Re: Let the games begin

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

At 10:27 PM 11/16/96 -0500, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>I've reviewed material available on the IAHC web, and I have a couple of
>simple questions:
>
>o To echo Tony's questions, what exactly are the IAHC's immediate tasks,
>  and what are the expected results of said tasks? I assume from the tone
>  and context of what I have read, a set of recommendations will be
>  provided. To whom? And what weight will these recommendations carry?

It would appear that the link to the IAHC charter and work plan is 
missing from the IAHC homepage.  It has much of what you seek and will
hopefully be added back in very soon.

>
>o  What exactly does "A subset of the IAHC..." imply, and exactly how
>   will these recommendations be executed? This strikes me as somewhat
>   vague and perhaps even fraught with expectations of fixing non-existent
>   problems. I would prefer that the problems be identified *first*, prior
>   to setting out to fix them.

I think we all know what the problems are and we don't need to waste
valuable time in reidentifing them.  Off the top of my head: monopoly
status of NSI and limited commercial iTLD space are the 2 major ones
that need to be fixed.

>
>
>I also took satisfaction in reading that the IAHC will hold an open meeting
>in San Jose next month on December 11th, in conjunction with the meeting(s)
>of the IETF. I look forward to attending.
>
>- paul
>
>
Hank Nussbacher
IAHC member
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