[CCWG-ACCT] [ianatransition] U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Full Hearing on 24 May 2016

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Andrew,



> On 25 May 2016, at 21:29, Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
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>> The transition proposal is simply a proposal to eliminate a function that is unneeded and does no work.  
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Nothing in this is simple, and whether it is unneeded is open for debate. 

However when it suits ICANN it alleges that the function does work.

> 
>> Why is it seen as "a little insulting"?
> 
> Because people all over the world have worked tirelessly over the past
> several years to hammer out a detailed consensus that finely balances
> a whole bunch of considerations, 
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The amount of work can not be used as rationale. Never mind that the fine balance is open to debate.

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