David has said this well. Thank you. Please let me know if there are any other questions. --Michelle On 1/30/11 10:52 AM, "David Conrad" <drc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Cullen, > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:54 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote: >>> AFAICT, the experts team reports to IANA. We make recommendations to >>> them. They are the ones who have the conversation with the applicant. >>> They can take our advice or not - that's their decision. >> >> I think you are pretty misrepresenting the situation. My impression of the >> reality of the situation is that if the IANA did not like the advice of the >> expert reviewer, they might ask the AD to override but short of that they >> pretty much do whatever the expert says. > > > Joe is closer. > > In general, IANA staff are not technical experts in any of the wide variety of > areas for which they are asked to provide registry services. As such, they > rely on technical experts to provide input/advice/recommendations. In the > past, there were some very rare cases in which the advice provided by the > technical experts was deemed insufficient and IANA staff looked to the ADs or > the IESG for additional input. However, at least historically, IANA staff > viewed the maintenance of the registries as their responsibility (at the > direction of the IESG), not the technical experts' responsibility. I would be > surprised if this had changed. > > Regards, > -drc > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf