Verisign not happy at all with Tech Freedom/Heritage-y types: https://www.scribd.com/document/323899714/Verisign-White-Paper-Response-Letter On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > With the little time left between now and the end of the month we should > focus on strategies for “push back” against Cruz’s “Misguided Cruz > Maneuvers” objecting to the long planned U.S. government transfer of > oversight on IANA’s management of the DNS system. > > The nastiness and irrational responses of the so-called U.S. Alt-right > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right cannot be countered here. They feed > on ignorance, prejudice and discord. They should be ignored and the focus > needs to stay on the target, the planned orderly transfer of oversight. > > Might it be followed by unanticipated problems? Of course, but it is better > to deal with them using the mechanisms we have developed for the > post-transfer reality than to delay, or implement some “beta mode” version > of transfer. It is a false assumption to believe that we will better > discover and deal unanticipated problems in some temporary beta mode than we > will working with the mechanisms so many of us have spent so much time > refining over the past year and a half. > > The tasks are simple. Complete the oversight transfer and use the embedded > mechanisms to watch ICANN like a hawk, to fulfill the promises of an orderly > and effective oversight transfer. > > Sam L. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel