Re: The Emperor's New Consensus (was:Re: [wg-c] IMPORTANT MESSAGE RE: WG-C )

[Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>]

I thought the Chairs has already addressed this.

There will be several "minority reports"; there is no singular "opposition."
There are a number of people who think there should be more gTLDs and
believe in taking a different approach to the issues of implementation, as
well as those who believe there should be no new gTLDs.
Jon has already set an October 1 deadline for initially submitting reports,
and an October 15 deadline for people to amend and sign on to them.

--MM

Kent Crispin wrote:

> A possible procedure under this circumstance -- what could be thought
> of as a safety valve adapted for our circumstance, perhaps -- would
> be for the opposition to draft a "minority report", which should
> accompany any report of the WG, and be forwarded with it to the NC.
> Note that such a document does not contain any new information --
> the opposition is documented in the email -- but it does allow the
> opposition the opportunity of presenting a coherent and thought out
> statement of the alternative, and a rationale for it.
>