<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Honest<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Individual congresspeople add riders on to spending bills in other areas when they cannot get traction for their demands in the committee having oversight. It is a form of coercion that tries to tie getting money (in this case for defence spending) only on condition that x is done or y is not done. It “wraps” the request into a bigger issue in the hope that it gets lost in there.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is even more of an issue in the “lame duck” period before the election and inauguration of a new president.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The community has done a very good job of avoiding this lunacy in the commerce committee through strong testimony at the hearing (and a fair bit of lobbying). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The community can (and should) also demand that the changes agreed as part of this process should be implemented irrespective of any US government restrictions. However, they must also accept that if the rider process succeeds - then certain implementation steps will be suspended. Still, the vast majority of what has been agreed will not be impacted.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This makes for some interesting reading</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/20160627_-_ntia_response_iana_-_rubio.pdf" class="">https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/20160627_-_ntia_response_iana_-_rubio.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mike</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 1 Jul 2016, at 11:49, Honest Ornella GANKPA <<a href="mailto:honest1989@gmail.com" class="">honest1989@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello Owen,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can you explain further what the US congress is trying to do? What can the Internet community do to avoid seeing community efforts wasted if such a bill is passed?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Honest Ornella GANKPA<br class=""></div></div><div class="">Network engineer <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div href="http://WISESTAMP_SIG_gmail_session" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">2016-06-30 21:47 GMT+01:00 Owen DeLong <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank" class="">owen@delong.com</a>></span>:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Now if we can just avoid the US Congress doing something stupid (which the senate<div class="">is already trying todo through an amendment to a defense appropriations bill), we’ll</div><div class="">be all set.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div></font></span><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 30, 2016, at 10:15 , Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" target="_blank" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">Yes this is indeed progress...</p><p dir="ltr" class="">Congrats to the CRISP and ICANN teams....</p><p dir="ltr" class="">Noah</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 Jun 2016 17:18, "Danny" <<a href="mailto:afahounko@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">afahounko@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1805-icann-and-regional-internet-registries-sign-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services" target="_blank" class="">http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1805-icann-and-regional-internet-registries-sign-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Congratulations to CRISP and ICANN teams.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a good example.</div></div>
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