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

[James Love]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Crocker" <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>
> I do realize just how painful it is to move from general concept to
> concrete detail for technical details.  Perhaps that difference in our
> experience explains why I have so much respect for the requirement to
> provide meaningful detail.  And an understanding of the difference between
> meaninful detail and "every single detail one could possibly imagine."

   I have a lot of respect for people who can figure out the details, and I
have confidence that decision makes should know how much detail to focus on
at any given time.    I could fully specify 18 different ways of resolving
uniqueness over TLD strings, from first come first service to UDRP type
ADRs, to systems that blocked dictionary names but not none dictionary
names, to regional allocations and regional bargaining over contested names,
to lotteries, and dozens of other approachs, all of which would work, and
work somewhat differently.     Or, we could have the ICANN board do this for
each TLD string, plus doing all sorts of other regulatory decisions for all
new gTLDs that will ever be authorized.

   The decision to move things away from the ICANN board doing this is a
high level policy issue, which has its own logic.   The choice of the best
alternative isn't something that one needs to know right off the bat.  This
would benefit from debate.   To suggest it can only be done by the board is
nonesense.

My preferred system is to have DNSO 1, the current one, and have new DNSO's
self organize for regions (such as for example Europe, one possibly for
spanish speaking countries, one for Africa, one for the Indian subcontient,
etc), and have the new ones take over the decisions that are not global,
such as checking out the qualifications of the operator, protecting
consumers, etc.     The group of DNSOs would then negotiate between each
other to resolve uniqueness issues, and possibly failing to resolve
differences between each other, the ICANN board could impose a (least
restrictive of entry) ADR to resolve disputes.  The ICANN board could also
insist on minimum policies on UDRP and whois, if it wanted to.

Jamie

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