<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hi Nicolas,</div><div><br></div><div>That is a good point. I guess it registered a little different with me when I first read it, sounding more like - we shouldn’t take it for granted that because we welcome the transition, that we feel that there should be one predictable outcome.</div><div><br></div><div>I can see how it could go both ways, though.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Amr</div><br><div><div>On Mar 24, 2014, at 2:49 AM, Nicolas Adam <<a href="mailto:nickolas.adam@GMAIL.COM">nickolas.adam@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" style="font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; widows: 0; orphans: 0; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt;">This seems unwarranted<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></font></font></p><p class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; widows: 0; orphans: 0; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt;">"the processes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>surrounding the continued operation of IANA functions during this period of transition</b>, must be carefully specified, and managed."<br></font></font></p><p class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; widows: 0; orphans: 0; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt;">because to refer to the need for developing a plan before the development of a plan, well frankly that's one plan too many ... but also because it is is slightly pushy pushy towards ICANN receiving the function. But since it is only ever so slightly pushy, and in the form of paying lip service to good transition planning, I suppose it is acceptable still.<br></font></font></p><p class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; widows: 0; orphans: 0; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="2" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></font></font></p>I view it as a concession on my [our] part to interests more already committed than we may collectively here be to the outcome of ICANN as the receiver of IANA functions.<br><br>So, Bill, for me it is an expression of support that is not the same as me merely saying "looks good", same as if I would have just said "I support the statement".<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Nicolas<br><br><br><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-03-23 12:18 PM, Amr Elsadr wrote:<br></div><blockquote cite="mid:D2635778-4297-4C29-9A00-FD9EE4FD38FD@egyptig.org" type="cite"><pre wrap="">Hi Stephanie,
This is so much better than the previously drafted statement. Thank you so much for the changes.
Amr
On Mar 23, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Stephanie Perrin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA"><stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA></a> wrote:
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">We have a new proposed version of the IANA transition statement. Please give us your comments by the close of business Tuesday March 25, Singapore time, so that we can send the amended version to the other groups. <Joint Statement - IANA Globalization - updated 23 March 2014-MMSP.doc>
Stephanie Perrin
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