<div dir="ltr">I couldn't agree more Ed, well-said! If there's anything individual members like myself can do, let me know. I also want to, perhaps naively, suggest that we should use the momentum of the solidarity that was generated around the stewardship transition to build bridges and focus on the mission and the community's shared principles (assuming they exist).<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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 dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Edward Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net" target="_blank">egmorris1@toast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"><div><font face="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">?Thanks Milton!</span></font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">The first of a number of lawsuits that I'm aware are bring prepared to stop the transition, or cause the United States government to recapture IANA, has been filed: <a href="http://azdailysun.com/news/local/brnovich-sues-to-halt-handoff-of-internet-oversight/article_8616ed0d-50b0-5238-9c59-0c86a477c1a6.html" target="_blank">http://azdailysun.com/<wbr>news/local/brnovich-sues-to-<wbr>halt-handoff-of-internet-<wbr>oversight/article_8616ed0d-<wbr>50b0-5238-9c59-0c86a477c1a6.<wbr>html</a></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif">It's not for any of us to judge the merits of any particular suit. One never know what an individual judge may do. Of note, I expect legal challenges from both the left and the right.</span></span></div>
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<div><font face="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">?What is imperative is that we do not allow the ICANN staff and board to use the spectre of lawsuits, present or pending, to any further delay the accountability reforms. If the transition is a go as of 12:01 am on October 1st (Saturday) these reforms MUST be implemented.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">I'm very proud that the NCUC appears to be willing to stand up for this principle. I hope the NCSG and NPOC will soon join them.</span></font></div>
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<b>Sent</b>: Thursday, September 29, 2016 4:11 AM<br>
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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!</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></p>
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