So I'm looking to find a reason to care here. Here is what I know. The SSAC has long advised they see no significant heightened threat to the security and stability of the DNS with a single character name at the 2nd level. Single character names are already delegated both in the generic TLD space as well as the ccTLD space. We know there are three (3) such names already delegated in the gTLD .com space; x.com, q.com, z.com. All such possible others are reserved, including the registered one if ever they are allowed to expire. As one example from the ccTLD world, single character names are known to exist in the .co [Colombia] space. This aside, I am unaware of any reservations in the ccTLD world. We know single character domain names are very valuable; multi-millions have been spent to acquire them. The auction or bilateral contract appears to be the preferred routes to acquire one. Verisign desires the release of one more to the .com space and has followed the process in established policy; the RSEP. Verisign has devised and proposed some convoluted way to deny itself the windfall it expects; it will donate to proceeds, minus their regular domain name registration fee and costs, to some do-gooder organisation for distribution as charity to organisations with values and objectives the community would tend to support. Verisign has also attached some conditions in the RSEP that makes this domain name the gift that keeps on giving for a number of years of registration renewals, upto 25 years. Other than maybe ensuring that an entity committed to our shared values and objectives domiciled or working in this region is a potential benefactor, I'm struggling to find a negative end user issue worthy of comment here. Did I miss something? -Carlton ============================== *Carlton A Samuels* *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================