Dear All Firstly, let me say in the past with NTIA's stewardship (including the IANA contract rebid) the ICANN/IANA have done an excellent job at serving the naming community. However, I would like clarification on the CWG's desired mechanics of the independence of the IANA Functions Operator from or being "impacted" by ICANN Corporate interests. My understanding was that the PTI was "separate" from ICANN (yet internal to ICANN). My understanding was that there was a pre-determined escalation path to resolve disputes between IANA operator and its customers My understanding was that in the event of a failure by ICANN/PTI to meet the needs of the Registry naming community - the IANA functions would be stripped out.... (in a controlled pre-determined manner). Can I be reassured that my assumptions are correct ??? Thanks Best Paul