<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>Sharing with you the reading below:</div><div><br></div><div>==</div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Over the past week, we’ve seen some buzz over a set of events that occurred last week, which impacted a small proportion of the Root Server Operators. While </span><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ICANN</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> does operate L-Root, we do not speak for the collective of Root Server Operators. In the spirit of transparency, the Operators have a published a collective statement regarding the events. You can read it </span><a href="http://root-servers.org/news/events-of-20151130.txt" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">here</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); ">Read the complete blog at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/root-server-operators-diversity-is-the-key">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/root-server-operators-diversity-is-the-key</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div></div></div></body></html>