[NA-Discuss] FW: Guide to the DNS for End Users

[Thompson, Darlene]

Hi all,

Nick had requested that we get comments in to him by the end of February
and I believe we will be discussing this matter in New Dheli.  I've
printed off everybody's e-mails on this topic and will be bringing this
matter and all comments to the attention of the group.

Thank you VERY much for your input (Jean, Wendy, John, et al) -
especially since you are having to bring a Newbie up to speed on this
stuff!

D

Darlene A. Thompson
Community Access Program Administrator
Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP
c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
Phone:  (867) 975-5631
Fax:  (867) 975-5610
dthompson at gov.nu.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Armour Polly [mailto:mom at netmom.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:01 AM
To: Thompson, Darlene; NA Discuss
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] FW: Guide to the DNS for End Users

Hi, like John and Wendy before me, I ask that my name be taken off 
pages 2 and 3.

This document was developed by a consultant in fall of 2006.  As John 
says, it was dropped on us Oct 31 2006 for a THREE DAY COMMENT PERIOD 
so as to have translation and publication time before the early Dec. 
Sao Paulo conference (I have the email to prove it). A third of the 
committee was busy at IGF in Athens at this time.

I don't think Wendy will mind me quoting from an email of hers from 
Nov 1: "I'm sorry, but I agree with John that this can't be put out 
under the ALAC name until ALAC members have an opportunity to offer 
more substantial review and revisions.  Those ALAC members on the cc 
list here are not even the full committee, so we couldn't commit 
"ALAC" in any event before review by the committee. Miriam provided a 
slightly longer window for comment, but the sense of the committee 
was--
Why are we trying to push this guide through in a hurry to gain few
weeks,
when it is years late anyway? The worst thing we could do is to get
something done that is both terribly late and incorrect. Since we cannot
fix
the lateness, let's at least make sure it will be done right!

My own comment at the time was "I agree with Wendy. I would prefer 
that ALAC's name be taken off this entirely. I would prefer a much 
more engaging document that would provide some real-world examples. 
No offense meant, Miriam, I'm sure you were just asked to write a 
FAQ, but there are more than enough FAQs [on this topic] and they 
don't seem to get the important messages across to end-users, whom 
the ALAC serves. It's time for a new, fresh approach that doesn't 
even look like the document you sent for editing. I think there 
should be illustrations too. Just my two cents on the topic."

I stand by the same comment today and I don't want my name on this.

I see by the 2006 mail I have on this topic that several other 
members did provide specific feedback and changes. I don't see that 
any of these changes have been incorporated.

Even some if not all of Nick's own suggestions aren't in here:
"> Perhaps the following specifics could be helpful in addressing some
of
>  the most recently-stated issues:
>
>  1) decide that a subsequent guide will address ccTLDs, but that this
>  one will only address gTLDs.
>
>  2) ensure the name is changed to "A Guide to Generic Top-Level Domain
>  Names"
>
>  3) add a preamble noting that the guide focuses only on gTLDs and
there
>  are 250 country code tld's and these will be addressed in an upcoming
"A
>  Guide to Country Code Top-Level Domain Names"
>
>  And then also, in SP show the draft guide to members of the ccNSO
>  Council and invite
>  them to work with the ALAC in creating such a guide focussed on .

I would be surprised if ALAC wanted it published under its name.

Jean



At 5:30 PM -0500 1/25/08, John L recently said:
>  > Please see e-mail below and send me and comments that you may have
on
>>  same so that I can ensure that they are incorporated into this
document.
>
>Please take my name off pages 2 and 3.  I suspect the other former ALAC
>members will feel the same way.
>
>In fact, the Interim ALAC had nothing to do with this thing.  ICANN
hired
>a consultant to write it and dropped it on us.  Miriam is a nice lady
but
>she doesn't know much about registering domains.
>
>R's,
>John
>
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