[Chapter-delegates] Who's going to visibly participate in the big ISOC webcast next week?

[Bob Hinden]

Alan,

> On Sep 19, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Alan Levin <alan at isoc.org.za> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 18 Sep 2016, at 1:33 PM, vinton cerf <vgcerf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Dave Burstein <daveb at dslprime.com> wrote:
>>> The ICANN battle is about to tone down, raising the question of where we next focus our public advocacy to be effective?
>> 
>> I think this is a premature assertion - the US Senate is attempting to write "must pass" legislation (Continuing Resolution) that will have a rider enjoining NTIA from terminating the contract with ICANN for IANA functions. This is as much purely political as it is a demonstration of lack of understanding of ICANN, IANA and the Internet.
> 
> I'm at iWeek, the South African Internet conference of the year…. just chatted with Andrew Sullivan…  he's with Vint on this one… it's a very serious day for the future of the Internet.. let's hope mr Cruz does not put his 'foot in the door’…

I fear that if Mr. Cruz does get his way, we are going to have a lot more work to do to keep control of the Internet out of the UN.  It’s ironic that Mr. Cruz’s actions may result in just what he says he is worried about.  Sigh..

Bob


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