I think we're doing Ted Cruz et al a favor by not correcting them by somebody from the ICANN board, in the media. Why not phone a journalist and arrange an interview with one of the papers that published Ted Cruz's drivel? -Raoul On 13 September 2016 at 04:47, John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org> wrote:
On Sep 12, 2016, at 12:24 AM, avri doria <avri@acm.org> wrote:
On 10-Sep-16 09:53, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
At that point evidence and logic will hold little sway against media "sound bites" that may well be completely false
so why aren't we putting out helpful but truthful soundbites?
Avri -
With respect to the current IANA transition stewardship activities, we will soon be entering the phase of diminishing media & public influence over the outcome as the US Congress appropriation folks and party leaders must come to a Continuing Resolution agreement rather quickly if it is to be passed in time to avoid a USG shutdown on 1 October 2016. (I do agree with the generic need for ongoing & consistent media/public/governmental education about our community and its activities, but with respect to this particular matter at hand, as it is now in the hands a very small number of IS congressmen as to whether NTIA will be allowed to continue with the IANA contract transition or if a specific prohibition on transition is added - thus requiring an extension to the IANA contract.
There is some clear and highly targeted messaging underway, at the level appropriate to the audience – one example is this letter of support from a number of Internet related organizations in the US (thanks to Christian atI2C for arranging such!) - <http://www.circleid.com/ posts/20160912_tech_heavyweights_to_congress_transition_has_our_support/>
Note that overall we are in a very challenging period where most of the parties involved (both in favor and opposed to the IANA Stewardship transition) have much more immediate priorities when it comes to the overall USG appropriation negotiation underway, particularly given the upcoming US Presidential election. (this task would have been orders of magnitude less risky if done last year.)
/John
p.s. My views alone.
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