<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">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).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">As part of the result of the IANA Stewardship transition, the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) <<u class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</a>></u>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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">The IANA services are currently provided by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) <<a href="https://pti.icann.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://pti.icann.org/</a>>, which publishes monthly performance reports on the IANA Numbering Services website. <<a href="https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">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" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report</a></span>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">30-Day Public Comment Period<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">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" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">2021-IANA-Performance-Matrix-Summary-Report</a></span>><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">The IANA RC encourages all members of the Internet number community to review the public IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to: iana-performance [at] nro [dot] net.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">The public comment period ends on <b class="">Wednesday, 9 March 2022 at 23:59 UTC.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">All public comments will be published on the NRO Website in the dedicated IANA RC section</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports</a>> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">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-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Martin Hannigan<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Chair, IANA Numbering Services Review Committee<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Further Information<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">IANA Numbering Services Review Committee</a> <<u class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc</a></u>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)</a> <<a href="https://pti.icann.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://pti.icann.org/</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/stewardship-transition-archive/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">IANA Stewardship Transition Archive</a> <<a href="https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/internet-governance/iana/iana-stewardship-transition/</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/sla" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">The SLA for the IANA Numbering Services</a> <<a href="https://www.nro.net/sla" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/sla</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/crisp-final-proposal" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">IANA Stewardship Transition Number Community Proposal</a> <<a href="https://www.nro.net/crisp-final-proposal" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/crisp-final-proposal</a>><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">IANA RC Reports 2017-2020</a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://www.nro.net/iana-rc-reports</a>> </span></li></ul></body></html>