On 10/23/2012 9:51 PM, Eliot Lear wrote: > > On 10/24/12 6:23 AM, Doug Barton wrote: >> With respect, you haven't spent much time with either the ITU or ICANN >> if you think that 3777 is rigidly bureaucratic by their standards. >> This is one of those situations where we have to take our medicine. Doug > > There are actually very few ITU rules, and very many guidelines. The > latter are the exact opposite of rigid, but subject to overturning by > Member States at any time. I had thought that we were roughly the same > in that regard, so as to avoid a perversity. We've had any number of > debates on this list about not creating process without a reason. > Fine. The price for that is that you have to deal with these sorts of > circumstances as and when they arise, using rough consensus as your guide. I've repeated myself many times now, so you're going to get the last word. I get what you're saying, but this is one of those times where (arguably for the better) we've created a difficult procedure that should be infrequently exercised. We should follow the procedure because it _is_ the procedure. And then use the opportunity to improve it. Changing, or even overturning a procedure is quite a different thing from ignoring one altogether. Doug