RE: [soac-mapo] Expert Panel should give recommendation

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right, while I haven't talked to you about this directly, Philip, my experience 
with experts and expert panels is that we should be clear. The purpose of 
having experts is to use their expertise and task them with study, anslysis, 
and providing recommendations, with background on what they considered in 
developing their recommendations.  I also do not think that panels should be 
'skimped' on. 
 BUT, the Board, in my view, still holds the decision, even afteradvice comes 
to them. Still they have to vote. 

From: philip.sheppard@xxxxxx
To: soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [soac-mapo] Expert Panel should give recommendation
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:43:44 +0200








Jon Nevett 
wrote:

The way I understand where we are on the recommendation issue is that the 
expert panel should provide advice as to whether or not the string violates the 
applicable standard (e.g. "we have reviewed the objection, and based on x we 
believe that .tld would be in violation of the second prong of the standard in 
the following ways . . . ").  


There seems to be more concern over whether or not the panel then should 
recommend that the Board take a certain action based on that advice (e.g. 
"based 
on the foregoing, we recommend that the Board accept the objection and 
disapprove .tld").
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Jon, I believe you 
capture the distinction well.
Where I (and perhaps 
Marlyn also) differ is in the belief that the advice is unlikely to be 
clear cut. 
It is only by 
forcing your expert to provide a recommendation based upon the balance of their 
expert advice, that you get value from the use of the 
expert.
The Board is 
ill-equipped to be the expert.
 
Philip