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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>We’ve just published a background paper on IANA – IG debate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Wim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Wim Degezelle [mailto:wim@centr.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> woensdag 19 maart 2014 10:41<br><b>To:</b> ga@centr.org<br><b>Cc:</b> rtldo@aptld.org; igf@centr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [rtldo] the Future of IANA - CENTR background paper<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>Hi All<o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>The announcement of the United States Government of its intent to transition key Internet domain function has created a lot of commotion in the Internet Governance ecosystem. It is probably one of the most important events that will determine the current and future Internet Governance debates. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US>CENTR has put together a concise background paper to help all interested to take a step back and get some background and basic insight to better understand the ongoing discussion and why it is relevant for ccTLD registries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US>You can download the paper on the CENTR website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><b><span lang=EN-US>the Future of IANA - CENTR background paper<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://centr.org/Future_of_IANA-CENTR_background_paper-March-2014">https://centr.org/Future_of_IANA-CENTR_background_paper-March-2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US>Wim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><img border=0 width=540 height=106 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF435E.8F15EF80" alt=signature2><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:rtldo+unsubscribe@aptld.org">rtldo+unsubscribe@aptld.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>