Re: [ga] RE: DNSO Constituency Structure

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

Chuck,

> that is why many people currently are trying to take
> shortcuts with regard to consensus development (e.g., task forces).  They
> are easier and take less effort and it's not too hard to convince some
> people that they are legitimate, but in reality they are a far cry from
what
> the bylaws and contracts between ICANN and registries demand.

Two things...

First, an observation - I'm guessing (based on some extrapolations of mine,
please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) that Verisign's position on
"consensus policy" is directly tied to how preferential the consensus policy
is to Verisign? I mean, and feel free to call me a cynic, but I don't
remember Verisign's having much concern for the sanctity of the "process"
during the renegotiation of your registry/registrar contracts earlier this
year.[1] The public record seems to indicate that the only element of
consensus that touched on that deal was that of the Verisign executive - "we
must preserve our monopoly in the DNS".

Second, your characterization of the task forces as being somehow
"illegitimate" are pretty shallow. The contracts and bylaws are pretty clear
that a task-force, and similar constructs, are indeed legitimate mechanisms
that facilitate the policy development process. They could be deemed,
depending on the interpretation of the by-laws, a mandatory part of the
process.[2]

Anyways, you've made some pretty sweeping indictments of the structure,
processes, policy and people that make up ICANN - do us all a favor and
quantify some of these allegations. Continuing this discussion without
rooting it in fact doesn't seem, to me at least, to be a productive
exercise. Unless of course the real exercise is to create the foundation for
an argument that will later attempt to discredit the policy development
process to Verisign's advantage - if that's the case, then please carry on -
and don't stumble over those pesky facts that somebody so inconsiderately
left lying around.

-rwr



[1] One of several the justifications given by Verisign for the fast track
process was to improve employee moral. None of these were "to support the
consensus conclusions of the ICANN process".
[2] ICANN Bylaws, VI-B.2a,b,c etc.

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