[ncdnhc-discuss] Internet is global=we need central planning

[Kent Crispin]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:35:41PM -0400, James Love wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent Crispin" <kent at songbird.com>
> > >     On the issue of uniqueness of TLD Strings, I suggest there be a
> global
> > > committee which deals *only with this issue.*
> >
> > My claim is that committee would instantly inherit all ICANN's issues,
> > just as ICANN inherited issues from the process that proceeded it.
> 
>      I do not find this claim at all persuasive,

Why not? It's happened before; and the causes are quite clear: people
who want to affect decisions will go to whatever venue they think will
be effective, and the "uniqueness committee" ultimately decides what
goes in the root.  If the committee is weak, they will try to take it
over; if it is strong they will try to influence it.  Thus it becomes
the focus of all the activity. 

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
Technical Support Manager, ICANN            lonesome."
crispin at icann.org,kent at songbird.com                    -- Mark Twain