For what it's worth, I do not believe that there is any impact on our timeline at all. We should still finalise our proposal for WS1 for Dublin and be implementing shortly thereafter.<div><br></div><div>It is all the things that happen after which require the contract extension... Particularly the 5mth U.S. Govt review and approval process...</div><div><br></div><div>J<span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br>On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, Malcolm Hutty <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net">malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
"Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition<br>
documents how long it would take to finish and implement their<br>
proposals. After factoring in time for public comment, U.S. Government<br>
evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the community estimated<br>
it could take until at least September 2016 to complete this process. In<br>
response to their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday that we plan<br>
to extend our IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30,<br>
2016. Beyond 2016, we have options to extend the contract for up to<br>
three additional years if needed.<br>
<br>
This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it<br>
needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning<br>
the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA<br>
transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register<br>
notice, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in<br>
on the proposals."<br>
-- Extract, NTIA statement 2015-08-17 (yesterday)<br>
<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition" target="_blank">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition</a><br>
<br>
In the light of this announcement, do we still think we are done?<br>
Or does the extra time give us the opportunity to improve our proposal<br>
further?<br>
<br>
Malcolm.<br>
--<br>
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</blockquote></div></div><br><br>-- <br>Jordan Carter<br>Chief Executive, InternetNZ<p>+64-21-442-649 | <a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a><p>Sent on the run, apologies for brevity<br></p></p>