RE: [registrars] RE: WLS

["Rob Hall" <rob@momentous.ca>]

Rick, am I hearing you correctly ?

Suddenly, consensus equals 50% + 1 ?

If so, how are you calculating and/or weighting the voting ?  Is it by
member ?  Domains under management ?   Some other weighting ?

To me, it seems foolish to try and say 50% + 1 is consensus.  We have always
strived towards building true consensus, and coming to positions that the
most can live with (not just half). I am concerned that if we start down
this road, in the future, our positions will be more about getting 50% of
the vote as opposed to putting in the extra effort to try and gain true
consensus.

This would also imply that the RC could publish something as a "consensus
document", when the largest 49 registrars in the world said "no" and the
smallest 51 said "yes" (assuming there were 100 members).

I know that this is something that many constituencies, and indeed ICANN,
have wrestled with, but I would hate to see us go with 50%+1 as representing
"absolute consensus".

I know I am pleased that even though we are strong competitors on many
fronts, that we have always tried very hard to work together on issues of
mutual concern.  I have seen both large and small companies, with sometimes
very opposite views, work together to try and find common ground and truly
reach "consensus".  I would not want to ever see these efforts curtailed or
avoided, as it is what truly makes us strong.

Rob.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Rick H Wesson
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:30 PM
To: Jim Archer
Cc: Elana Broitman; Registrars List
Subject: Re: [registrars] RE: WLS



Jim,

If there is a majority vote for the comments on the WLS then they will be
listed as our official consensus position.

-rick

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Jim Archer wrote:

> Rick...
>
> --On Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:36 PM -0800 Rick H Wesson
> <wessorh@ar.com> wrote:
>
> > We will also be voting on the next document produced by the drafting
team
> > and will add all those voting in the affirmative on the document as
> > a signator.
>
> Will the comments be listed as the official position of the RC?
>
>
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