Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Confusion/Question on Survey - Please advise

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Jeff,

i debated with myself about how close to stick to the entries in the matrix and 
decided that i often seem to get in trouble if i try to re-interpret things.  
so i just sprayed them down the choices and added a "yes/no" for good measure.  
i also debated in some instances of making it so that people could enter 
multiple choices rather than one.  again, i flipped a coin and went with one 
choice per.  so there ARE some odd questions in there and, as we hone this down 
we'll likely want to tune those up.

but regarding interpretation -- remember this is rough-cut stuff.  nobody 
should view this as anything other than getting a sense of the group.  so if 
everybody skips a given question, it's likely a good indication that we 
probably need to tune up the question for next time.   

mikey

  
On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Neuman, Jeff wrote:

> All,
>  
> I am not weighing in on whether polls/surveys should be used, but I honestly 
> have some questions on the survey.  I went through all of the questions, but 
> in the end decided not to submit my results because I realized I was confused 
> on a number of the questions and didn’t know how to answer them.  Again, it 
> is not that I don’t know my position, it is that I don’t understand the 
> meaning of the questions.
>  
> My first issue relates to questions 2-13.  I assume, but want someone to 
> verify, that those questions relate intra-TLD as opposed to cross-TLDs 
> although that is not made clear.  In other words, I believe there should a 
> percentage cap (5%) and other restrictions on controls for TLDs in which a 
> Registrar/Reseller would like to be the Registry or Registry Services 
> Provider.  However, I believe that if the Registrar/Reseller that wants to be 
> the Registry or Registry Service Provider, but does not want to distribute 
> the domain names within that same TLD, I do not believe there should be any 
> limits on ownership or control.  That is my position which is pretty well 
> know.  Given the above, none of the answers have 5% as a choice and there is 
> no write-in answer.  In addition, it is not clear by answering 2-13 whether 
> we are talking about within a TLD or cross-TLDs.  So someone tell me how to 
> answer those questions where the above is expressed.
>  
> Question 20 was confusing to me as well;.  The question states “Require 
> non-discrimination among Registrars” and the answers are “yes”, “No, for 
> qualified .Brand exceptions; Yes for all others”, “No”, “No Preference”, 
> “Does not apply to my approach”.  Ok, so my view is that there should be more 
> exceptions than just for .Brand.   Again, that is NOT a choice.  So, what is 
> my answer on the poll.
>  
> Those are just 2 examples.
>  
> I want to stress that I am not saying polls or surveys are not useful nor am 
> I saying the opposite that we must use these to get a pulse on the group 
> feels.  I just don’t believe this particular survey allows me to express how 
> I feel on these subjects and therefore I am worried about how ultimately they 
> will be interpreted.
>  
> Jeffrey J. Neuman 
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