I understand why people have a problem discussing some things with you.
After months of vitriol about how PAB was closed, and most recently a
mocking rant about how you "had to be invited", you are now proposing a
closed PAB, by invitation only.
This is insanity. It sounds a lot to me like you want to run PAB. If
that's your game, forget about it. Your EuroISPA participation is welcome;
your imposition of diktats is not, at least by me.
Antony
At 07:40 PM 2/5/98 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
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>
>It is simple and practical to have kind of invitation-only membership
>suggested by the MOU. Membership should be limited to organizations
>with a bona fide interest in the Internet.
>
>If ISOC has member organizations, then they should be encouraged to
>sign on the basis that I have already proposed: one signature, one
>vote. The member organizations would be allowed to appoint a
>common representative.
>
>This is simple and clean. You might find it advisable to farm out
>the job of certifying new members to someone with local knowledge.
>ISOC's national chapters, RIPE or the other NICs, EuroISPA, the CIX,
>etc. You would need some way to prevent abuse of the system.
>
>The POC and PAB already follow a Senate and House model, of course.
>The problem with the existing structure is that it doesn't allow or
>encourage enough people to participate. Not to be contentious ;-)
>but it appears to be structured to prevent the rabble (the PAB)
>from taking over. It needs to be restructured to give a true
>consensus among the rabble real power. As it is, the POC can if
>it chooses accept or disregard advice from the POC.
>
>Why not do it like this:
>
>* replace the gTLD MOU with a simple statement of principles
>
>* limit membership to organizations willing to sign the
> gTLD MOU and (preferably) pay a small membership fee
>
>* use the membership fee to, among other things, pay for
> the vetting of applications
>
>* one member = one vote = one signature
>
>* run a number of email lists intended to capture discussions
> in certain subject areas, with any member able to have
> access to any list, and possibly certain lists also open
> to outsiders, subject to reasonable controls
>
>* create a system for moving proposals along through stages,
> the final stage being the appearance of the finished
> proposal on a Web site
>
>* let people vote by email, using much the same technology
> as specified for the shared registry, or through a Web
> form, using SSL
>
>* reserve certain subject areas to the POC, but perhaps
> require that items first be voted through the PAB
>
>* fill most or all positions in the POC by elections in the PAB
>
>--
>Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net
>tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
>