On 28 September 2012 09:39, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
We do not want the review team Recs shelved pending the more glorious project.
Vigorously agreed. The high-level review suggested by the SSAC -- which may very well help design a WHOIS NG or even full replacement -- should not hinder, nor be used as an excuse to impede, the addressing of immediate short term deficiencies. Perfect not being the enemy of the good and all that... My fear is that those against robust and trustworthy WHOIS -- right now, basically (what I would call) extreme privacy advocated and an industry resistant to change -- will use the SSAC as a crutch to delay or dilute the RT recommendations. While I don't attribute this to the SSAC, it is a common tactic within ICANN to resist change by ask anew for first-princples re-evaluation of need. Either that, or definitions. - Evan