RE: Presentation of Ed Lewis

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>]

Isn't breadth of perspective something that we as WG can ensure?  We've been
moving along quite well for the last two weeks before Patrik introduced Ed.
Personally, I think it's a good idea to have a chair whose background isn't
closely aligned with any particular registry or registrar model.

Scott Hollenbeck
VeriSign Global Registry Services 

-----Original Message-----
From: Geva Patz [mailto:geva@bbn.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 12:55 PM
To: ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Cc: paf@cisco.com
Subject: Re: Presentation of Ed Lewis


On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 05:39:02PM +0100, Patrik Fältström wrote:

Patrik,

> I just want you to know that I as AD has accepted the proposal from 
> Ed that he become the proposed chair in the draft charter which you 
> are working on on this mailing list.

I have no problem at all with this, but I would suggest (subject,
of course, to the availaibilty of volunteers) that a co-chair be 
nominated with a background in the ccTLDs, too. As I mentioned at the
BOF, and as a couple of posters have mentioned on the list, there's a
broader range of issues out there that don't necessarily manifset themselves
in the current crop of gTLDs (most of which run along similar or identical
lines). It's important (in my view, at least; and, it would seem, in the
view of a number of others) to make sure that any standard that our work
ends up producing has broad applicability across the Internet. 

I'd therefore really like to see a co-chair with ccTLD background who
can help ensure that the WG stays on track with a broader focus.
This isn't in any way meant to be a slight against Ed or his ability
as potential chair, but I do believe that breadth of perspective would
be very useful here.

Volunteers, anyone? :)

-- Geva