Milton Mueller wrote:
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Harold Feld <[log in to unmask]> 01/08/04 05:57PM >>>
I don't think a consultation requirement is overly regulatory.  I do 
think the need for consultation is greater, and consultation is easier, 
in smaller communities.

I don't disagree, but...

a) this is not a "consultation requirement" among 
the community of gTLD registrants that is being
proposed, it is a "quick look" administered by ICANN staff,
followed by more extensive procedures, which 
may involve consultation with the ENTIRE community if 
controversy emerges;
Blech.  ICANN staff are not qualified to make such a judgment.  Nor is it clear to me that the entire community should care one way or the other about registry changes (caveats about dominant registries not withstanding).
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b) isn't there some virtue in having the procedure be 
the same for all registries?
There is.  My thought was that where the issue could be approached with granularity because of the community dynamic, this would be better.  But in ICANN-land I suppose it is better to err on the side of uniformity than flexibility.

Harold
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