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    <font face="Verdana">Posting below a relevant exchange on the ISOC
      list. In the video linked to below, Vint mentiones how the US has
      now decided to hand over its IANA authority to ICANN! <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 24 July 2014 04:01 AM, Joly
      MacFie wrote:<br>
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          <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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          <div>"and hand over that responsibilty to ICANN"</div>
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        <div>Is that really a foregone conclusion?</div>
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    Yes, it is a forgone conclusion. Although it will be arrived at
    through a convoluted path to give the pretence that it is the global
    public that wants it this way. A 'global public' conveniently
    re-christened as 'global multistakeholder community' to give some
    credence to the mentioned captive 'convoluted path' to arrive at
    this forgone conclusion. 'Public' you know is a dangerous word. You
    cant be sure who all can turn up in the name of 'public' and begin
    making what kinds of demands! 'Multistakeholder community' is a much
    more controllable political space/ concept. <br>
    <br>
    Sorry for the cynical sounding statement, but each element of the
    IANA transition (non) puzzle points to this elementary fact. If
    asked, I can elaborate. I am not doing so right away because I think
    it is just too obvious..<br>
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    parminder <font face="Verdana"><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 24 July 2014 06:28 AM,
      Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:<br>
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      <div>Vint Cerf video on the ICANN transition.<br>
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        --srs (iPad)</div>
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        Begin forwarded message:<br>
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        <div><b>From:</b> "Dave Farber via ip" <<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ip@listbox.com">ip@listbox.com</a>><br>
          <b>Date:</b> 24 July 2014 2:41:35 IST<br>
          <b>To:</b> "ip" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:ip@listbox.com">ip@listbox.com</a>><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> <b>[IP] Who manages the Internet's address
            book?</b><br>
          <b>Reply-To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:dave@farber.net">dave@farber.net</a><br>
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        ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
        From: <b>Charley Kline</b> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:csk@mail.com">csk@mail.com</a>><br>
        Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2014<br>
        Subject: FW: Who manages the Internet's address book?<br>
        To: Dave Farber <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:dave@farber.net">dave@farber.net</a>><br>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
                those who didn’t get this directly from Google, Vint
                Cerf summarizes the transition of ICANN.</span></font></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></font></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
                    Vint Cerf [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','no-reply@takeaction.withgoogle.com');"
                      target="_blank">no-reply@takeaction.withgoogle.com</a>]
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                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                    Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:02 PM<br>
                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
                    Charley Kline<br>
                    <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                    Who manages the Internet's address book?</span></font></p>
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href="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/page/m/1439d9bc/19d4a4e/127e998/3ed108ef/1596138038/VEsH/"
title="http://www.google.com/takeaction?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=google&utm_content=1&utm_campaign=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2&source=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2"
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                                    style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Charley,<br>
                                    <br>
                                    People call me a father of the
                                    Internet, since I helped create it
                                    40 years ago. I know lots of people
                                    over-share about their kids, but I
                                    hope you don't mind one more.<br>
                                    <br>
                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/page/m/1439d9bc/19d4a4e/127e998/3ed108d7/1596138038/VEsE/"
title="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/us/vint-video?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=google&utm_content=2+-+Watch+this+video+I+made+about+the+Intern&utm_campaign=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2&source=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2"
                                      target="_blank"><b><span
                                          style="font-weight:bold">Watch
                                          this video I made about the
                                          Internet and how it's
                                          governed. I think you'll find
                                          it worth a few moments.</span></b></a><br>
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title="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/us/vint-video?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=google&utm_content=3&utm_campaign=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2&source=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2"
                                      target="_blank"><span
                                        style="text-decoration:none"><img
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
src="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/page/-/bsd_google_vint_explains_jms1.jpg"
                                          alt="Watch this video of Vint
                                          Cerf explaining who manages
                                          the Internet's address book."
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                              <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
                                    style="font-size:12.0pt">There's
                                    been some confusion lately about
                                    changes to Internet governance and
                                    how it affects us all. I figure it's
                                    my responsibility to set the record
                                    straight. After all, no one wants
                                    people mixing up the facts about
                                    their kid.<br>
                                    <br>
                                    <strong><b><font face="Times New
                                          Roman">Check it out. And if
                                          you enjoy my video, why not
                                          use the Internet to share it
                                          with friends near and far?</font></b></strong><br>
                                    <br>
                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/page/m/1439d9bc/19d4a4e/127e998/3ed108c1/1596138038/VEsC/"
title="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/us/vint-video?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=google&utm_content=4+-+httpstakeactionwithgooglecomusvintvideo&utm_campaign=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2&source=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2"
                                      target="_blank"><b><span
                                          style="font-weight:bold">https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/us/vint-video</span></b></a><br>
                                    <br>
                                    Thanks,<br>
                                    <br>
                                    Vint Cerf<br>
                                    Chief Internet Evangelist, Google<br>
                                    <br>
                                    <br>
                                    P.S. Shameless plug: I was on "The
                                    Colbert Report" last week — and it
                                    was pretty awesome. <a
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/page/m/1439d9bc/19d4a4e/127e998/3ed108ca/1596138038/VEsD/"
title="https://takeaction.withgoogle.com/Vint-Colbert-Report?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=google&utm_content=5+-+Click+here+to+watch+if+you+havent+alread&utm_campaign=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2&source=20140723VintColbert1-US-actives2"
                                      target="_blank"><b><span
                                          style="font-weight:bold">Click
                                          here to watch, if you haven't
                                          already.</span></b></a></span></font></p>
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