Thanks for sharing McTim.

Best,
-Michael


On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:07 PM, McTim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>