Re: [wg-c] compromise proposal

["Siegfried Langenbach" <svl@nrw.net>]

On 3 Sep 99, at 12:26, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:

> 	Some thoughts in response to the last day's posts:
> 
> 	Tony suggests that instead of a plan to add 6-10 new gTLDs followed by an
> evaluation period, we try to add "13 per six months."  Petter (and Caroline
> and Rita), on the other hand, urge that we should add only 2-3, and follow
> that with an evaluation period.  Both of these are reasonable positions.
> But here's the deal: I think the proposal to add 6-10 gTLDs followed by an
> evaluation is the only one with a reasonable chance of winning rough
> consensus across the broad range of views represented in this group
> (ranging from folks interested in adding only one gTLD to folks interested
> in the immediate start of a phased rollout of hundreds or more).  That
> proposal doesn't in fact reflect my own views, but I'm willing to support
> it anyway, for the sake of actually reaching an agreement that we can take
> to the NC.  It may be that this won't work — that enough folks favoring
> fewer new gTLDs in the initial rollout will stick to their guns, and enough
> folks favoring more will stick to theirs, that we'll be unable to assemble
> a critical mass in the middle.  But I hope we can do it.  And, FWIW, we're
> getting there.  So far, Robert Connelly, Ross Rader, David Maher, Dave
> Crocker, Roeland Meyer, John Broomfield, and Jean-Michel Becar have
> indicated willingness to support the proposal, and Milton Mueller and Mark
> Langston have indicated a willingness to consider it.  That's a good start.

add me to the list : I agree also.
siegfried