<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div>I agree with those who believe that we need to continue our works as planned </div><div>I also agreed with those raising red light of alarming that the situation is not so straightforward as some of us believed.</div><div>For me it was clear that there are peopleĀ that are not fully in favour of the full fledged transition but keeping some legacy overnighting for DOC.</div><div>Kavouss </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-12-12 6:22 GMT+01:00 Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The bill passed. Here's my blog on the topic, seeking a silver lining in this dark cloud<br>
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<a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/12/12/u-s-congress-man-in-the-middle-attack-on-iana-transition/" target="_blank">http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/12/12/u-s-congress-man-in-the-middle-attack-on-iana-transition/</a><br>
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</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> <a href="mailto:bounces@icann.org">bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Alissa Cooper<br>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:45 PM<br>
> To: ICG<br>
> Subject: Re: [Internal-cg] U.S. Government Funding Bill & ANA Transition<br>
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> I would suggest that we (and the operational communities) proceed on our<br>
> current course and timeline until we receive information from NTIA or ICANN<br>
> (as the convener of stakeholders) that indicates a need to change course.<br>
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> Alissa<br>
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> On Dec 11, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I am not directly in touch with Washington people because I am traveling,<br>
> but I fear the situation is a bit worse than Adiel and Jari have described.<br>
> ><br>
> > The funding cutoff is intended to just stop the NTIA from doing the<br>
> transition. This means that assuming NTIA gets a proposal from us more or<br>
> less on time, they cannot do anything with it (unless they take it home and<br>
> work on their own time) until after Sept 30, 2015.<br>
> ><br>
> > Furthermore, since Republicans now control Congress the cutoff could be<br>
> extended again given the right conditions.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: <a href="mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org">internal-cg-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:internal-cg-">internal-cg-</a><br>
> >> <a href="mailto:bounces@icann.org">bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Adiel Akplogan<br>
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:52 AM<br>
> >> To: ICG<br>
> >> Subject: [Internal-cg] U.S. Government Funding Bill & ANA Transition<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141210_breaking_us_government_funding" target="_blank">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20141210_breaking_us_government_funding</a><br>
> >> _bill_delays_iana_transition/<br>
> >><br>
> >> Just read this, and wondering if anyone has more insider information<br>
> >> about what it means to this process? My reading is that the<br>
> >> transition process cannot start before 30 September 2015. Which in my<br>
> >> sense is not that alarming as much as it effectively starts then (it<br>
> >> is a transition process). The other part that caught my attention is<br>
> >> the fact that the NTIA is required to inform Congress 45 days prior<br>
> >> to extending the IANA contract or taking any other decision in regard<br>
> >> to it. Which means that the NTIA will have up to the 15th of August<br>
> >> 2015 to evaluate the proposal we will submit, in order to present<br>
> >> their suggested action to Congress. That gives them only 15 formal<br>
> >> days from the time we have planned to submit our proposal. If we<br>
> >> build in the 14 days given to ICANN board to assess and deliver this<br>
> >> to the NTIA ... I don't see how we will achieve the target without<br>
> >> putting emphasis right now on the fact that our published timeline<br>
> >> has to be executed as a waterfalls process where many things has to be<br>
> done in parallel, particularly toward then end.<br>
> >><br>
> >> - a.<br>
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