<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">On Sep 16, 2016, at 3:52 AM, Mazzone, Giacomo <<a href="mailto:mazzone@ebu.ch" class="">mazzone@ebu.ch</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">...<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">But I have a silly question. Deadline was yesterday and I’ve not seen any letter from NTIA stopping the process.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">So this means that the debate it’s over and transition will happen on Oct. 1<sup class="">st</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>, isn’t it ?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Or is not so clearcut….?</span></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">There is no specific deadline until the end of this month; NTIA has informed ICANN that it </div><div class="">reserves the right to extend the contract, although it intends not to so “barring any significant </div><div class="">impediment” <<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/strickling-to-marby-16aug16-en.pdf" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/strickling-to-marby-16aug16-en.pdf</a>></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The most likely impediment would be a US Government appropriations bill to continue </div><div class="">funding for the USG for the coming year (starting 1 Oct 2016 thru 30 Sept 2017). Such</div><div class="">a bill is necessary because the USG (as usual) hasn’t completed a budget for this time </div><div class="">period, and hence the US government will shutdown if there not at least a resolution to</div><div class="">continue the funding at present levels.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The US senate appropriations committee is busily working (along with leadership of both</div><div class="">major parties) on a joint Continuing Resolution, and we will not know the contents with any</div><div class="">certainty until it is actually passed into law (i.e. there may be last minute additions/changes</div><div class="">in order to make a deal that everyone agrees on) As Asst Secr Strickland said at this weeks</div><div class="">hearings, they will follow the intent of whatever is passed with respect to the IANA function,</div><div class="">and are prepared to continue the contract (or not) based on the status late in the evening</div><div class="">on 30 September.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/John</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Disclaimer: my views alone</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>