On 08-Feb-99 Kent Crispin wrote:
> However, the Barcelona/Monterrey/Washington (BMW?!?!) draft is
> substantially better: minority opinions may *always* be submitted to
> ICANN, regardless of the vote of the Names Council. No
> implementation preview is required, no 3/4s vote, and any
> constituency can file such an opinion. It is balanced and fair,
> giving no special preference to registries or anyone else.
>
> Furthermore, it is explicitly the case that the Names Council only
> gives recommendations to ICANN.
That is all the DNSO CAN do Kent, so this is no distinction.
> The basic model of the B/M/W draft is that the NC makes policy
> recommendations to ICANN. Every such policy recommendation can have
> dissenting opinions attached -- if the registries think that they
> won't implement the policy, they can say so in a dissenting opinion.
> But if they are in a substantial minority, the majority *can* develop
> a policy to be recommended to ICANN, even over the objections of the
> registries.
I like the idea of dissenting opinions being submitted, and I suggest it be
included in the next iteration of the Paris draft.
> This is utterly different than the Registries Draft, where the
> registries can block policies from even being considered.
Have you even read it? It does NOTHING of the kind here Kent, I find this to
be particularly disingenuous of you Kent.
> There have been several attempts to "limit" the Registries Veto, by
> restricting it only to policies that, for example, affect the
> business decisions of registries, or their contractural
> relationships. But the fact is that almost any conceivable policy
> can have an effect on a registries business.
So what would you change in the review policy? You once asked me if I could
only detract and not contribute. I now ask the same of you.
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Date: 07-Feb-99
Time: 19:41:11
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