<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">i'd like to add something to the scope of this discussion -- the question of whether the consensus decision-making model is really the best one to use in all cases. the early ICANN documents talk about a "bottom-up process" for quite a while. then, at some point which is hard to pin down, that language changed to "bottom-up consensus-based process." i've had a hard time figuring out why that choice was made. there are all kinds of decision-making processes with different strengths and weaknesses. the primary weaknesses of consensus are a) it's not well suited to making decisions quickly or on a schedule and b) it can lead to a no-decision outcome (which can be gamed). <div><br></div><div>what would be neat, in my view, would be an addition to the chartering process which decided what policy-development model AND decision-making approach would be used when launching a PDP, with some guidelines to help people decide...</div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div> <br><div><div>On Aug 11, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Philip Sheppard wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">In the context of
the VI debater Mike R has made a telling comment:</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010"></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span class="203154207-11082010">"I do not
think it possible to get the support of parties who have a vested economic
interest in the status quo"</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span class="203154207-11082010"></span></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">This to my mind is
one of the key flaws of the WG model of policy development. Incumbents are
able to manipulate future markets.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">This has anti-trust
implications.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010"></span></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">A User House project
could usefully take this up for broader discussion.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">First steps would by
CSG agreement to do so.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">Sarah - would you be
willing to take this forward?</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010"></span></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="203154207-11082010">Philip</span></font></div></div>
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