On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 01:01:15PM -0500, Bret Fausett wrote:
> There has been much discussion about the need to give the DNSO Names
> Council some executive powers to deal with "emergency" or "pressing" DNS
> issues that may arise from time to time.
"Emergency" is not a good term for it. The actual meaning is "within
a specified time". Here is a concrete, very realistic example: ICANN
has put forth registrar accreditation guidelines that include year to
year contracts. Sometime before the beginning of next term, ICANN
could *very well* want policy input from the DNSO as to how those
guidelines should be changed.
Here's another very concrete, time-bounded example: NSI's contract
with the USG runs out in about two years. Some reasonable time
before that ICANN may *very well* want policy determinations on a
number of issues.
In fact, timely action could be the norm, rather than the exception,
when you think about it -- the Internet changes quickly.
Consequently, I think that the ability to put time constraints, and
the ability to forward non-consensus recommendations to ICANN,
should be a fundamental facility of the decision proces.
--
Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
