Ross Rader wrote:
Broadly speaking, I see three distinct groups - contracted parties (registrants, registrars and registries), domain name users (commercial, non-commercial and individual) and infrastructure service providers (software developers, telecoms, etc.) This grouping excludes those who use the internet (receive spam, are exposed to squatters and parkers and phishers) yet never themselves register a domain or serve any information of their own. I guess this is the constituency ALAC is supposed to serve but it's not any of the above. And this group -- the consumers of the info all these domain owners are providing -- deserve a seat at the policy table as well.
I don't think the GNSO can ever be all that functional unless there is a material way for each of these groups to meaningfully participate in the work of the GNSO.
Agreed -- so long as GNSO does not obsess with the needs of the providers of Internet services to the exclusion of those on the other end of the transaction. - Evan