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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Karel Douglas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:douglaskarel@gmail.com" target="_blank">douglaskarel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hats off to Larry...<div><br></div><div>Surprising that was one of the most succinct explanations of the "why" for the IANA transitions I've heard. That speech could be a starting point for people trying to understand the IANA transition.</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Karel</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:32 AM, Michael Oghia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Seun,<div><br></div><div>To clarify, that is definitely not what I meant. I was simply thinking out loud. On the contrary, I think by excluding governments it undermines the MS process since, indeed, governments are stakeholders too.</div><div><br></div><div>As far as the other two points, James already clarified as well.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">-Michael</font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Michael Oghia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Ayden,<div><br></div><div>You raise good points. At first thought, the simplest way to answer that is by stressing how the NTIA is still <i>involved </i>in the policy judgments via the GAC as well as by contributing to the PDP when appropriate even if it is not <i>overseeing </i>it. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>NTIA (representing USA) is a member of GAC and GAC is part of the community, thats the reason why they participate in Policy, and their influence on PDP will be as far as GAC agrees, as far as the rest of the ICANN community agree with GAC and as far board agrees. However, that function.....<br><br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Simply by being present and actively following the proceedings may suffice as oversight.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>....should not be mistaken with their stewardship role as they are 2 different things. When stewardship is gone, their role in GAC continues.<br> <br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div> Yet another idea is that by constantly being present, even if NTIA officials are silent or in the background, it serves as a reminder to other governments or to the community at large -- a soft power of sorts.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I hope you are not suggesting that governments should not participate or share their view on ICANN policy, as i think that will be a bad idea; governments are part of the MS community and the PDP is based on contributions from the MS community. We should be accommodating if we really want to put the MS into real practice.<br><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Then again, I could be wrong. Thoughts?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael</font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael J. Oghia<br>Istanbul, Turkey</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Journalist & editor</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2015 ISOC IGF Ambassador</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Skype: mikeoghia</span><br></div></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</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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<div>Thanks for sharing this, James. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm a little surprised that Strickling would note on the record, even if true, that “we don’t provide any oversight of the policy judgments that ICANN and the multistakeholder community make”. If I was on the Senate Committee, I might wonder just what the NTIA had been doing and why they were traveling around the world on the taxpayers' dime if they have no sway? </div><div><br></div><div>That being said, Strickling did offer a brilliant and succinct explanation of why the transition not proceeding would harm Internet freedom. Good to be reminded of why the transition matters. </div><div><font><br></font></div><div>Ayden</div><div><div><div>
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