[CCWG-ACCT] Answers to some common questions being encountered by the ICANN staff

[John Curran]

On Sep 12, 2016, at 12:24 AM, avri doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> 
> On 10-Sep-16 09:53, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
>> At that point evidence and logic will hold little sway against media
>> "sound bites"  that may well be completely false
> 
> so why aren't we putting out helpful but truthful soundbites?

Avri - 

With respect to the current IANA transition stewardship activities, we will 
soon be entering the phase of diminishing media & public influence over 
the outcome as the US Congress appropriation folks and party leaders 
must come to a Continuing Resolution agreement rather quickly if it is to be
passed in time to avoid a USG shutdown on 1 October 2016.  (I do agree 
with the generic need for ongoing & consistent media/public/governmental 
education about our community and its activities, but with respect to this 
particular matter at hand, as it is now in the hands a very small number of 
IS congressmen as to whether NTIA will be allowed to continue with the 
IANA contract transition or if a specific prohibition on transition is added - 
thus requiring an extension to the IANA contract. 

There is some clear and highly targeted messaging underway, at the level
appropriate to the audience – one example is this letter of support from a 
number of Internet related organizations in the US (thanks to Christian 
atI2C for arranging such!)  -  <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160912_tech_heavyweights_to_congress_transition_has_our_support/ <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160912_tech_heavyweights_to_congress_transition_has_our_support/>>

Note that overall we are in a very challenging period where most of the parties 
involved (both in favor and opposed to the IANA Stewardship transition) have 
much more immediate priorities when it comes to the overall USG appropriation 
negotiation underway, particularly given the upcoming US Presidential election.
(this task would have been orders of magnitude less risky if done last year.) 

/John

p.s. My views alone.







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