<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On Mar 7, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Vinay Kesari <<a href="mailto:vinay.kesari@gmail.com">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></body></html>