<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I beg to differ.</div><div><br></div><div>It is not as if the Root Zone Management has been done very well, as I have elaborated in my previous post.</div><div><br></div><div>We need to hold the IANA Function Manager accountable, whoever it is, whether it changes, or whatever :-)-O</div><div><br></div><div>el<br><br>Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini</div><div><br>On Jan 29, 2015, at 19:24, Drazek, Keith &lt;<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Eric,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Your continued focus on the Root Zone Management and associated interests in a secure and stable root is but a small subset of the community’s overall work.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Registries, contractees and delegees (and the rest of the community) have far broader accountability needs than simply ensuring the root is operated in an acceptable
 manner. That broader reform is the work of the Accountability CCWG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">The “continued function of the Root Management Zone” is really the focus of the IANA Stewardship Transition CWG and I believe our charter is explicit that the
 CCWG Accountability defers to the CWG Transition in that area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Regards,<br>
Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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