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<div>What surprises me, is that the letter leaves room for (mis)interpretation on the essential content:</div>
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<div>“<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">We have never viewed 30 September as a deadline</span>, but have stated from the beginning of this process that the transition planning should proceed to whatever schedule the community sets” is clear
and in line with what Mr. Strickling has publicly stated numerous times. It suggests implicitely that the contract will be extended if necessary to fit “whatever schedule the community sets”.</div>
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<div>However, the bit “..please bear in mind that the United States Government will need sufficient time to evaluate the proposal and that all work items identified … will need to be implemented
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">prior to the ending of the contract.</span>” is not so clear.</div>
<div>We probably all assume that “the ending of the contract” refers to either 30 September 2015 or the end date of an (or the last of multiple) extension(s). </div>
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<div>That is probably a safe assumption, but I fail to understand why Mr. Strickling did not insert a sentence to make that absolutely clear to anyone. Something like: “…prior to 30 September or the date to which the NTIA will extend the present contract to
fit the schedule set by the community”.</div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Best,</font></font></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>dinsdag 5 mei 2015 11:13<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[CCWG-ACCT] Fwd: Re: [CCWG-Advisors] CCWG near final draft proposal<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Dear Colleagues, <br>
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FYI attached is the feedback we have received from Jan Aart Scholte, our independent Advisor. Jan raises some very useful points for our further deliberations.
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I would suggest we count this as "public comment input #1" and add this to our upcoming public comment analysis tool.
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Best<br>
Mathieu<br>
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<td>Sun, 3 May 2015 14:14:43 +0000</td>
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<td>Adam Peake <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:adam.peake@icann.org">
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<pre>Dear All
Attached the promised more substantive comments for the CCWG on the draft proposal of 1 May 2015. Really impressive that things have got this far already, though as ever there can be suggestions for going further.
Greetings
Jan
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