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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Phil,<br>
<br>
I don't wish to minimize your research as to the goals of the WIC.<br>
<br>
When I went to Beijing a decade and a half ago several million
instances of IE were sourcing packet trains to North America for
some, perhaps all, Han script strings input to that browser's
navigation field. The root cause, a bug in the UTF8 handling code,
caused recurring trans-pacific traffic for resources which should
have been completely resolved without generating any trans-pacific
traffic after the first (or periodic) cached reference, resulting
in substantial hard currency (USD) settlement costs.<br>
<br>
Keep in mind it was only at the Brussels meeting in 2010 that
ICANN allowed the .cn operator (and others similarly situated) the
means to begin to offer Han Script namespaces, finally obviating
the niche for browser hacks, of which the IE+3rd-parties "IDN
solution" cited above was just one instance -- so this was then a
problem with an unknown, but likely to be long, estimated time to
repair -- and given the inability to resolve similar issues in the
IETF (e.g., the intermediate tables proposal to fix errors
introduced by merging the traditional and simplified Han scripts),
the decision to reduce the then present IE UTF8 bug cost arising
from reliance upon North American resolution resources and
anticipate similar externalities via the publication of a (very
modest) extension of the IANA generated data and illuminating a
set of authoritative servers, was, and remains, a rational
engineering decision.<br>
<br>
For completeness, in that period the USG sought assistance from
the government of China to suppress "software piracy", in
particular the common practice of local duplication of licensed
binary products, e.g., MS Windows and the then-bundled-in
(inherently defective in China, and elsewhere) version of IE, and,
from the technology informed CN point of view available to me,
autonomous development of alternate commercial commodity operating
system products.<br>
<br>
I bring this up to make three points:<br>
<br>
First, as I've mentioned previously, we have an interest in being
well-informed about operations by others, and the reasons those
operator(s) feel compelled to engage in specific operations, such
as expensive and unfixable-by-license bugs in mass market
DNS-aware products.<br>
<br>
Second, we have an interest in distinguishing those means of
control over specific names, specific content, and specific
prefixes within the general technically coordinated system, and
those means of control over general resource access, generally
affecting or replacing some system.<br>
<br>
Third, the policy goals of other operators implemented by general
mechanisms and specific mechanisms may agree with, as well as
differ from, those of the NTIA and its for-profit and
not-for-profit contractors, and where there is agreement, e.g.,
general availability of Han Script namespace products, such
mechanisms may be asynchronously implemented.<br>
<br>
All this is preamble to a personal observation that ICANN's CEO
and some Board and Staff should contribute to other sources of
technical coordination policy development, preferably, more
gracefully than the previous CEO's attempt at this truly critical
mission, and that the motives, and mechanisms, of operators and
their regulators are best viewed on their specific merits. The
word "sovereignty" can mean advancing local, rather than remote,
literacy through identifiers, just as well as advancing local,
rather than remote, elites and their agendas. I suggest we share
the interest in literacy through identifiers, independent of the
mechanism preemption exercised by the NTIA's for-profit
contractor, any other policy goal restricting access to data. <br>
<br>
Next, turning to the Multi-Stakeholder vs Multi-Lateral Models
(MSM vs MLM), we already have quite a lot of the latter in the
exceptions now made in consequence of regional data protection
law, the subject of frequent RAA Amendment notices from Krista,
and we've had nascent, and eventually realized MLM policy
development through the Chinese Domain Name Consortium CDNC (.cn,
.hk, .tw, .sg), the Joint Engineering Team JET (.jp, .kr, cn,
.tw), etc. These are unlikely to have exhausted the interests of
concerned governments in cooperation, generally for ends
consistent with literacy, a shared policy goal, as well as other
not necessarily shared policy goals.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time today.<br>
<br>
Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
Eugene, Oregon<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/25/15 8:44 AM, Phil Corwin wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Really?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Check
these links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://espresso.economist.com/c2cc4243fe2575474d57dfe7380fc9ef"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://espresso.economist.com/c2cc4243fe2575474d57dfe7380fc9ef">https://espresso.economist.com/c2cc4243fe2575474d57dfe7380fc9ef</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
grand title is misleading: the gathering will not celebrate
the joys of a borderless internet but promote “internet
sovereignty”, a web made up of sovereign fiefs, gagged by
official censors. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/12/15/459834560/chinas-internet-forum-may-provide-a-peek-at-its-cyber-ambitions"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/12/15/459834560/chinas-internet-forum-may-provide-a-peek-at-its-cyber-ambitions">http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/12/15/459834560/chinas-internet-forum-may-provide-a-peek-at-its-cyber-ambitions</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">One
