[DT-F] Design Team F kickoff

[Alan Greenberg]

Realized I had never answered David.

At 08/04/2015 10:43 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>Alan,
>
>I was certainly not looking for pre-ICANN or 
>even very early ICANN history. There are plenty of stories about that time.
>
>
>That's putting it mildly. The perhaps surprising 
>part is that the ramifications of that early 
>history still have an impact on IANA Function operations.
>
>If I can summarize:
>- there are relatively few "recent" occurrences 
>where some parties have deemed policy to be violated;
>- where they have occurred, others have felt 
>that the policy may have been interpreted 
>differently that the objector did, but it was 
>not likely a clear violation of policy;
>
>
>In my opinion, yes.
>
>- The NTIA backstop had no impact on reducing such possible problems.
>
>
>I probably wouldn't say "no impact" as I suspect 
>the fact that NTIA was "in the loop" probably 
>had some implications, perhaps if only because 
>people misunderstood NTIA's actual role and as a 
>result, didn't make attempts they otherwise would have.
>
>However, I would say that the exercising of the 
>Root Zone Administrator by NTIA did not result 
>in the rejection of a change request for policy (or other) reasons.
>
>Regarding your last paragraph, many moons ago at 
>the CWG meeting in Frankfurt, I suggested that 
>along with an appeal process, we might need 
>something equivalent to a injunction to prevent 
>IANA from implementing a proposed change pending 
>appeal. Perhaps it is time to revive that proposal.
>
>
>If I understand correctly, the implication of 
>this would be that change requests would need to 
>be made public before implementation and there 
>would some period of time in which potential 
>objectors could file the injunction.  Not 
>suggesting I support or don't support this idea, 
>just making the observations to be sure I understand what you're suggesting.

Yes, transparency before publication would be 
needed. But presumably a delay to allow objection 
would not be needed for routine 
requested-by-the-registry changes which are the 
bulk of changes and likely the most time-sensitive ones.


>Regards,
>-drc
>
>P.S. No, I do not get paid by the word, just trying to be clear
 (:))
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