Re: Draft New Draft

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@linux.lisse.na>]

In message <12231.918680848@verdi.nethelp.no>, sthaug@nethelp.no writes:
> > However,
> > since you bring it up, here are the top 18 domains by number of
> > registrations (as per domainstats.com), and who runs them, and whether they
> > are government-run or private.  (*Note: private doesn't mean they don't tal
> k
> > to the government.  It means that they make decisions independently of
> > government directives.)
> ...
> > 17. .no    20,990 - Uninett - Academic Network, steering committee of
> > university personnel only
> 
> This was a reasonable description until last year. There is now a policy
> advisory committee with members from the Norwegian government, the ISPs,
> the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority, ISOC Norway, UNINETT, 
> and others.

Which is in line with the RFC1591, because many, if not all
stakeholders (the end users are missing) are involved. 

The question one could have is how important the government input
into the committee is...

el