Tony and all,
Good points and questions here Tony. I made some similar queries
as well along this same lines. It appears that the IETF PSO
proposal will be more of a dictatorial type of proposal instead
of complying with the White Paper and the ICANN/NTIA/MoU
requirements.
A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
> > Title : Procedures for IETF appointments to the
> > Protocol Supporting Organization
>
> 1. What currently defines the current attributes of the
> Protocol Supporting Organization as adopted or proffered
> to ICANN? There is no indication that ICANN has done
> anything regarding a PSO.
>
> 2. "This memo describes the procedures by which the IETF appoints
> representatives to the various bodies of the Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and to
> the Protocol Supporting Organization (PSO) related to ICANN.
>
> What other bodies are involved than the PSO? Isn't the PSO
> *a part of ICANN* rather than "related to?"
>
> 3. Sections 1 and 2 make reference to a "PSO Board." What is
> this? Where is it defined or described? There is nothing in
> the ICANN Bylaws that speaks to the creation of such a body.
>
> 4. Section 4 makes reference to the Protocol Council and its
> responsibilities. It might be useful to quote from the ICANN
> Bylaws:
>
> The Protocol Supporting Organization shall create a
> Protocol Council to make recommendations regarding
> the operation, assignment and management of protocol
> parameters, such as port numbers, enterprise numbers,
> other technical parameters and related subjects.
>
> 5. "The number of persons and their terms will be defined
> by the by laws of ICANN and the PSO. However, in normal..."
> It's repeated again in the subsequent paragraph. Isn't
> "laws" somewhat aggrandized?
>
> 6. "The IETF nominees for the Protocol Council shall be
> the thirteen current voting members of the IAB."
>
> This seems rather autocratic in nature. Why not establish
> a more democratic and more flexible alternative?
>
> 7. I refuse to acknowledge or comply with the copyright assertion
> of the document.
>
> --tony
Regards,
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