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[wg-c] re: Choosing the intial testbed
I agree that it should be decentralized - but not in the exact way that James has proposed.
My person feeling is that the general public should choose the TLDs/registry by a vote. It seems the only democratic way to do this. Rather than telling people -- "here are the 10 choices" why not have a Net-wide Web poll (sponsored by DNSO) to decide this matter?
This way ICANN gets the general public involved, the business/commercial interest does not get to make the choice for the public - and no one can come back later complaining - "we weren't offered any choice".
This method could be used whether the registries are chosen first, or the TLD strings are chosen first. If the registries are asked to apply first - we offer a list of say 100 registries and the string they propose to run. The public then votes on these - and the top 10 are implemented.
If we go the other route - and the TLD strings are chosen first - we put up a list of 100 strings. The public votes on which ones they want. The top 10 are chosen. Then, the registries bid on who will run them.
I know that Paul already has a poll going over at Name-Space. But, this is not "officially sanctioned" by DNSO. If ICANN were to offer something similar to this as an "official" poll that will used to gauge the interests of the public -- we could avoid a lot of the back-and-forth fighting of which ones to add.
Just my opinion.
Kendall
On 22-Mar-2000 James Love wrote:
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> I propose the decision making be decentralized. I would recommend 3 be
> selected by the business/registrar constituencies, 3 by the
> non-commercial domain holders, and 3 selected by the ICANN at large
> members, in an online vote. That's 9, and the 10th could be selected in
> some other way. Perhaps a lottery by those with "pioneer" proposals, or
> something else. This would provide a simple way to reduce the power
> that any one group would have, and it would probably also lead to some
> diversity in the types of management structures considered in the first
> round.