+1, it is best to limit the scope of the PDP as best we can<br><br clear="all">---------------------------------------<br>Brenden Kuerbis<br>Internet Governance Project<br><a href="http://internetgovernance.org">http://internetgovernance.org</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mary Wong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu">MWong@piercelaw.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>I agree and support Milton's and Avri's version, particularly in view of the very tight time frame the PDP will take place in.</div>
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<div>Mary</div>
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<td>William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>></td></tr>
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<td>[ncsg-policy] Re: Vertical integration charter</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div></div><div class="h5">Hi
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<div>On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</div><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;">My version, on the other hand,<span> </span></span></font><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-size: 10pt;">simply asks the WG to make a determination whether the staff deviated from existing policy/practices in drafting the contract. That is a more objective, well-defined and less open-ended objective and can be completed in a reasonable period of time.</span></font></div>
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<div><br></div></div>Of course. Our point was always to set in place a coherent and reasoned framework to replace decision making based on staff fiat, not to slow down new gTLDs. </div>
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