Approval process for gtld service changes

[Harold Feld]

Milton Mueller wrote:

>>>>Harold Feld <hfeld at mediaaccess.org> 01/08/04 05:57PM >>>
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>>I don't think a consultation requirement is overly regulatory.  I do
>>think the need for consultation is greater, and consultation is easier,
>>in smaller communities.
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>I don't disagree, but...
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>a) this is not a "consultation requirement" among
>the community of gTLD registrants that is being
>proposed, it is a "quick look" administered by ICANN staff,
>followed by more extensive procedures, which
>may involve consultation with the ENTIRE community if
>controversy emerges;
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Blech.  ICANN staff are not qualified to make such a judgment.  Nor is
it clear to me that the entire community should care one way or the
other about registry changes (caveats about dominant registries not
withstanding).

>b) isn't there some virtue in having the procedure be
>the same for all registries?
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There is.  My thought was that where the issue could be approached with
granularity because of the community dynamic, this would be better.  But
in ICANN-land I suppose it is better to err on the side of uniformity
than flexibility.

Harold

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