On Oct 8, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Doug Barton <[email protected]> wrote:

> However I think a reasonable conclusion from the stalemates that have arisen 
> from all of the previous attempts over the years would be, "There is no 
> agreement on how to proceed, so we should not proceed."

That is the opposite of the feeling that I got from the DNSOP meeting in Berlin.

> But have we any evidence that if created, this mechanism will be used?

IIRC, there were at least a few TLD operators at the DNSOP WG in Berlin who 
indicated they would strongly consider it.

> I personally don't subscribe to the "If we build it, they will come" school 
> of engineering. We have too many counterexamples in the DNS already.

That's fine; neither you or I (currently) run a TLD and we don't have to think 
about it yet. This is for the people do run TLDs, and the multitude who are 
going to be doing so soon.

--Paul Hoffman

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