Re: [ga] Re: Request for a Working Group

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

Nice dream, but not practical.

There needs to be higher standards and minimum requirements.  The FCFS
and all you need is a couple nameservers standard is just not
practical except in small anarchy namespaces like the various
alt.root namespaces where practicality isn't an issue.


Tuesday, Tuesday, March 26, 2002, 1:46:54 PM, John Palmer wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
> To: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:24 PM
> Subject: [ga] Re: Request for a Working Group


>> Oh come on.  ICANN's restructuring plan bears no relation to the white
>> paper or the MOU.  Everything is on the table, up for grabs.
>>
>> Let's do it right.
>>
>> I see a very very light ICANN, focused on minimal technical criteria.  The
>> issues of consumer law and the like belong where they are dealt with by
>> trained professionals.
>>
>> I don't think the US should set world consumer law.  Nor should ICANN.
>>
>> My ideal ICANN would have so few 'policy' duties that we would agree
>> collectively that elections were not worth the trouble....
>>

> With respect to selecting new TLDs, it would be a
> mechanical process if done correctly.

> 1. Someone applies for a new TLD.

> 2. ICANN checks to make sure that the applicant
>     was the first to claim the TLD and use it in business and commerce.

> 3. ICANN checks to see if they have at least
>     two servers with SOA for the TLD

> 4. ICANN places the records into the root zone file.

> That is ALL they should be doing for TLD selections.
> There is no room for deciding anything, in this case.
> In other duties, perhaps a bit more discretion will be involved.

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