RE: [soac-mapo] Question on your response to 5.4 polling in todays Rec6CWG

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Milton, I will only speak for myself. 
I disagree that offering advice/recommendation insulates the Board. They own 
the decisions. They vote. They are responsible. Having a well documented, 
throughly studied report from experts doesn't change that. It does strengthen 
their abilityto make decisions. 
I would think in fact that they would be more likely to vote positively based 
on the recommendations approach. I u nderstand that you see this differently 
than I do. But, for what it is worth, my "why"...




From: mueller@xxxxxxx
To: philip.sheppard@xxxxxx; soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:35:43 -0400
Subject: RE: [soac-mapo] Question on your response to 5.4 polling in todays 
Rec6CWG
















I don’t see a swamp here. I see a very simple advisory process that
provides well-informed advice and information, and a mechanism by which the
board takes full responsibility for any decision to kill a TLD application by
upholding an objection. 

 

You reinforce my concerns that the people who want the experts
to “recommend” are basically interested in insulating the Board from
responsibility for making the decision.  

 







From:
owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip
Sheppard

Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 6:19 AM

To: 'soac-mapo'

Subject: RE: [soac-mapo] Question on your response to 5.4 polling in
todays Rec6CWG





 



Milton,





I am
fully aware the group departed from the idea of forcing experts to recommend.





I
disagree.





You
will thus ask an ill-equipped Board to make a decision on the basis
of a report which will say "on the one hand but on the other".





 





As
a result of that first step into the quicksand the group is now sinking
deeper as it struggles with a complex set of super / simple majority
debates.





 





Forgive
me if I prefer not to wade into the swamp.





 





Philip