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    <p>+ 1 Ed/Milton. <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/09/2016 04:09, Mueller, Milton L
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good
            initiative, Ed. I have drafted something that was sent to
            the NCUC EC, hope the other EC members (most of whom are
            probably asleep at this hour) will respond quickly.
            Congratulations to us all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                  NCSG-Discuss [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>]
                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>Edward Morris<br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 28, 2016 5:25 PM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Transition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">Hi everybody,</span><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">Within the last hour the
                United Senate passed a Continuing Resolution funding the
                United States government through December 9th. No rider
                related to the IANA transition was attached. The
                transition will very likely occur, as scheduled, Friday
                night.</span><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">The ICANN Board has held off
                filing the necessary documents with the State of
                California to implement the new Bylaws reflecting the
                work of the community through the CCWG. They stated that
                they wanted the transition to first occur. Fine. It will
                occur on schedule. We can not allow any further delay in
                the filing and enactment of the new Bylaws.</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">I expect there will be a
                number of lawsuits challenging the transition, in full
                or in part. We need to be proactive to ensure that the
                Board does not use the possibility of these lawsuits to
                further delay the needed and overdue Accountability
                reforms.</span><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">I would respectfully ask the
                Chairs and Executive Committees of the NCSG, NCUC and
                NPOC to send a clear message to Steve Crocker and the
                Board: We expect the new Bylaws to be appropriately
                filed and the provisions within  enacted upon
                immediately after the transition has occurred. Not one
                day later.</span><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">We have waited long enough.</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">Respectfully,</span><span
                style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">Ed Morris</span><span
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                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans
                Unicode",sans-serif">Sent from my iPhone  </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Matthew Shears
Global Internet Policy and Human Rights
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
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