Re: [wg-c] compromise proposal

[Mikki Barry <ooblick@netpolicy.com>]

At 9:39 AM -0400 9/1/99, A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>At 12:07 AM 9/1/99 , Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
>>         I'm proposing that, as a compromise, middle-ground
>>recommendation, we
>>begin with a first round of 6-10 new gTLDs followed by an evaluation
>>period.  This proposal doesn't reflect my personal views (I support a much
>
>The proposal doesn't reflect my personal views either -
>which are best described as "agnostic."  So I hope
>the following remarks are not misinterpreted.
>
>A factual analysis of the TLD increases over the
>seven year period from July 1992 to July 1999 under
>the IANA regime, indicates that the six month increases
>in new TLDs had a statistical mean of 16.6 and a
>median of 13.5

Well then, how about a first round addition of 15 gTLDs with a 6 month
evaluation period?  Of course, it might be difficult to find out who agrees
with this if we can't vote :-)