[dns-wg] Followup to IANA TLD delegation problem

>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Barton <doug.barton at icann.org> writes:

    Doug> Jim, We're happy to provide answers to these
    Doug> questions. Given that Monday is a holiday in the US, may I
    Doug> suggest that we will provide answers to the questions listed
    Doug> on Tuesday 31 May unless you or the WG indicate that more
    Doug> time is needed for you to formulate the list?

Hi Doug. You'll have seen that there's been no detailed discussion in
the last week or so on the mailing list about this issue. Most of the
comments have seemed to echo the questions that were in my earlier
mail. Assuming that you're back from paternity leave, I think it would
now be helpful for these questions to be answered. This would allow us
to finally resolve this issue and hopefully prevent it flaring up
again in some other forum.

Here are those questions once again:

[1] What was the nature of the technical problem that prevented
multiple names in for an IP address and how was it resolved?

[2] Why was there no announcement that this problem existed?

[3] Are safeguards now in place to prevent this sort of problem recurring?

[4] What procedures does IANA (or ICANN?) have to make sure that changes
to the TLD delegation process or problems with that process are properly
communicated to its stakeholders?

[5] Were those procedures followed for this incident? If not, why not?