Bob Helfant
GLobeComm, Inc.
At 08:26 AM 12/18/97 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
>[This is a little long. But the issues are complicated...]
>Second, since one of the primary purposes of PAB is oversight of the
>CORE registrars (a largely commercial group), it is especially
>important that PAB remain aloof from any improper entanglement with
>CORE.
>
>However, the issue of conflict of interest vis a vis CORE oversight is
>a totally different matter, and, IMO, the IETF does not provide a good
>model. PAB is essentially part of a regulatory framework. Its
>primary responsibility, therefore, is to the "public", not to CORE.
>For example, PAB may be called upon to make decisions that could
>result in some CORE registrars going out of business. A registrar
>with lots of money (say that NSI signed the MoU, for example) could
>sway PAB (or POC) in lots of subtle ways, not only with respect to
>issues with the public, but with respect to issues dealing with other
>registrars.