[142117] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Sat Jun 18 00:10:59 2011
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <6065C14D-00B5-4FC4-A157-39BCAC06AEC1@delong.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:09:53 -1000
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 7:13 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>> Why do you think there is an ASO?
> To coordinate numberspace issues between the IANA and the RIRs.
I believe the original intent was that the various SOs would provide =
their input on how policies impacted their particular areas. Sort of =
like why the various IETF areas meet at the same meeting.
> Oh, there is tremendous inter-relation. However, making a mess and =
then punting it
> to the ASO is an entirely different matter.
You have an odd view of what a 'liaison' does. I was suggesting ASO AC =
members could provide information to the NANOG community since it would =
seem at least some participants in NANOG were unaware of ICANN's =
activities and were unpleasantly surprised.
> It doesn't cost anything to participate in PPML.
It doesn't cost anything (well, monetarily -- expense to sanity may be =
high, but that is the same as with PPML in my experience) to participate =
in ICANN meetings.
Regards,
-drc
