Re: [ga] Ignoring the Rules

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jeff Neuman and all assembly members or other interested parties,

  I too shall be very brief in my response..

  Without good process there can be no good product.
Hence following the "Rules" as stated in this instance is
paramount if creditability in the product is to gather
consensus...

Neuman, Jeff wrote:

> Danny,
>
> I am going to try to be brief here in my comments:
>
> 1)  All of these items are being prepared for the final report (which will
> be available for public comment as well);
> 2)  I was so hopeful after your last submission that you would provide
> something more of substance in your e-mail, but as usual, you have reverted
> to arguing about process.
>
> This is a ploy to you and to the rest of the Internet community and I said
> this no less than ten times in Shanghai as well.  Would someone please give
> substantive comments to the document itself?  Is there anyone out there that
> can comment on the substance of what has been proposed.  Aside from a few
> registrars and registries who are commenting on the substance in the report,
> there have been no other comments on SUBSTANCE.  The GA has been silent on
> the substance (although loud on procedure).  The GA has been loud on the
> things they do not like going on with some ofthe Registrars, but silent on
> how to solve it.
>
> Everyone likes to complain about process, but few people put their money
> where their mouth is.  We now have a document out for public comment and how
> many comments of substance do we have?
>
> Sorry this is so negative, but people worked hard on the Report and we will
> work harder to make sure it reflects any feedback we receive, but that
> assumes people will provide feedback.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DannyYounger@cs.com [mailto:DannyYounger@cs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Cc: mcade@att.com
> Subject: [ga] Ignoring the Rules
>
> Marilyn and members of the Transfers Task Force,
>
> The current Names Council Rules of Procedure include a section entitled
> "Disputes and Role of an Interim Report" which stipulates that an interim
> report should contain:
>
> (a) an abstract of all proposals which achieved a meaningful level of
> support,
> (b) a clear statement of what is being proposed and its underlying rationale
>
> (c) an analysis of who and what systems might be impacted by the proposal
> (d) the specific steps that would be necessary to take to implement the
> proposal
> (e) the costs and risks, if any, of implementing the proposal and how they
> would be borne
> (f) a statement of which stakeholders have been consulted about the proposal
>
> and what support the proposal has in the various stakeholder communities.
>
> The interim report that has been prepared by the Task Force is grossly
> deficient in that it does not attend to the above requirements.  This is
> also
> not the first time that such an interim report has been prepared in such a
> lax manner -- one has to wonder if there a particular reason why the Task
> Force can't abide by the guidelines set down by the Council?  I get the
> impression that you are more interested in meeting artificial deadlines (a
> final submission by Amsterdam) than in actually doing a thorough and
> responsible job.
>
> If members of the Names Council aren't willing to abide by their own Rules
> of
> Procedure, why then should registrars abide by any set of rules that you
> seek
> to foist upon them?
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