Great news ! 2016-06-09 15:47 GMT+01:00 Farell Folly <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 >> >> >>