<p dir="ltr">I mean very simply that DNSA would be making a public policy decision in this scenario. And not an incidental or insignificant one, but one which would likely have far reaching implications on every aspect of the Internet. </p>
<p dir="ltr">At the risk of repetition, in a scenario where:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. there are two competing entities offering divergent visions of how policy development is to be carried out, and</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. there are no purely objective ways to evaluate these two entities (since NewCo would have no demonstrable track record), and any decision making process would likely involve a significant amount of subjectivity, </p>
<p dir="ltr">the decision of whom to pick IS a public policy decision, isn't it? It's stating the obvious to say that it's different from actually deciding on specific DNS related policies. But considering all of this, is it a fair statement to say that DNSA is confined to technical/ clerical administration?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 07-Mar-2014 8:04 pm, "John Curran" <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">On Mar 7, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Vinay Kesari <<a href="mailto:vinay.kesari@gmail.com" target="_blank">vinay.kesari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">I would answer 'yes' -� in which case the hypothetical question, as you've accurately stated,� becomes 'how will DNSA determine which body will best represent the interest of the (single) Internet DNS community?' </p>
</blockquote><div>Determining the body that best represents the Internet DNS community for purposes</div><div>of policy development is not the same thing as actually doing DNS policy development.</div><blockquote type="cite">
<p dir="ltr">In answering this question, wouldn't DNSA be making a value judgment regarding how Internet related public policies are to be made? </p></blockquote><div>It depends on how objective the criteria are that will be used in such a determination.</div>
<blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">And is that not, by its very definition, a policy function?</p></blockquote><div>It would be beyond purely the technical/clerical administration of the DNS policy</div><div>(i.e. the primary role of the "DNSA" as I understand it), but selection of who does�</div>
<div>DNS policy development is not the same as performing DNS policy development.</div><div><br></div><div>I do not know whether it is "a policy function"; do you mean public policy function,</div><div>DNS policy development, DNS policy administration, or something else altogether?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimer: My views alone.</div></div></div></blockquote></div>