<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The decision to move forward is on the agenda for the upcoming Board workshop in Brussels on Sept 15.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Staff is recommending moving forward based on the information we have, however it is the Board that will be voting the final decision regarding following the revised plan which proposing putting the new KSK in use on 11 Oct 2018.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We (staff) appreciate any input on the KSK rollover the community might offer (we’re writing the Board resolution and supporting paper now).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">-drc<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 29, 2018, at 12:36 AM, Mehmet Akcin <<a href="mailto:mehmet@akcin.net" class="">mehmet@akcin.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ksk-rollover-expect-22aug18-en.pdf" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ksk-rollover-expect-22aug18-en.pdf</a></div><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">“Currently planned for 11 October 2018..” I interpret this as “we are moving forward” </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">I might be wrong, but that’s my understanding..</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:32 AM Kal <<a href="mailto:icann@feherfamily.org" class="">icann@feherfamily.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">On 29 Aug 2018, at 17:22, Mehmet Akcin <<a href="mailto:mehmet@akcin.net" target="_blank" class="">mehmet@akcin.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">My understanding (correct me if I am mistaken here)... that they are proceeding as planned.</div><br class=""></div></blockquote>No, the ICANN board will give a hopefully clear and emphatic go/no go decision at the next board meeting. <br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:21 AM Stephane Bortzmeyer <<a href="mailto:bortzmeyer@nic.fr" target="_blank" class="">bortzmeyer@nic.fr</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:08:59AM -0700,<br class=""> Mehmet Akcin <<a href="mailto:mehmet@akcin.net" target="_blank" class="">mehmet@akcin.net</a>> wrote<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""> a message of 106 lines which said:<br class=""><br class="">> I wanted to chime in and support ICANN's decision on proceeding with<br class="">> the plan of rolling KSK 11 October 2018 as planned.<br class=""><br class="">Me too, but can we say there was a decision? I understood that, less<br class="">than two months before the event, it is still not "decided" (as in<br class="">"decided by the management").<br class=""></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><span class="">ksk-rollover mailing list</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:ksk-rollover@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">ksk-rollover@icann.org</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ksk-rollover" target="_blank" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ksk-rollover</a></span><br class=""></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">ksk-rollover mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:ksk-rollover@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">ksk-rollover@icann.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ksk-rollover" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ksk-rollover</a><br class=""></blockquote></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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