<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On 22 September 2015 at 12:09, Christian de Larrinaga </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:cdel@firsthand.net" target="_blank">cdel@firsthand.net</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A *full* evaluation could be a long ... hiatus :-)</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">What's wrong with that?</div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That horse bolted and<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>took the stable (ICANN) with it. I doubt it can be put back in its box.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">Why not?</div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">Until a new round is approved ... a new round is not yet approved :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I am not sure what is irreversible in this regard. There is no obligation for ICANN to accept new applications if it deems that the current expansion did not deliver what was promised and that further expansion must be examined before commencing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">We know, at very least, that the monetary promises of the expansion have materialized but a small fraction of what was originally predicted. So even based on that a stop to reflect is warranted.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">There are other issues such as public confusion, spikes in phishing using new domains, the performance of PICs and the lack of " universal acceptance" that collectively make this a stability matter as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"> - Evan</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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