RE: [wg-c] Comments on the Brunner proposal

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

> Behalf Of Kent Crispin
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 11:19 PM
> 
> On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:38:52PM -0400, Milton Mueller wrote:
> [...]
> > That is, the initiative should come from the end
> > users and operators, not from the top down.
> 
> The proposal I documented is as "bottom up" as is the one you
> propose: ICANN/DNSO receives proposals for charters from anyone who
> wants to make a proposal, and approves or disapproves them based on
> community processes.  The distinction is in the approval process: in
> your model there is essentially none, and the community has no
> control over TLD names or policies, except for things that are
> "illegal, technically unworkable or financially suspect". 

Which is sufficient for a light-weight process gate.