" />

The CWG-Stewardship working group submitted its final draft for approval by the chartering organizations in June, and after approval from all of those organizations, passed its proposal on behalf of the naming operational community to the ICG at the end of the month. At its teleconference on July 8, 2015, the ICG began the work of assessing the proposal from the names community. There was broad consensus among those who had volunteered to read and present assessments that the proposal's dependencies on the conclusion of Work Stream One elements in the CCWG-Accountability work track rendered the proposal "incomplete," although the implications of that judgement were a matter of some debate.<ref name="july8call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-08jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #19], July 8, 2015</ref> Some members of the ICG thought that the consolidated proposal would not yet be ready for a public comment process, because of the dependencies that existed between the CWG-Stewardship's proposal and the work of the CCWG-Accountability. Others thought that the dependencies could be stipulated as known, and that between close work and communication with the the two working groups, and specificity of expectations regarding the comment period, the ICG could publish a consolidated proposal for comment even if work remained open. There were other issues still pending within the report, including the disposition of the IANA trademarks, website, and domain name.<ref name="july8call" /> The group also discussed some objections to the proposal that had been raised by the community, either through the Stewardship Transition forum or the listserv.<ref name="july8call" /> The ICG also discussed plans for public and press outreach as their work to present a consolidated proposal ramped up.<ref name="july8call" />

Two weeks later, the twentieth ICG teleconference revealed substantial progress toward a consolidated proposal.<ref name="july15call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-15jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #20], July  15, 2015</ref>

Two weeks later, the twentieth ICG teleconference revealed substantial progress toward a consolidated proposal.<ref name="july15call">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/transcript-icg-15jul15-en.pdf ICG Meeting Archive - Transcript, ICG Call #20], July  15, 2015</ref> Alissa Cooper detailed the plan to deal with accountability issues:

Just to recap what the plan is, when we put the transition proposal out for public comment we will make it very clear that there’s a parallel process that is developing the accountability mechanisms in the CCWG and that there are dependencies between the names proposal and the outcome of CCWG work stream 1. We will point people to the public comment process that is to occur on the accountability side to make sure that everyone understands what it is and that it’s available to them. Once the CCWG work has concluded and the final accountability proposal has been sent to the SOs and ACs for approval, we will seek confirmation from the CWG that all of their requirements have been met. At that point, depending on what they say back to us, we can make our final determination about accountability, but we can’t really do it before then for the names piece because we are awaiting the CCWG. That’s the plan. I think people kind of highlighted that there’s the dependency, but we do have a plan for how we will assess later.<ref name="july15call" /></blockquote>

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

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