I agree with Jordan re the timeline. As for implementation post-Dublin, absent a preliminary signal from NTIA along the lines of ‘right track’ – and I’m not certain how they could do that, given the politics and procedures – is there risk of pursuing a recommended track or tracks and having it/them “rejected” or altered down the road? Apologies if I have missed a previous discussion on implementation. Cheers, Ken From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Jordan Carter Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:43 PM To: Malcolm Hutty Cc: Accountability Cross Community Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Contract Extended For what it's worth, I do not believe that there is any impact on our timeline at all. We should still finalise our proposal for WS1 for Dublin and be implementing shortly thereafter. It is all the things that happen after which require the contract extension... Particularly the 5mth U.S. Govt review and approval process... J On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net<mailto:malcolm@linx.net>> wrote: "Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition documents how long it would take to finish and implement their proposals. After factoring in time for public comment, U.S. Government evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the community estimated it could take until at least September 2016 to complete this process. In response to their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday that we plan to extend our IANA contract with ICANN for one year to September 30, 2016. Beyond 2016, we have options to extend the contract for up to three additional years if needed. This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent Federal Register notice, we encourage all interested stakeholders to engage and weigh in on the proposals." -- Extract, NTIA statement 2015-08-17 (yesterday) http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition In the light of this announcement, do we still think we are done? Or does the extra time give us the opportunity to improve our proposal further? Malcolm. -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd 21-27 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RY Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org<javascript:;> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community -- Jordan Carter Chief Executive, InternetNZ +64-21-442-649 | jordan@internetnz.net.nz<mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz> Sent on the run, apologies for brevity