The Board makes the decisions, not the staff. We admit that we couldn t have predicted which did well. Prices determined by market forces. And everyone is happy. Estimate 15-20 new TLDs created within the next year.
Users come to affiliate themselves with certain TLDs.
Substantial funds used for attracting users to TLDs, and drawing them to the Internet generally. Hope for more domains in 24 months than in 12. Hope for fewer TLDs than 44. Hope that some of the revenues received from TLD applications used for evaluation and enforcement. Worried that those trying to block the process will do so with lawsuits, leverage with USG and California government, etc.