Re: [Ianaplan] Off topic: public comments

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 10 August 2015 15:03 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:03:26 -0400
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> That is that there are "people who matter" and people who don't. It 
> isn't clear who makes that decision and on what basis although I hope it 
> is ICG.  In the ICANN case, the answer has traditionally been staff with 
> the criteria apparently closely related to either "opinions that agree 
> with what they would like" or "domain name sales interests".

The question of who summarizes and evaluates the comments is an intersting 
one, and I agree with jck's impression of prior practice.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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