Dear Co-Chairs, why is every question, no matter how trivial, assigned, but the fundamental one(s), namely whether the USG in fact has any claim to the root and how this would affect the Transition, if any, and (indvidual) ccTLD Managers (in chronological batches), is not? It's not only a rhetorical question. Though, I have an idea, which I had voiced before the start of the actual work of the CCWG to some colleagues, due to past experiences. Please have a response ready in time so I can include it into my minority viewpoints that you will have to attach the the Request for Comments. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar) el@lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 \ / Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/