[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] RDS-PDP-WG Looking for blue sky

[Sam Lanfranco]

As a domain owner and one who works with at risk groups in less than 
open societies I don't have one "dog in this race". I work with groups, 
and myself, where lots, or little, information is available through 
WHOIS, and in some cases (e.g. for ccTLD .ca) the minimum is set by 
Registry/Registrar policy. For groups that risk physical harm 
privacy/proxy is essential (and that includes not just repressive 
regimes, it includes some half-way houses for abused women in North 
America). We are dealing with multiple stakeholders here.

We need to remind ourselves that we are looking for the viable 
intersection of the needs of four groups: the registrant, the 
registrars/registries, the various data protection regimes, and those 
who (for whatever reasons) make legal use of what is deemed to be 
properly available.

The postings that verge on character attacks, even against "stupid 
consumers" don't contribute to our work. We are looking for the 
acceptable intersection of four sets of needs, wants, and (in the case 
of governments) policies, and we are not looking for, nor would we reach 
a consensus on, a null set.

By any assessment of the pace of progress we have been painfully slow. 
For those of you who are face-to-face in Abu Dhabi, for the sake of the 
work, and the efforts of those of us who cannot attend, focus on the 
what and why of what constitutes the viable set that will move us toward 
consensus.

Sam Lanfranco (ncsg/npoc)