Re: [aso-policy] Criteria for the Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries

[Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org>]

Hello, Mr. Bradner.

You wrote:

> people seem to be taking time to bash the process than evaluate
> the proposal - that does not seem to be all that useful

No one, to my knowledge, is bashing a process, for the simple reason
that there has been no process, or none that is transparent enough
to be bashed.

> how about looking at the proposal and commenting on it if you have
> comments?

I, personally, am not knowledgeable about address allocation and may
not be able to make useful comments yet, except perhaps in a very
general way. Part of the problem is that there is nowhere to go
(certainly not this list) where the issues involved in changes and
additions to the existing situation can be read and evaluated.
Discussion needs to be brought from those who have made policy until
now to the community.

> note that review on this list is part of process as
> will a ICANN-level public review (I assume)

I have not seen any review on this list, which makes it next to
impossible for me or anyone else on it to comment. As to an
ICANN-level review, that can only serve a useful purpose if it is
conducted openly, which means, once again, bringing the issues to
the public, which I suppose here means the @large membership, as
well as the relative DNSO constituencies like ISPs, since the ASO
does not have comparable bodies.

Will the ASO proposals be discussed openly at the ICANN meeting? If
so, I would rely first of all on the opinions of knowledgeable
persons like Karl Auerbach to explain the issues for the rest of us,
so that we can give our opinion on them.

> now is the time
> to suggest changes

I think that pressuring people to opine on matters they are not very
familiar with, by telling them that decisions are about to be made
by others, is not a useful way to proceed. If the establishment of
new registries is an important matter, and I believe it is, then the
issues involved should be brought, in a clear and concise
non-technical way, to the many stakeholders who will eventually be
affected by them. Don't you agree?

M. Sondow
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