Kerry,
You wrote:
> =============
> Roberto,
>
> > The practical terms are, though, that while we discuss about
> > principles and procedures, Rome burns.
> >
> > This whole fandango started from the continuous attempt to provide the
> > perfect answer to the wrong question. The initial need was the
> > expansion of the Domain Name Space and the transition to a competitive
> > environment for the domain name registration business.
>
> I'd say just the opposite. The inital need was the statement of
> principles and procedures. By the Dept of Commerce forgetting
> that it only manages affairs *on behalf of the public*, it created a
> travesty. The fandago (tho Esther's phrase, "power struggle," is
> more accurate) is the direct consequence of this 'top-down'
> creation of a structure which has since been trying desperately (i.e.
> unprincipledly) to garner a membership to represent.
>
You seem to assume that in the beginning, there was the White Paper (or at
least the first intervention of DOC, i.e. the Green Paper).
This is not true. This story started well before that, originated by the
pure and simple market need for new gTLDs.
The intervention of USG/DOC was in fact one of the many attempts to change
everything, with the result of changing nothing, up to the point that people
may legitimaly wonder whether this (i.e. to keep the statu quo) was not in
fact the real objective.
And this is, again, the risk we are facing: to push the legitimate criticism
on some specific points to the extent that we want to stop the process
completely, and to start anew.
> > I confess that, when I was a school student, I liked this
> > approach. I was very perfectionist, and when I had some schoolwork
> > to do, I was often restarting from scratch, throwing away all what
> > I did before and looking for the perfect solution. Then, after
> > having given back to the teacher several times blank sheets at the
> > end of the allowed time (and having earned bad notes), I changed my
> > attitude, and preferred to give partial answers in due time that no
> > answer at all.
>
> The more *practical student slips his first (perfect) solution into the
> desk. Then, after offering the teacher several 'improvements' and
> 'experiments,' when the time comes due for final submissions, the
> original is presented -- to great acclaim.
>
What movie is this? ;>)
Regards
Roberto
