[DT-F] Thursday

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> Since the NTIA will now be "out of the loop", we need to recommend:
> 
> - How the authorization function is to be replaces, if at all

Done. By another design team. There will be no authorization function.

> - What other changes do we recommend, if any, to compensate for the
> removal of the NTIA authorization

We have already determined that NTIA authorization does nothing that needs to be replaced. 

> - What other improvements do we recommend making to address perceived
> weaknesses in the present process (despite the NTIA presence).

Yes. This is something we could do, but not by Thursday unless the recommendations are highly generic.

> The NTIA has made it clear that any proposal officially submitted must be
> ready for implementation - no further design post-acceptance, so we MUST
> cover these areas before formal submission.

I think it is imperative to have a very clear process in mind for how RZ changes are implemented by the end of May. But your statement above about the level of implementation is a bit of an overstatement, imho. The protocols community proposal left certain things "TBD" and the numbers community proposal has not drafted their IANA contract yet. It was sufficient, I think, for them to say what the contract would do, who would eventually write it, etc. 

> In my mind, we do not have to reach closure on such a proposal, but we
> should have SOMETHING for the communities to comment on.

I'll roll with "something" but I insist again that Thursday is an artificial deadline that is not actually required for the success of the overall process.