<div>Following on Chuck's last point, I think there is a lot we need to clarify when a "purpose" designation matters -- what does it apply to, where is it applied (and not applied), what is the effect of the designation (and ways to avoid or overcome those effects), what are the criteria we will use to determine purpose, what are the criteria that will be used by outside bodies, what are the levels of purpose and how does that affect all of the above, are there "bad" purpose designations, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>My overarching concern is that we will consider "purpose" designation for various items and the discussion is more or less abstract. Only much later does it become apparent what the practical and legal consequences of that designation are. At that point, it becomes much harder to say "If I knew X was the consequence of designating Alpha as a "tertiary purpose" of the RDS, I never would have let that happen."</div><div><br></div><div>The purpose designations are fundamentally meaningless without clearly understanding their consequences. Otherwise, this becomes a game show, where someone chooses "Door Number 3, Chuck" without knowing whether what lies behind it is a new Mercedes, a year's supply of Spam, or a Bengal TIger that hasn't eaten in three days.</div><div><br></div><div>Greg Shatan</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:52 AM Gomes, Chuck <<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com">cgomes@verisign.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">I listened to the MP3 recording of the 28 February WG meeting and want to share a few comments.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">First of all I want to thank Michele for chairing the meeting and compliment him for doing an excellent job.
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Second, I want to acknowledge Marc Anderson’s comment regarding the goal that the RDS Purpose Statement should be consistent with existing consensus policies. It is important that everyone understand that our work should not be constrained
by other consensus policies. It is possible that we will make some recommendations that will require some adjustments to other consensus policies. It is okay if that happens as long as we also make implementation recommendations noting any adjustments that
will need to be considered to maintain consistency of all consensus policies. To reinforce this point, in my personal comments I plan to suggest that a qualifying clause to this goal in this regard.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Third, Stephanie asked whether the leadership team found the polls to be useful. I want to add my response to the good responses that Michele and Susan gave. I definitely believe they are useful because:<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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<u class="gmail_msg"></u><span class="gmail_msg">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="gmail_msg">
</span></span><u class="gmail_msg"></u>They provide an opportunity to confirm with members who attend a given meeting that at least rough consensus was reached on any tentative conclusions reached.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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</span></span><u class="gmail_msg"></u>They provide an opportunity for members who were not in the meeting to provide their input.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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</span></span><u class="gmail_msg"></u>It facilitates capturing a list of interim conclusions that will be very helpful when we start deliberating on specific requirements of a RDS.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="margin-left:2.4pt">It is important though for everyone to realize that participation in the WG meetings and polls is critical because lack of participation will be assumed to mean support for or at least non-objection to the conclusions
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="margin-left:2.4pt">Fourth, Alex Deacon asked if we are assuming that the purposes we have been discussion are primary purposes. I admit that I am still not clear in my head what the difference is between a primary purpose and a
secondary purpose. For now though, I suggest this: if we eventually decide that it is necessary to distinguish between primary and secondary purposes, we can categorize the purposes at that time.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Hope this is helpful. Feel free to let me know if it is not and to ask any questions you have.<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p>
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