<div dir="ltr">I'd forgotten how tiresome it is interacting with you, Milton.<div><br></div><div>There are three main roles in making changes to the root zone file: Operator, Administrator, Maintainer. Requests go through each one in turn. In the middle is the Administrator.</div><div><br></div><div>In two months, this group will propose what to do with that Administrator role. Some are suggesting getting rid of it altogether. </div><div><br></div><div>We are talking with the Operator (in fact, we have an ex-Operator posting to the list). We are talking with the Maintainer (in fact, we have several representatives from the Maintainer posting to this list). </div><div><br></div><div>I am suggesting that we also talk to the Administrator. </div><div><br></div><div>How this is a controversial viewpoint is quite beyond me.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kieren</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">* The NTIA performs a certain role that it has asked the Internet community to replace<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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NTIA has never used the word “replace.” It has ALWAYS used the word “transition.” Which means there need not be a 1-to-1 mapping between what NTIA currently does and what the new arrangements are.</span></font></span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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(e.g., SSAC paper, IANA slide presentation at ICANN51) elaborates. A few ambiguities about whether the registry change requests came before or after the NTIA review and approval were just cleared up by David.
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