Philip,
Forgive my posting
to the GA list, but I wanted to respond to your note to the Names Council, but
I do not have posting privileges to that list (although I have cc'd the
Secretariat who I would hope would post this note anyway).
I have reproduced
your note below this e-mail for the people on this list that have not seen
your note.
One of the
problems in your logic seems to stem from the fact that you are assuming that
just because a person who serves on a Task Force is from a particular
constituency, that whatever that person states on a call, or writes in an
e-mail, or puts into a document, is the "position of the constituency."
That may be how it works in other constituencies, but that is not the way
it works in the Registry Constituency.
As a member of the
Transfer Task Force, I have repeatedly stated over and over again that the
views I am representing are my own based on my experience in working with
registries and NOT the view of the Registry Constituency. In addition, I
have stated on numerous occasions that the Registry Constituency (as well as
the other constituencies and the GA) as a whole needed to review the Task
Force Report and that they in fact may disagree with a lot of what has been
said. They should be allowed to do so and not be chastised by others for
expressing a differing viewpoint than my own.
Yes, I have kept
them informed about what has been going on and yes, at times I have solicited
their help with certain issues -- But not with every issue and not with every
statement that is made on a call or in an e-mail. The reason the
constituency selects a person to serve on the Task Force is because not every
member of the constituency has the time to work on every issue while the Task
Force is drafting a report. The work needs to be spread out among the
individuals serving in the constituency. Once the report is drafted,
only then do most of the members of the constituency have time to address the
work of the Task Force. If they disagree with the Task Force's
recommendations, so be it. They have every right to.
So, please do not
argue that the constituencies are "changing their positions" because
they have not. Constituencies have an opportunity to comment after
the TF Report is released, not necessarily before.
Thanks.
Jeffrey J.
Neuman
P.S. This
posting is my own personal posting and is NOT made on behalf of the
constituency. In addition, to avoid any confusion, it is not made on
behalf of NeuStar, Inc. I hate having to put these disclaimers, but
unfortunately it appears necessary.
Bruce,
in view of Louis' posting, it seems to me there is a failure
of communication somewhere. I had understood that the Transfers task force had
produced a set of recommendations based typically on the views and proposals
of registries and registrars themselves, to solve a problem affecting
their customers. Louis' note seems to say, these same
groups, or different individuals from the same groups, are now contradicting
their own recommendations. We need some clarification from the registry and
registrars constituencies please.
Philip