[gnso-vi-feb10] poll - Too early to ask these questions

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikey,

Although I appreciate the notion of taking polls, I just have the feeling that 
it is WAY too early to ask the questions that you have on Poll #1.  Very few of 
us understand the implications of each of the proposals enough to be able to 
comment on whether we support or oppose a particular proposal much less whether 
we can fill in the comment sections on any revisions that we would propose to 
that particular proposal.  I thought we were going to form sub-teams to look at 
the proposals to discuss the pros and cons of each of the proposals in order to 
potentially come up with some sort of hybrid or consensus driven proposal (if 
possible).

In addition, there is nothing in the survey that asks the responder to declare 
its interests (namely, (a) to check all that apply....gTLD Registry, gTLD 
Registrar, New TLD Applicant, New TLD back-end Registry Services Provider, 
etc., and (b) are you in favor of integration or separation....).  I just think 
that coming out of this survey saying x number of people support this proposal 
without the essential context is going to be misleading especially with this 
group being so stacked with New TLD applicants, registries, registry services 
providers and registrars).

I would strongly ask that we withdraw this survey for this week in favor of 
proceeding as initially proposed.

Best regards,

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy
46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166
Office: +1.571.434.5772  Mobile: +1.202.549.5079  Fax: +1.703.738.7965 / 
jeff.neuman@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeff.neuman@xxxxxxxxxxx>  / 
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