[wg-c] Well, maybe this won't work

[Jonathan Weinberg <weinberg@mail.msen.com>]

	After today's flurry of messages, I took another look at where things
stand regarding my compromise proposal.  Eight people have posted messages
supporting the proposal so far.  All of that support has come from folks
who either voted for option one in Question One of the straw poll, or who
voted for "neither/both."  (Indeed, the proposal has the support of a
majority of the "neither/both" crowd.)  The proposal, OTOH, is
conspicuously lacking in support from two groups. On one side, it has drawn
opposition from Marilyn, Caroline, Petter, Rita, and Keith, as well as Bill
and Annie — all of whom see it as insufficiently controlled.  On the other
hand, it has drawn no formal support from *any* of the people who voted for
option two in Question One of the straw poll (except me).  I gather that in
the absence of any sign of willingness to compromise from the other side,
these folks see no percentage in backing down from their view that 6-10 new
gTLDs in the initial rollout is far too *few*.

	I had hoped that enough people in the center could rally round a centrist,
compromise  position, that it wouldn't matter that there were holdouts on
either side. In the face of this opposition, though, eight people humming
in favor just won't do it.  Unless we get a strong surge of support for the
proposal now, I'll conclude that it's not going anywhere.  I'm fresh out of
ideas for forging consensus — anybody else have any?

Jon


Jonathan Weinberg
co-chair, WG-C
weinberg@msen.com