Thanks Chris for keeping us in the loop! While I will not put forward an opinion of my own on these announcements (I am not sufficiently informed to do so). I did find two articles that ask some relevant questions regarding these developments . http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140316_if_the_stakeholders_already_control_t... http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140317_is_ntias_transition_decision_right_do... Alain Van Gaever Co-chair Coop WG On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Chris Buckridge <chrisb@ripe.net> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

For those not on other RIPE mailing lists, significant announcements were made yesterday by the US government and the "I*" group of Internet technical organisations (including the RIPE NCC) regarding the oversight arrangements for the IANA functions. Details available via the URL below.

I look forward to the RIPE community discussion of what these developments will mean for RIPE, the RIPE NCC and the RIR communities more broadly.

Best regards, Chris Buckridge Senior External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC

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From: nick <nick@ripe.net> Subject: [comms] [news] Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalization Progress Date: 15 March 2014 12:33:53 GMT+1 To: ripe-list@ripe.net, ncc-announce@ripe.net

Internet Technical Leaders Welcome IANA Globalization Progress

The leaders of the Internet technical organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet infrastructure (IETF, IAB, RIRs, ccTLD ROs, ICANN, ISOC, and W3C), welcome the US Government's announcement of the suggested changes related to the IANA functions contract.

Their complete statement can be found here:

http://www.nro.net/news/internet-technical-leaders-welcome-iana-globalizatio...

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Regards, Nick Hyrka Communications Manager RIPE NCC