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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Ted ,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for sharing. Base on history of its stewardship, there was no doubt that the US government will definitely do so. It simply takes time to handover is baby (The Internet) to new parents: The Global Multistakeholder Internet Community. The is a start of a long process which will lead to the fully globalization of the IANA function. But we have to keep in mind that others issues (participation from developing countries, security, trust…) of the Internet Governance remain valid. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Looking forward for updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Victor Ndonnang<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>De la </b></span><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>part de</span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ted Mooney<br><b>Envoyé :</b> Friday, March 14, 2014 6:47 PM<br><b>À :</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates; Scott Mansfield; Izumi Okutani <izumi@nic.ad.jp> (izumi@nic.ad.jp); Russ White<br><b>Objet :</b> [Chapter-delegates] NTIA announces a recommendation for the transfer of Internet domain name functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=magicdomid1495><p class=MsoNormal><span class=author-a-z82z3z78z9v6z86zz122zjz83zuuz87z0xu><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Today, there was a major announcement from the </span></span><span class=author-a-mcwz85z8ayz66zz82zz65zdz69zchjl><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>US </span></span><span class=author-a-z82z3z78z9v6z86zz122zjz83zuuz87z0xu><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Department of C</span></span><span class=author-a-mcwz85z8ayz66zz82zz65zdz69zchjl><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>o</span></span><span class=author-a-z82z3z78z9v6z86zz122zjz83zuuz87z0xu><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>mmerce regarding the future of a key aspect of Internet ope</span></span><span class=author-a-mcwz85z8ayz66zz82zz65zdz69zchjl><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>ra</span></span><span class=author-a-z82z3z78z9v6z86zz122zjz83zuuz87z0xu><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>tions. You may find this statement here: <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions"><span style='color:purple'>http://www.ntia.doc.gov/p</span></a></span></span><span class=author-a-t7mz74zyuz86zyz71ziz78zz85zz67zop8><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions"><span style='color:purple'>ress-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions</span></a></span></span><span class=author-a-z82z3z78z9v6z86zz122zjz83zuuz87z0xu><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. Please understand: this is the first step in a very important multistakeholder dialogue about the stewardship of the shared resources that provide the foundation for the global Internet. We look forward to broad engagement by the Internet community. We understand that ICANN will begin a community-wide dialogue as soon as their upcoming meeting in Singapore. We will provide more information as details emerge in the coming days. A statement from the Internet technical organizations may be found here: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-technical-leaders-welcome-iana-globalization-progress"><span style='color:purple'>http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-technical-leaders-welcome-iana-globalization-progress</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=magicdomid1495><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=magicdomid1495><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Sincere regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=magicdomid1495><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=magicdomid1495><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Ted Mooney<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Senior Director, Membership & Services<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>1775 Wiehle Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Reston, VA 20190 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Office: +1 703-439-2774<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Cell: +1 301-980-6446<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>eMail: <a href="mailto:mooney@isoc.org">mooney@isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>