[ALAC] IANA Transition

[Barrack Otieno]

Hi all,

I hope we are not staring at a replay of .Africa which has been
sickening to say the least. It has been a very demoralizing experience
even though business is not for the faint hearted.

Regards

On 9/30/16, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
> If they can convince the Texas judge to issue an injunction, that will stop
> it from happening now.
>
> In my opinion, they cannot win, but delay could give congress another kick
> at it.
>
> Alan
> --
> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.
>
> On September 29, 2016 5:21:18 PM EDT, Eduardo Diaz
> <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com> wrote:
>>@Carlton:
>>
>>So what are you saying? That the IANA transition might get stopped?
>>
>>-ed
>>
>>On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:17 PM Carlton Samuels
>><carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Other than their assertion that the stability and proper functioning
>>of
>>> their websites is under threat, what is interesting to note are the
>>> particulars of claim:  a violation of the First Amendment, the
>>Property
>>> Clause of U.S. Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.
>>>
>>> These fellas are loaded for bear! The plaintiffs used language from
>>the
>>> 2012 IANA contract as evidence the USG has a property interest; see
>>P.6 of
>>> the pleading. And used the threat from NTIA of a non-renewal of the
>>2012
>>> IANA Contract as evidence that ICANN would be a bad steward,
>>undermining
>>> 'predictability, certainty'. They would not wish to do away with the
>>> 'protections' that come from a federal steward against 'unchecked'
>>control
>>> of ICANN, who they say have a 'documented history of ignoring or
>>operating
>>> outside of its governing bylaws'.
>>>
>>> They also forum-shopped; some who watch these things say quite a few
>>of
>>> the judges in the Southern District of Texas are reliably
>>anti-[Obama]
>>> Administration.
>>>
>>> -Carlton
>>>
>>>
>>> ==============================
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>>>
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Alan Greenberg
>><alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Or maybe not -
>>>>
>>https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Net_Complaint_-_FILED.pdf.
>>>> Four states sue to halt transition...
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 28/09/2016 11:48 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> According to reports, both the US House of Representatives and
>>Senate
>>>>> have passed the Continuing Resolution funding the US government for
>>the
>>>>> period starting October 1 through early December WITHOUT any rider
>>>>> restricting the IANA transition.
>>>>>
>>>>> The implication is that the IANA Contract with the NTIA will lapse,
>>the
>>>>> new ICANN Bylaws will be in effect and the stewardship transition
>>will be a
>>>>> done-deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alan
>>>>>
>>>>
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