important theme, even if it's not stated explicitly, is how
governments can keep some level of control over the
Internet…</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hosting
the meeting is the head of China's Cyberspace
Administration, a former journalist named Lu Wei…</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">He
admitted that China does block some foreign websites, but he
unapologetically asserted China's right to pick its friends
and its business partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">"We
do not welcome those who make money from China and occupy
our market while vilifying us," he said — a pointed
reference to online criticism of China. "No family likes to
invite unfriendly people to be their guests."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">China
blocks many websites without which the Internet would be
unimaginable in the West — including Twitter, Facebook, The
New York Times and YouTube — because the government cannot
control their content…. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.techpolicydaily.com/technology/china-internet-governance/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paramount&utm_campaign=cict"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techpolicydaily.com/technology/china-internet-governance/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paramount&utm_campaign=cict">http://www.techpolicydaily.com/technology/china-internet-governance/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=paramount&utm_campaign=cict</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">At
the summit, China’s President Xi Jinping sent clear signals
that China plans to continue to control its Internet
borders, and called upon neighboring countries to support
the right to do so. President Xi called for “cyber
sovereignty,” advocating that individual countries should
have the right to choose how and when to regulate the
Internet inside their physical borders without interference
by other governments. He outlined a digital future in which
governments could set online standards and challenge the
free flow of information and content across borders…</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
In the eyes of the Chinese government, this type of “cyber
sovereignty” trumps free expression for individuals…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> In
his speech, President Xi called on governments to come
together to agree on guiding principles for Internet
governance, and only involving the non-governmental parts
of today’s Internet community once these principles are
already solidified….<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">China’s
government-led approach to Internet governance is in
direct conflict with today’s multi-stakeholder model,
where all constituents of the online world – including
NGOs, academia, the private sector, and technical experts
– have seats at the table.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Now
some may respond that those are biased western views. So
here’s the official Chinese perspective, from two editorials
that ran in China Voice during WIC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wuzhenwic.org/2015-12/16/c_47759.htm"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wuzhenwic.org/2015-12/16/c_47759.htm">http://www.wuzhenwic.org/2015-12/16/c_47759.htm</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
achievements partly rely on China's constant resolution to
uphold cyber-sovereignty - an individual country's right to
choose its own Internet regulation model - which biased
Western critics decry as negating the open nature of the
Internet…</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cyber-sovereignty
is also key to the reform of the global Internet
governance system where existing rules "hardly reflect the
desires and interests of a majority of countries."</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With
its distinct competitive edges in information technology,
the U.S. has turned its tenet of "unilateral globalism" into
the ugly "global unilateralism" to build a cyberspace
governance system that is far from being fair and just.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That's
why Xi called for a reform of international cyberspace
governance to one that features a multilateral approach</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
with multi-party participation rather than "one party
calling the shots." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/17/c_134927991.htm"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/17/c_134927991.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/17/c_134927991.htm</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Discussion
of sovereignty over the Internet has long been a taboo,
dismissed in Western media as violation of freedom…</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With
so much discussion on the need to better guard cyber
sovereignty and security, the criticisms of China's
cyberspace sovereignty by media are irresponsible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Some
Western media or tech firms are not allowed in China because
they are not willing to abide by Chinese laws. As a result,
they may seize the World Internet Conference as another
opportunity to show their grudges…</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
increasing number of users and the expanding market is the
best evidence that China's policies are working.
