At 07:26 3/11/98 +1100, you wrote:
>In reviewing my own words I fail to see how the
>'Domain name holders' could ever organise a
>sinmgle nominee. Looks like I'm down to 5  in
>this proposal - fair enough - 5 is a good number
>to do a well defined task very cleanly.

In my previous email I echoed this point - there are no consumer bodies that can take this mantle. I believe that a 'Registrar' or 'Registration Agent' is most likely to represent consumer interests because they are closest to those interests.

And here I am thinking of INA, NetRegistry, Moniker or a representative from the DNS departments of OzEmail, Big Pond etc. Essentially someone who has considerable experience of actually talking to large numbers of companies who purchase domain names. -LMB


>
>At 06:51 AM 11/3/98 +1100, Geoff Huston wrote:
>>12 is still a lot of folk Kate. The question in my mind as I read
>>bot the NOIE paper and your document is "Does the involvement
>>of more people lead to better outputs?" Sadly, the answer tends
>>towards 'no'. More people on a body leads to fragmentation,
>>varying degrees of involvement, greater overheads, slower
>>decision making processes with more erratic outcomes (look
>>at parliament if you want a substantive demonstration of
>>what happens when you get over 100 in the group!)
>>
>>The quality option for many groupings is not how large they
>>are, but the degree to which they consult and gather views,
>>and then create outputs which posses both consistency and
>>coherency.
>>
>>So, if we a start with 
>>
>>- a function: policy oversight, 
>>
>>- and a preferred size: 6, 
>>
>>- and a preferred mode of operation: reviewing the output of
>>   various working groups (or 'councils' as the NOIE paper
>>   put it - although I find the word 'council' way too
>>   grandiose for the function personally) using the process
>>   of open review by soliciting comment from interested
>>   parties.
>>
>>then does that suggest a Board structure?
>>
>>I'd contend that it does, and tends to lean towards having
>>the board positions filled with folk who are as Kate
>>terms it 'consumer rights' and 'legal resolution'. The
>>technical functions and agent transactions are in my view
>>not necessarily policy level activities.
>>
>>Lets see it this applies to a modification of Kate's proposal:
>>
>>>Here's a suggested breakdown of the primary interests of the groupings
>>>of the discussion document - but in reality each group would decide for
>>>*itself* which sector was its primary focus.  Each sector could elect
>>>say, 3 board members, for a board of 12 people.
>>>
>>                         (1)         (2)        (3)         (4)
>>                      Technical     Agent      Legal      Consumer
>>Domain name holders                                           x
>>IIA (ISPs)                            *                                       
>>ISOC-AU                                                       x
>>ATUG                                                          x
>>ACA                                                           x
>>Tradegate                                        x
>>
>>Now the only one I see which you may wish to include is the IIA
>>position, given that the agents themselves are consumers of the
>>registrar function.
>>
>>A smaller body as as that above will probably dischange its
>>functions efficiently and effectively. A lerger body will
>>be underworked, and will either disintegrate or start
>>aggregating other functions and become an unhealthy point
>>of concentration of powers. Neither outcome is desireable
>>in a well balanced environment.
>>
>>Geoff
>>
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