Re: [ga] Call for a Working Group

[Dave Crocker <dhc2@dcrocker.net>]

At 03:26 PM 4/13/2001, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> > 1.  This is not a new topic.  It has been around for years.  Why is it 
> only
> > being pursued this late, with new ICANN registries about to be turned on?
>
>On the internet a lot of things are decided, discussed at the last
>moment under some healthy pressure. Remember the Verisign deal?

There was a change, initiated by Verisign, that created the urgency.

There is NO change in the presence of administrators for independent 
namespaces.  They have been with us for roughly 4 years.


> > 3.  Why should the independent actions of registration activities of
> > independent namespaces be of any concern
>
>Because of collisions?

To say that there are collisions is to say that the namespaces are not 
independent.

However, those independent operators very clearly have been operating 
entirely independently for up to 4 or more years, making assignments 
without any coordination with IANA/ICANN.

This demonstrates clearly that the namespace they work with is independent 
of the one that IANA/ICANN works with.  Hence there is no collision.


> > to us?
>
>Meaning "the ICANN community"?

yes.


> > This is exactly the sort of activity that suggests an interest in endless
> > debate than in providing users with new TLDs...
>
>This is exactly the sort of argument to refuse any discussion one is
>afraid to enter.

Sorry, but I cant't parse your sentence, so I do not know what you meant.

d/

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