RE: [registrars] RE: WLS

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Rob,

you are correct, I fired a reply off to Jim in haste; thanks for pointing
this delicate issue out.

It probably is better to just submit the names of those that vote in the
affirmiative and publish a total in favor of the proposal. We do work for
consensus we can't declare any until we see how acceptable our response to
VGRS is to the constituency.

I would like to remind you that there was strong opposition to the WLS in
a straw-poll of the room in Dulles, VA.

-rick


On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Rob Hall wrote:

> 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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