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Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Board resolution on Vertical Integration
- To: Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>, vertical integration wg <Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Board resolution on Vertical Integration
- From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:11:42 -0400
Avri, I tend to agree with what you say, but I am not sure we have
the same vision of what to do now. If we decide to abandon the
process now, prior to a Board decision, I think that it would prove
very difficult to get the process restarted - the formal requirements
to do so would be onerous given the failure to reach consensus. It
would be akin to starting a new WHOIS PDP soon after the last
debacle. There was just no taste for that.
Once there is a firm decision for this round, I think we will have a
much better idea of whether there is any desire to improve upon the
Board decision, or to let it be.
So my vote at this time would be to not issue a final report, but put
keep the PDP on the books and on hold until after the launch.
Alan
At 29/09/2010 07:45 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
Hi,
I have not issue with continuing for the longer term solution. But
only if there is realistic notion that someday, somehow we may
achieve consensus on an approach.
The idea of a interminable succession of meetings like the one
yesterday where we could not even agree on having meetings fill me
with dread. We would have to have a commitment from all of us to
come back to the table with a sincere intention fo compromise. And
I just don't see that happening at this point. I used to believe
that the stakeholders in the GNSO could be brought to consensus
eventually on most any subject. This group has dashed that faith.
As for a simple yes or no poll. We have seen with every poll, how
after the poll, lots of people argued about what it meant and
whether enough people had voted and whether we should tell anyone or
not. We cannot even achieve consensus on the value of a poll. So if
there is a poll, I will vote in it. But I have no confidence that
it will resolve anything. It we do have a poll we better discuss
the wording of the poll on the list first - though I am concerned we
may not even be able to decide on wording on a poll.
Sometimes after a failure, it is best to give up for a while. And
try again someday in the future once we see what the Board actually
decides and see how well whatever they works in the new gTLD process
that may eventually commence.
a.
On 28 Sep 2010, at 13:19, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>
> Mikey, I was not really commenting on whether this was the right
or wrong thing to do, but rather the process by which the decision was reached.
>
> For the record, if we issue a final report, Council would need to
initiate a new PDP (starting with an Issues Report) in order to go
back to work. Again, not commenting on whether this would be a good
or bad path, but rather that we make the decision understanding the impact.
>
> And this is indeed a case where (in my opinion) and simple yes no
poll on whether to continue or not, might be a reasonable thing to
do (deciding ahead of time how we judge the outcome).
>
> Alan
>
> At 28/09/2010 10:29 AM, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>> hi Alan,
>>
>> i'm tempted.... <slaps himself in the face, twice> no... i
won't do a poll.... :-)
>>
>> we've had a number of comments on the list prior to the call
yesterday that basically said that it's time to acknowledge the
deep divisions within the group and wrap things up. i may have
committed an error by not making it clear on the call that when we
talk about finishing a Final Report we're actually speaking in code
and saying "end this phase of the work of the PDP WG." but that's
what we were doing.
>>
>> it's time to hand this back to the Council and the Board. the
Board will make the VI decision for this round of gTLDs and the
Council can evaluate what (if any) work should be done on VI prior
to the next round of gTLDs. the frenzied task of trying to arrive
at consensus on VI in time for *this* round of gTLDs is out of our
hands now. that's what we decided when we elected not to go into
hyper-frenzy mode and try to find something by tomorrow.
>>
>> the approach to handling the VI issue for the *next* round of
gTLDs should go back to the Council for reevaluation -- this is the
very largest working group ever, it consumes a stupendous amount of
GNSO resources and attention, and circumstances have changed now
that the GNSO VI Working Group out of the critical path to new
gTLDs. we've sketched that phase out in some of our informal
documentation, but never got approval from the Council to do it.
>>
>> it's appropriate for the Council, as the body responsible for
managing the policy-development process, to reaffirm whether to
continue working on VI now that the current-round decision is out
of its hands. they now have the chance to look at the situation
and decide whether to redirect those resources to other more
pressing issues. if the Council comes back and says "yes, we want
a WG to do a 'normal' PDP and spend a year or so figuring out what
to do about VI in the next gTLD round" then so be it and i'll
cheerfully be a part of that gang, but this is the right time to
provide the Council with the opportunity to make that call.
>>
>> i'm off to test a new hydrofoil on the boat, so i may be
sluggish in replying for a while.
>>
>> mikey
>>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Mikey, a substantive decision seems to have been made, and I
do not recall any real discussion about it, other than a very
cursory one on today's teleconference.
>> >
>> > This group started as a formal PDP, admittedly with the caveat
that the process not delay the launch of new gTLDs.
>> >
>> > The Board motion that we have been discussing today ended with
"At the time a policy conclusion is reached by the GNSO, it can be
included in the applicant guidebook for future application rounds."
That sounds like they were expecting us to continue working towards consensus.
>> >
>> > If we are considering closing up shop and do not plan to look
at the issue further (thus giving the Board the responsibility of
setting the VI terms for the long-term and not just the
short-term), then this should be the result of formal action on the
part of the WG (or the Council if they want to pull the plug).
>> >
>> > Alan
>> >
>> >
>> > At 27/09/2010 04:31 PM, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>> >
>> >> hi all,
>> >>
>> >> here's a summary of the decision we arrived at on the call
this afternoon.
>> >>
>> >> -- we've decided to submit a notice to the Council (and thus
indirectly to the Board, in response to their resolution) that the
WG has not arrived at a consensus view as of now -- Roberto and i
will draft it and get it off some time tomorrow
>> >>
>> >> -- we'll aim for having a Final Report ready for the Council
meeting on 18 November, and the primary task in that effort will be
to incorporate public comments into the Interim document.
>> >>
>> >> that concludes my report. :-)
>> >>
>> >> mikey
>> >>
>> >>
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