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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