we have fiona alexander, the associate administrator for the nti> o is the executor director for nextchoice. netti is the president of the institute for policy innovation. they have a focus on free markets and limited government. long-standingis a law professor for internet issues. for thisost relevant discussion is going to be a member of the high-level committee at the global multi-stake level on the future of governance which i think we will find more out about as we talk. last but not least we have jamie ican. who is with toanted to start with fiona take us through. what was the announcement on march 14? why did you make it? what does it make in regard to ican? >> thank you very much. there's been a lot of confusion about the announcement we made. what ntia announced was that it was our intent to transition from roles that we have kept in systems for the multi-stakeholder committee. to do that we asked ican as the in globalcontractor coordinator to convene stakeholders about the proposal as to how this tradition might take ways. asked them to work closely with some of the key internatio