<div dir="ltr"><div>I think we're doing Ted Cruz et al a favor by not correcting them by somebody from the ICANN board, in the media. Why not phone a journalist and arrange an interview with one of the papers that published Ted Cruz's drivel?<br><br></div>-Raoul<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 September 2016 at 04:47, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org" target="_blank">jcurran@istaff.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class="">On Sep 12, 2016, at 12:24 AM, avri doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br>On 10-Sep-16 09:53, Sam Lanfranco wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">At that point evidence and logic will hold little sway against media<br>"sound bites" that may well be completely false<br></blockquote><br>so why aren't we putting out helpful but truthful soundbites?</div></div></blockquote><br></div></span><div>Avri - </div><div><br></div><div>With respect to the current IANA transition stewardship activities, we will </div><div>soon be entering the phase of diminishing media & public influence over </div><div>the outcome as the US Congress appropriation folks and party leaders </div><div>must come to a Continuing Resolution agreement rather quickly if it is to be</div><div>passed in time to avoid a USG shutdown on 1 October 2016. (I do agree </div><div>with the generic need for ongoing & consistent media/public/governmental </div><div>education about our community and its activities, but with respect to this </div><div>particular matter at hand, as it is now in the hands a very small number of </div><div>IS congressmen as to whether NTIA will be allowed to continue with the </div><div>IANA contract transition or if a specific prohibition on transition is added - </div><div>thus requiring an extension to the IANA contract. </div><div><br></div><div>There is some clear and highly targeted messaging underway, at the level</div><div>appropriate to the audience – one example is this letter of support from a </div><div>number of Internet related organizations in the US (thanks to Christian </div><div>atI2C for arranging such!) - <<a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160912_tech_heavyweights_to_congress_transition_has_our_support/" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/<wbr>posts/20160912_tech_<wbr>heavyweights_to_congress_<wbr>transition_has_our_support/</a>></div><div><br></div><div>Note that overall we are in a very challenging period where most of the parties </div><div>involved (both in favor and opposed to the IANA Stewardship transition) have </div><div>much more immediate priorities when it comes to the overall USG appropriation </div><div>negotiation underway, particularly given the upcoming US Presidential election.</div><div>(this task would have been orders of magnitude less risky if done last year.) </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>/John</div></font></span><div><br></div><div>p.s. My views alone.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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