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<font size="+1">Dear Milton<br>
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Thanks so much for the heads up on this! <br>
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We quoted from the original submission on this by Avri - made to
NETmundial online - which we supported. We should have udpated it.
You are quite right in raising concerns.<br>
<br>
We are working right now with Avri to update that part of the
document to reflect recent discussions. We will change the online
version.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/08/2014 16:50, Milton L Mueller
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Anriette</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>On the whole it is an impressive
document, and shows that APC is taking laudable initiatives
on a number of fronts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I was astounded however by the
document’s complete lack of familiarity with the ongoing
discussion of the IANA transition.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Specifically, your document writes:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Completing the plan to bring The
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>functions under Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>originally documented in the White
Paper is an advisable and overdue milestone</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>One of the key issues here is WHETHER
IANA will remain in ICANN or be structurally separated.
Typically, only ICANN staff, board members and others with
an organizational self-interest in retaining control of IANA
view the transition as a simple matter of “bring[ing] the
IANA functions under ICANN…”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Has APC actually come up with a
deliberate position on this, and if so on what basis? Have
you bothered to read any of the discussions of this topic
coming from IGP, ccTLD operators, gTLDs, registrars? Are you
unaware of the accountability issue raised by the status of
IANA?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Milton L Mueller</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith
Professor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Syracuse University School of
Information Studies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Anriette Esterhuysen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 29, 2014 5:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] APC priorities for IGF
2014</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Attached.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
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<pre>executive director</pre>
<pre>association for progressive communications</pre>
<pre>po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa</pre>
<pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a></pre>
<pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.apc.org">www.apc.org</a></pre>
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po box 29755, melville, 2109, south africa
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.apc.org">www.apc.org</a></pre>
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