Re: [wg-c] Re: [wg-c-1] First question

["Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <rod@cyberspaces.org>]

I think Mark has made very good points here. Is there a way to build on
this?
Is there, for example, a public list of the WG-C-1 membership? Are there
suggestions on how to build/measure consensus? Someone volunteered to be
a reporter, do we think that model is appropo?

"Mark C. Langston" wrote:
> 
> On 12 July 1999, Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> wrote:
> 
> >I think that, with a couple of exceptions, there is fairly strong
> >consensus among those present on this list that new gTLDs are
> >desirable.
> 
> Kent, I politely and respectfully request that you, and anyone else
> with the urge to do so (e.g., members of the pDNC) refrain from making
> statements about consensus existing for an issue until there is some
> tangible evidence to support such a claim.  This would go a long
> way towards establishing legitimacy, both personal and organizational.
> 
> >We can simply note that the exceptions exist, and why,
> >and leave it at that.  I suggest that in cases where a strong
> >difference of opinion that those with the different opinions be
> >charged with writing a "minority report" which can either be
> >incorporated in the body of the WG report, or attached as an
> >appendix.
> 
> This sounds like a decent mechanism, but which opinion gets to
> be the minority?  We've yet to establish any method for determining
> consensus.  We don't even have a current, pulically available, and
> accurate count of the people subscribed to this list.  This would be
> the very first step in deciding where consensus lay, if any, and
> finding the minority opinion, if one exists.
> 
> It also assumes that only one minority opinion will exist.  This
> might not be a valid assumption.
> 
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Rod Dixon
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Rutgers University School of Law - Camden
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