RE: [ga-roots] TLD's

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: owner-ga-roots@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga-roots@dnso.org]On Behalf
|> Of L Gallegos
|> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 11:25 AM
|> To: ga-roots@dnso.org
|> Subject: Re: [ga-roots] TLD's
|>

Leah

|> Dassa, I don't understand your objection.  A TLD was offered to the
|> TLDA and was not accepted partly because the TLDA does not operate
|> any TLDs or a root.  It is a trade association, and as such, the board
|> felt that the TLDA would or could be seen as being in competition with
|> its members if it held the TLD.  It has nothing to do with
|> treating a TLD casually.  As a matter of fact, it was considered to be a
|> serious enough issue that it took considerable discussion.

I have not objections to what the TLDA undertakes as its business.  I am
not in any position to object as I am not a member of it.  However, I
raised the point that TLD's are being tossed around in a very casual manner
as evidenced by the TLDA meeting minutes and that a very small number of
people have the power to discuss and determine the fate of a TLD.

|> In addition, the initial board was tasked with specific
|> functions and we limited ourselves to those tasks.  The permanent,
elected board will
|> have the responsibility to address issues such as this one and it would
|> have been premature and innapropriate for the initial board to
|> accept it.

It would seem not all Board members are sure of the functions and
restrictions they are intended to operate under given the motions put
forward at the meeting from which I quoted subsets of the minutes.

|> Just to clarify things a bit for you, the TLDA does not and
|> will not treat the operation of any TLD cavalierly.  It is, in fact, a
very serious
|> undertaking.  TLDA is a new organization and has a great deal of growth
|> and planning ahead.  I would expect the naysayers to pan it, but your
|> comments were really premature, IMO.

I'm glad to see the above, the minutes I quoted showed a somewhat cavalier
treatment of a TLD.  BTW, my comments were not intended to single out the
TLDA for censure but to illustrate some concerns I have with roots other
than the legacy root.

As such, I used the minutes from the TLDA meeting to show how a small
number of individuals determine the fate of TLDs in other roots.  There has
not been a great deal of information regarding the procedures and policies
in play with the other roots on the list and this insight into how a TLD
operation was being discussed and handled by an Association formed to
represent the interests of TLD operators was very informative.

It is my understanding from personal observation and the membeship rules
for the TLDA that those on the Board have a great deal of experience in TLD
and other root operations.  How those Board members dealt with such an
issue as the transfer of a TLD was extremely interesting.  That I found the
process disturbing and further eroding of any confidence I may have in
other root operations is a personal opinion.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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