I really am tired of attempts to paint the debate as "anti-gTLD" versus "pro-gTLD", that's being disingenuous and needlessly distractive. One can acknowledge that there is a real need for a measured rollout that addresses current deficiencies -- especially in non-Latin character sets -- while asserting that the current plan is designed to extract rather than create value, while increasing end-user confusion and ultimately making the DNS less useful. I don't know of anyone who says "no new TLDs, absolutely, anywhere", but I know many that believe that the current plan is designed is deliberately planned to maximize revenue for the domain industry -- specifically contracted parties, consultants and domainers -- while maximizing risk and problems for gTLD investors, Internet content providers, poorer economies and end-users everywhere. There are some very sensible ways to do a staggered rollout that would allow mistakes to be identified and corrected quickly, while determining if/when we reach a saturation point after which more TLDs cause more harm than good. The current plan does not allow for this, enabling a one-time "goldrush" that makes mid-stream corrections impossible. So there are some genuine reasons to believe that the current proposal does not serve the public interest. That is NOT THE SAME as being against having new TLDs. It is not At-Large who is saying that ICANN's way is the one and only way. By the time we were allowed to get involved, the machine was at full speed and we were given a done deal. We we not part of the process that created it and our current ability to apply tweaks and mitigate the damage is minimal. Given a binary choice between "the current plan" and "no new gTLDs" I choose the latter because the plan is *so* flawed that its public benefits are vastly outweighed by the public harms, and our attempts to fix things have met with minimal success(*). I myself believe that "no gTLDs" is also an extremely poor choice -- but ICANN has rigged it so there are no other options so I am forced to cast my preference for the lesser evil. - Evan (*) while minimal success is a great achievement compared to utter failure, it's still minimal.