Re: [Ianaplan] A draft for your review

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Suzanne,
At 05:50 24-10-2014, Suzanne Woolf wrote:
>Off the top of my head, just in the groups I follow closely: There 
>is another ICANN staffer I know of participating in DPRIVE; he also 
>has a long history as a protocol designer and implementer in matters 
>DNS and WHOIS/PROVREG/WEIRDS. There's at least one person who's held 
>formal roles in the GNSO who has also been an IETF participant, 
>including discussions in DNSOP (and at least a couple more who have 
>posted to IANAPLAN). The CTO of APNIC posted just the other day to 
>WEIRDS, and some other APNIC staff are extremely well-known in DNS 
>and routing groups in the IETF. Staff from RIPE and LACNIC 
>participate in DNSOP discussions and other DNS-related work such as 
>recent BOFs. Assorted technologists, some very senior, associated 
>with TLD operators participate in both ICANN and IETF discussions, 
>and various TLD operators sponsor IETF participation for employees 
>and contractors as contributors, including WG chairs and IAB members 
>from time to time.
>
>It depends a bit on what you mean by "affiliated," if you're 
>seriously trying to assess cross-participation, but if nothing else, 
>experience suggests that counting noses (or email addresses) isn't 
>actually that helpful.

I usually count reviews.  For what it is worth, I was not counting 
email addresses.

>Would it be better if there was slightly more overlap among 
>ICANN/RIR staff, participants in their processes from other 
>organizations, and participation in the IETF? Probably. (For 
>example, we'd want input from people intimately familiar with 
>matters ICANN in any process to revisit RFC 6761, whether they were 
>ICANN staff or not.) Is the option open to everyone? Yes. Do they 
>sometimes take advantage of it? Yes.
>
>Eliot's language could stand some tinkering, but I can live with it. 
>Since I owe him text on another point, I'll suggest while I'm here 
>the following revision:
>
>"It is important to note that the IETF includes anyone who wishes to 
>participate, including staff or other participants from ICANN or the 
>Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), and people affiliated with 
>those organizations regularly do."

The suggested text looks better than what is currently in the 
draft.  I could settle for that.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy