Good news...indeed ! Best Regards --ff-- Mail sent from my mobile phone. Excuse for brievety. Le 9 juin 2016 15:45, "William Drake" <[log in to unmask]> a écrit : > Hi > > On Jun 9, 2016, at 16:32, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > This morning it was announced by Larry Strickling that the transition and > accountability proposals developed by the ICANN community have met the > criteria established by the N.T.I.A. Simply put, the transition proposal > has been accepted by the Executive branch of the U.S. government. > > The NTIA assessment report, along with relevant charts and data, may be > located here: > https://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2016/iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-assessment-report > . > > > Very welcome news, and well timed for those of us in Brussels at EuroDIG > debating IG. ICANN has a session tomorrow on the transition, should be > rather cheery now. > > BTW in light of the critical debate that happened on list when it was > noted that external experts had been consulted, the below from the fact > sheet > https://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2016/fact-sheet-ntias-assessment-iana-stewardship-transition-proposal > may be of interest: > > *"Finally, NTIA commissioned a panel of corporate governance experts > including Columbia Law Professor John Coffee [9], Brooklyn Law Professor > Dana Brakman Reiser [10], and The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at > Harvard University [11] to review the ICANN accountability provisions. The > expert panel concluded that the accountability recommendations are > consistent with sound principles of good governance that reflect the unique > and important mission of ICANN within the Internet ecosystem. In addition, > the experts concluded that the proposal renders the prospects for takeover > by a single government, group of governments, or one or more economic > actors to be extremely remote.”* > > Cheers > > Bill > > >