<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As I read this, it does not slow anything down. We were targeting a transition around September 30, 2015 in any event.</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 Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Jordan Carter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all, hi Milton,<div><br></div><div>My understanding of the steps in the timetable was that finalising our proposal in January was what gave space for a transition in September at the earliest.</div><div><br></div><div>Are you suggesting that instead it means one of the earlier steps can't start when it was intended?</div><div><br></div><div>I.e. If NTIA could not start its consideration until 30 Sep then that does materially change things, timing wise. But if it could still do its review as part of preparing for a transition, then that wouldn't.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe we could ask NTIA for their view of the situation too?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Jordan <span></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><br>On Thursday, 17 December 2015, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is good news, and I hope the co-chairs of the CCWG all sit down and read former Congressman Boucher's message out loud - better yet, sing it to the tune of Jingle Bells! - together. The idea that we have to truncate our process and twist ourselves into pretzels or cave to unreasonable demands from the board in order to meet an arbitrary schedule is now, I think, officially dead.<br>
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> It's also noteworthy that (b) has been added saying that the restriction shall<br>
> not apply in fiscal year 2017. That's a nice statement of intention by the<br>
> drafters of this provision that by the commencement of fiscal year 2017 in<br>
> October of next year the transition will be complete.<br>
><br>
> I don't believe that the adoption of this language in any way reflects a stepping<br>
> back by Congress from the bipartisan consensus which has now been formed<br>
> in both the House and the Senate to support the IANA transition as long as the<br>
> NTIA’s originally announced 4 principles for ICANN accountability are in place<br>
> and are enforceable as part of the transition plan.<br>
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> Please let me know if you have questions.<br>
><br>
> Rick<br>
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> SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds made available by<br>
> 21 this Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of<br>
> 22 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad ministration, during<br>
> fiscal year 2016, with respect to<br>
> 24 Internet domain name system functions, including respon-<br>
> 1 sibility with respect to the authoritative root zone file and<br>
> 2 the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions.<br>
> 3 (b) Nothwithstanding any other law, subsection (a)<br>
> 4 of this section shall not apply in fiscal year 2017.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br>Jordan Carter<br>Chief Executive, InternetNZ<p><a href="tel:%2B64-21-442-649" value="+6421442649" target="_blank">+64-21-442-649</a> | <a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a></p><p>Sent on the run, apologies for brevity<br></p><p></p>
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