<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>As scheduled and <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p7u7s2fnyne/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=7b45a99c2e6a13ba3eb1ab732acebad1ab49d59213029cdab45caadf215173b4">previously communicated</a>, on 6 April 2016, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>
and Verisign began a 90-day “parallel testing” period to verify the
continued integrity of the data contained in the root zone file produced
via the <abbr class="" title="Root Zone">Root Zone</abbr> Management System (RZMS) following the successful completion of the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition. Please read more at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks </div><div><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>