Re: [soac-mapo] Terminology DRSP (and more on Rec 2.1)

[Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, we are drowning in the dross of DAGs past.  But truth be told, I
cannot find any dangling chads in Milton's outline.

Insisting on using the 'right' words in defining procedures - and this is
engineering at the policy level! - is sound advice.

Carlton
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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 15 September 2010 10:21, Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Although I admit that in many cases it can be blurry, I think in this case
>> the line between policy and implementation is pretty clear.
>> Policy is general - it is meant to apply to any case that comes along.
>> Application of the policy to a specific TLD is an implementation of the
>> policy. So the proper role in policy making is to define rules, generalities
>> that are supposed to be applicable to every case.
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>> In that sense, what we are doing now is policy making. We are defining
>> rules and procedures. Once the policy is ratified, and verbally defined in
>> the Final Applicant Guidebook and embodied in a set of procedures, we are in
>> the world of implementation. A new TLD application comes along, and
>> generates an objection, and then goes before the board. That is an
>> implementation of the policy.
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> The obsession with maintaining existing DAG baggage such as the DSRP have
> dragged us into the discussion of implementation. So we are unfortunately
> doing both.
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>    - "The Board has final decision making authority but should consult
>    experts on the applicability of the criteria to the objection" -- *
>    policy*
>    - "The Board should engage a service provider to source the experts" --
>    *implementation
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>    *
>    - "The experts should be versed on issues of morality, censorship and
>    Ordre Public as applied to principles of international law" -- *policy*
>    - "The ICC is/isn't a suitable source of experts" -- *implementation
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>    *
>    - "A super-majority vote by the Board is required to reject a string
>    based on government or community objections" -- *policy*
>    - "A service provider will be contracted to handle the administration
>    of incoming objections" -- *implementation*
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> My proposed wording for 4.1 was explicitly designed to remove
> implementation from the policy.
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> - Evan
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