Re: [Ianaplan] Consensus Re: Consensus? Question from the ICG

[John Curran <[e-mail]>]

On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Dave Crocker <[e-mail]> wrote:
> The question of scope for the representation being provided is fair and
> important.  From the context of the ICG consideration -- as opposed to
> the context of our IETF discussion here -- it seems clear that this
> topic really does concern the "Internet" community and not just the
> "IETF" community.
> 
> So, indeed, any role of the IETF Trust with these names is on behalf of
> the (general) Internet community.

That is one possible formulation; another would be on behalf of the 
"affected community", i.e. the parties that might be exposed to these
names and expect successful dereferencing in the future.  While 'IETF
community' might imply such, affected community certainly covers it, 
and avoids a wider scope which includes parties that might never be 
aware of these terms or their usage.  I have no preference in this 
regard, but note that the typical use of "Internet community" might 
be overly broad in this context.

/John

Disclaimer: my views alone.