<div dir="ltr">Thanks for sharing McTim. <div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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"><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"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:07 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Verisign not happy at all with Tech Freedom/Heritage-y types:<br>
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<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/323899714/Verisign-White-Paper-Response-Letter" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/<wbr>document/323899714/Verisign-<wbr>White-Paper-Response-Letter</a><br>
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Sam Lanfranco <<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> With the little time left between now and the end of the month we should<br>
> focus on strategies for “push back” against Cruz’s “Misguided Cruz<br>
> Maneuvers” objecting to the long planned U.S. government transfer of<br>
> oversight on IANA’s management of the DNS system.<br>
><br>
> The nastiness and irrational responses of the so-called U.S. Alt-right<br>
> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Alt-right</a> cannot be countered here. They feed<br>
> on ignorance, prejudice and discord. They should be ignored and the focus<br>
> needs to stay on the target, the planned orderly transfer of oversight.<br>
><br>
> Might it be followed by unanticipated problems? Of course, but it is better<br>
> to deal with them using the mechanisms we have developed for the<br>
> post-transfer reality than to delay, or implement some “beta mode” version<br>
> of transfer. It is a false assumption to believe that we will better<br>
> discover and deal unanticipated problems in some temporary beta mode than we<br>
> will working with the mechanisms so many of us have spent so much time<br>
> refining over the past year and a half.<br>
><br>
> The tasks are simple. Complete the oversight transfer and use the embedded<br>
> mechanisms to watch ICANN like a hawk, to fulfill the promises of an orderly<br>
> and effective oversight transfer.<br>
><br>
> Sam L.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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