>The problem here is that a > consensus based approach is a lousy way to deal with large complicated > problems where the number of stakeholders is very large and only a > tiny minority of them are able to participate in the IETF process in > an effective manner. This may well be true, but in many respects it reminds me of the Winston Churchill quotation:
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." > ICANN might not be the right place to discuss issues such as I18N, but IETF > is worse. ICANN is not by its nature a standards body so that it's not naturally well suited to discussion of standards issues, nor would it appear that it has any aspirations in that regard. Given that, I'm not sure what if any role ICANN could play in enhancing progress in DNS-related standards, other than perhaps providing some operational feedback. > And worst of all would > be to have a situation where IETF is defacto ratifying decisions that > are actually being deliberated in ICANN process. So far, I haven't seen much evidence of that.
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