<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There is NOTHING informal here. The GAO whether partisan or not is collecting data that will go to decision makers in congress.</div><div><br></div><div>This is EXTREMELY important and we only have one shot at getting this right.</div><div><br></div><div>I do not see any request to deal with co-chairs specifically, but then I am still waiting for their Questions in PDF and am beginning to be disturbed by the delay, by the way.</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The co-chairs do not have a mandate here, we have not yet arrived at anything close to consensus.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Meeting with the full plenum will be unwieldy on the onther hand, so we need to record and transcribe in order to be able to review afterwards.</div><div><br></div><div>This needs to be read twice, in any case.</div><div><br></div><div>el</div><div>-- <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13pt; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Sent from </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Dr Lisse's iPhone 6</span></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Mar 30, 2015, at 23:30, Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It's become fairly clear to me that this will be a relatively informal discussion and that our chairs will be speaking in their individual capacities. The GAO has been speaking to many people involved and engaged in the IANA transition in one way or the other. This is just another discussion along those lines.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:22 PM, James Gannon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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have are either in their personal capacities or within a clearly defined scope if speaking on behalf of the group.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Greg Shatan [mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2015 7:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> James Gannon<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] GAO meeting request<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:54 PM, James Gannon <<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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overview of the methodology and structure, if they are willing to talk about that and not delve into specific questions on experience of the co-chairs, risk identification, stakeholder representation and the extent that the NTIAs criteria are sufficient, then
this may be a different discussion. B</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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in a certain manner. We need to quell our willingness to share here and be very careful in how we approach this.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2015 6:46 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] GAO meeting request</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As far as I understand the GAO has been put in charge to review the IANA transition process and inform Congress.<u></u><u></u></p>
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Thomas Rickert, Leon Felipe Sanchez, Mathieu Weill<u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank"><mathieu.weill@afnic.fr></a>, '<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" target="_blank">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>'
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and Commerce and its Communications and Technology Subcommittee to review the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) proposed transition of key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. We are meeting
with knowledgeable people and organizations to gather information for our work.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Accountability working group. We have provided a list of questions, below, to give you a better idea of the topics we want to discuss with you, and I’ll provide a teleconference line after confirming your availability (please “reply all” so that others can
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wednesday, April 1</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">st</span></sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">: 10:00 – 11:00
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