<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>John is correct in all particulars in this and his prior email. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It's seemed quite unlikely to me that the transition would occur any time before, say, the third year of the next administration, ever since we started missing deadlines on our side in January of LAST year. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Irrational optimists will be the death of us. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"> <div> -Bill</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2016, at 05:57, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">On Sep 16, 2016, at 8:36 AM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:ayden@ferdeline.com" class="">ayden@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi all,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic. John, I'm curious about <a title="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/journet-to-stathos-31aug16-en.pdf" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/journet-to-stathos-31aug16-en.pdf" class="">this letter</a> dated 31 August - it indicates that 15 calendar days notice should be given if the IANA contract is to be extended. </div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Yes, per the contract, 15 calendar notices notice is required to maintain the option</div><div>to renew. That letter serves as such notice for option year two, without committing</div><div>the government to do so.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">To Giacomo's question, given today's date and given we have not seen any other correspondence from the US government to ICANN, <span style="line-height: 1.65em;" class="">does this mean the NTIA hasn't exercised its renew option on the IANA contract,</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>No. The letter informs ICANN that the USG maintains its _right_ (but not obligation)</div><div>to continue the contract.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="line-height: 1.65em;" class=""> and so the transition is now irreversible? That's certainly what it looks like to me - but please do correct me if I am mistaken!</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>See above.</div><div>/John</div><div><br class=""><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br><span> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></span><br><span>To be removed from the list, visit:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>For all other list information and functions, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a></span><br><span>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>