RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] Board resolution on Vertical Integration

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

I think Alan's logic is unassailable. Keep this dog alive, if only as a 
corrective to any near-term abuses or mistakes the Board makes in its next 
round of implementation. 

--MM

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>