Patrik, Milton,
Based on my participation in the latest names discussions, Alissa, I think you will have time to give birth to your child and return to the chairmanship, and perhaps your son or daughter will have time to inherit your chairmanship should we find that desirable.
I must unfortunately agree with Milton here. Given this process was started in 1997, supposed to be in 2000 where we are now, it seems we are running according to "an interesting time scale".
That said, I am at the same time impressed with how the three operational communities have worked the last couple of months. I do not think I have since 1997 seen such energy and effort. In a positive way.
Jokes aside, there is a time and place for everything. The world changes. We live now in a different world than earlier. Internet has changed, and grown. And as you point out, there has been a unique effort on this topic - and I think even more unique agreement on the big picture. Are there problems? Yes. Disagreements? Yes. Are we going to be exactly on time? Probably not. But I think we are on an unprecedented trajectory to do this, and it will happen. This is not your grandmom’s IANA transition, it is the real thing :-) And it really is up to us - the coordinators, community members and leaders. Lets do it. Jari