On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Indeed, but I have the impression that it was not as clear for some people that > the studies/analysis are not yet complete/conclusive and there is > still work to do. Hopefully those reporting will stress this fact? > Another thing and the model from TNO includes something of it, the issue of > creating additional capacity is not only related to hardware/software/pipes > upgrade, some of the processes (given that the root zone has been stable and > growing at a very low pace) do not scale, particularly at IANA, where many > task are still being done almost manually. > > As I said before, big mistake from ICANN is that we should have done all > these studies and preparatory work before starting with the DAG. My impression is that post Seoul, ICANN will make far reaching processes 'methodology' changes also enabling wider prior-consultations.. my personal impression though. > Imagine having almost 10 years headroom to have the infrastructure ready. > > But now the recurrent question I've seen and heard several times, is how > ICANN will select the first 100 new TLDs. Toss the coin:) > Signing off for the day, have a great evening over there and please make > a toast on my behalf in recognition of Avri for her many years of contribution > as chair of the GNSO. You deserve it and will do. She has done so much for the Internet Community! > > Cheers > Jorge > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I attended as well and I found it very interesting. >