<b>Temporary measures to regulate cyberspace security will
be meliorated and institutionalized in the future,
regardless of wrong accusations from the outside</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">All
my research indicates that the goals of WIC are to advance
an agenda encompassing a multilateral model of Internet
Governance and gain international blessing for a concept of
cyber sovereignty that encompasses pervasive state
surveillance and censorship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fadi
may advocate for the MSM within that context, but it’s
likely to be about as effective as preaching sobriety in a
saloon.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
Tijani BEN JEMAA [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@benjemaa.com">mailto:tijani.benjemaa@benjemaa.com</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 25, 2015 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> farzaneh badii<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Phil Corwin; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Follow-up from the Word
Internet Conference in China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002E7A">I do agree with
Avri. Fadi would never accept anything that leads to an
intergovernmental Internet Governance; at the contrary, I
think it is a way to reinforce the MSM in the advisory
committee, and in the World Internet Conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#365F91">Tijani
BEN JEMAA</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">Directeur
Exécutif </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">Fédération
Méditerranéenne des associations d'Internet (<b>FMAI</b>)</span><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91">Phone:
+216 98 330 114</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Le 25 déc. 2015 à 03:01, farzaneh
badii <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree Phil. I think as well as
global public interest, we should define personal
capacity. I don't really think decision makers that
have a prominent role in influencing people's views
about the organization can do anything that is
related to Internet governance and argue that it was
in their personal capacity. the line is blurry,
people get confused as everyone got confused in this
occasion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 25 December 2015 at 02:10,
Phil Corwin <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Avri:<br>
<br>
I don't think this is a crisis, but it is a matter
of judgment.<br>
<br>
Fadi was in Wuzhen on ICANN's dime. The Chinese
press announcement of his Co-Chair role
prominently touts his ICANN affiliation and
thereby associates ICANN with the WIC. The WIC's
objectives raises substantial questions about
whether it is compatible with the MSM. And his
post-ICANN role with a Chinese initiative that
appears to favor multilateral IG may raise
questions in Washington that could complicate
lifting the freeze on the IANA transition.<br>
<br>
If I were a senior staff person I would want to
give my Board advance notice of such a decision
prior to its public announcement. But others may
have a different POV.<br>
<br>
And with that, I shall stop and simply add --
Happy Holidays!<br>
<br>
Best, Philip<br>
<br>
<span class="im">Philip S. Corwin, Founding
Principal</span><br>
<span class="im">Virtualaw LLC</span><br>
<span class="im">1155 F Street, NW</span><br>
<span class="im">Suite 1050</span><br>
<span class="im">Washington, DC 20004</span><br>
<span class="im">202-559-8597/Direct</span><br>
<span class="im">202-559-8750/Fax</span><br>
<span class="im">202-255-6172/cell</span><br>
<br>
<span class="im">Twitter: @VlawDC</span><br>
<span class="im"> </span><br>
<span class="im">"Luck is the residue of design"
-- Branch Rickey</span><br>
<br>
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<span class="im">-----Original Message-----</span><br>
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accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a
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<span class="im">Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015
7:47 PM</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT]
Follow-up from the Word Internet Conference in
China<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I do not understand the crisis over this
decision. The guy took a volunteer position,
why does the Board need to approve that or
even be notified in advance. If it really
bugs them, they can tell him to give it up or
leave sooner. But why should they care? Is
there some extraordinary expense to ICANN in
this role? Or does it just not fit into an
isolationist position many are taking toward
ICANN participation in the larger Internet
governance environment.<br>
<br>
Are we tending a bit much toward
micromanagement of the CEO? I have never been
one of his fans, but this seems a bit much to
make an issue over.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
<br>
On 24-Dec-15 09:47, Phil Corwin wrote:<br>
> Bruce:<br>
><br>
> >From your email it appears that the
Board was briefed by Fadi on his role as
Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee after it
was publicly announced that he had accepted
the position, indicating that the Board was
not advised in advance of his decision to
accept the role.<br>
><br>
> Is that a correct interpretation of the
sequence of events?<br>
><br>
> Thank you and best regards,<br>
> Philip<br>
><br>
> Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal<br>
> Virtualaw LLC<br>
> 1155 F Street, NW<br>
> Suite 1050<br>
> Washington, DC 20004<br>
> 202-559-8597/Direct<br>
> 202-559-8750/Fax<br>
> 202-255-6172/cell<br>
><br>
> Twitter: @VlawDC<br>
><br>
> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch
Rickey<br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On Behalf Of<br>
> Bruce Tonkin<br>
> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 6:07 AM<br>
> To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Follow-up from the
Word Internet Conference in<br>
> China<br>
><br>
><br>
> Hello All,<br>
><br>
> I have had a few requests for information
on ICANN's participation in<br>
> the World Internet Conference which was
held in Wuzhen, China:<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/cnleaders/2015WIC/"
target="_blank">http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/cnleaders/2015WIC/</a>
and<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wicwuzhen.cn/english"
target="_blank">http://www.wicwuzhen.cn/english</a><br>
><br>
> ICANN sent a contingent to the conference
as part of its Strategic Goal 1.2 "Bring ICANN
to the world by creating a balanced and
proactive approach to regional engagement with
stakeholders."<br>
><br>
> Fadi attended as CEO and gave a speech,
and George Sadowsky attended as a Board
member.<br>
><br>
> Subsequent to the conference, the
conference organizers announced that Fadi
would co-chair a high level advisory committee
for the next conference.<br>
><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/18/c_134928240.htm"
target="_blank">
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/18/c_134928240.htm</a><br>
><br>
> The Board had a call with Fadi to get a
briefing.<br>
><br>
> Fadi has now posted a blog that notes
that he has accepted this role in his personal
capacity, and the advisory committee will meet
after his term as CEO is completed in March
2016.<br>
><br>
> See:<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/my-transition-from-icann-ceo-an-update"
target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/my-transition-from-icann-ceo-an-update</a><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Bruce Tonkin<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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