Dear DNS WG, On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:57:23AM +0000, Jim Reid wrote:
The intention is still to try and get consensus in the WG, ideally on the text below. [...]
the DNS WG co-chairs (again, as an active editor, Jim had recused himself) have evaluated the discussion of the draft NTIA response. The final draft NTIA statement (version 1.8) was sent to the DNS WG mailing list on 11 November. Before and after this date, there has been active discussion and participation on the DNS WG mailing list. 11 people have directly responded to the latest draft, of which nine have explicitly stated their support. One person was unhappy with the lack of operational detail and the presence of one bullet item, but apart from that, generally supported the effort. This is consistent with the discussion of the previous versions of the document, where multiple people had voiced support, with another dissenting individual, who would still not oppose the text going forward as a WG statement. We therefore declare strong WG consensus on the final draft version 1.8. According to our schedule, the document will now be sent to the general RIPE mailing list with a request for endorsement by the RIPE community. The editors will replace the references to the DNS WG with references to the RIPE community where appropriate. We would like to thank the editors and everybody who commented or contributed. Regards, Peter Koch [for the DNS WG co-chairs]