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On 12 Sep 2016 5:30 p.m., "Paul Rosenzweig" <
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…  I support a two-year trial period.  Full stop.  I’ve never said anything
else and I never will.
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SO: If I may ask Paul could you clarify on what you mean by the above; That
the transition should proceed in trial mode? How does that work? I know
reviews are put in place in the proposals but outcome of those review will
be decided upon by the community and not by NTIA.

However it seem what you are suggesting is that NTIA still be able to pull
the plugs after a trial period. It's an interesting concept that I have no
idea how it is practically possible considering what has been proposed by
the various communities neither do I understand why we should go that
route. Will be good to understand what you are suggesting here.

Regards

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has said the accountability will go forward with or without the transition
(or, more accurately, two members of the Board made that commitment in a
public meeting). I take them at their word.  Why don’t you?
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> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
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> Subject: Re: Transition: For US Citizens (apologies for problems with
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> From: Paul Rosenzweig [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Don’t you believe the Board when it promises that the accountability
changes will happen no matter what the transition?
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> MM: Mostly, Paul, I don’t believe you or other opponents of the
transition when they say they favor a transition but want it delayed. As
you know, I don’t believe a period of abeyance is a viable option. If the
transition is shot down during this administration and we have to wait for
a new one, everything we have agreed to do as part of the transition is up
in the air. It could all be completely changed by a new NTIA head giving us
new criteria, or a new Congress passing new restrictions or requirements in
order to appeal to deluded and uninformed rightwing constituencies.
Whatever happens would depend entirely on U.S. domestic politics.
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> I also know that many aspects of the revised bylaws simply cannot go into
effect until the NTIA contract is gone, so disrupting that effectively
sends us back to the drawing board.
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> You know this as well as I do, Paul, please stop being disingenuous about
your support for the transition. As far as I can tell, you want the US
government to stay in control of the DNS. Full stop. If that’s not true, I
look forward to seeing Heritage as an organization or you as an individual
publicly challenge the dishonest and manipulative statements issued by
Senator Cruz and WSJ columnist L. Gordon Crovitz. It seems you want to have
it both ways, feign support for the transition but align yourself with
irrational politicians who are seizing on this issue to fearmonger, whip up
nationalistic fervor and attack the Obama administration for purely
partisan purposes. Time to distance yourself from that nonsense, else
completely lose credibility in this group.
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> Dr. Milton L Mueller
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> Internet Governance Project
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