Fujisaki-San.

Thank you for this updated submission.

I would like to address one point you make in your email.
You seem to be suggesting that this proposal is not yet complete and the
authors are in fact seeking community feedback at this time.

"At this time, in the next sig meeting, we would like to discuss more about
the methods and find a conclusion."

While this is understandable, I believe that there are some aspects of this
situation which need to be addressed.

a) if there is an acknowledgement by the authors that the proposal is as
yet incomplete, then it should be withdrawn and an 'informational' session
held at the policy sig in its place.

b) there may be a feeling by the authors that a proposal is the only
mechanism available to them. They may feel that the community provides
inadequate feedback unless there is a proposal being discussed.   I have
some sympathy for this point of view, but I believe that it sets a
dangerous precedent  where proposals are brought to the community where a
more informal method of engagement would be more appropriate.

c) InternetNZ has a number of policy principles which guide its response to
issues. One of them is:

"Internet governance should be determined by open, multi-stakeholder
processes."

Even with the advances in Policy SIG remote participation, care must be
taken before points discussed at the policy sig meeting could be claimed to
be supported by a multi-stakeholder process.
If for example we find ourselves at a Policy SIG meeting making substantive
changes to a policy before calling for consensus, it could be argued that
this excludes a significant proportion of the Internet community who may be
effected by these changes.
Ensuring that policy wording is essentially complete, and presented to the
mailing list by the time the meeting starts ensures that the largest
possible community has had an opportunity for engagement and therefore can
be considered a true multi-stakeholder process.

Therefore I suggest the following ways forward

1)  If the authors feel that the proposal will not be complete by the time
of the Policy SIG meeting, that the proposal be reframed as an
Informational Session for community discussion during the meeting

or

2)  That the authors lead an open discussion of the methods on the mailing
list with a view to presenting a single finished version before the Policy
SIG meeting.  This will ensure that substantive changes are not required
during the meeting.  If such a version is not ready, then as per 1)  it
should be changed to an Informational Session.


Kind Regards

Dean Pemberton






On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 藤崎智宏 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We've posted new version of prop-115, and it will appear on the web soon.
>
> Main modification points are:
>  - remove IPv4 text
>  - propose several methods to register and distribute IPv6 assignment
>    information  (thank you for your suggestion in the previous sig meeting)
>
> Authors discussed about methods, but could not reach a decision which to
> be used.  At this time, in the next sig meeting, we would like to discuss
> more
> about the methods and find a conclusion.
>
> We appreciate if you give us any comments or suggestions.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> --
> Ruri Hiromi
> Tomohiro Fujisaki
> *              sig-policy:  APNIC SIG on resource management policy
>    *
> _______________________________________________
> sig-policy mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy
>
*              sig-policy:  APNIC SIG on resource management policy           *
_______________________________________________
sig-policy mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy

Reply via email to