On 14 Aug 2019, at 16:16, Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com> wrote:

 >Reserving strings should always be the exception and not the rule in terms of handling issues.

In my experience, that is an unrealistic idea,

If and when Geo-TLDs are delegated, there will be.a massive demand for reservation of SLDs for relevant locations.
Whether this is handled by reservation or by sunrise, remains to be discussed.

CW