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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

I'm not trying to imply any sort of time constraints here.  The issue here is 
that the original administrator has apparently abandoned the TLD, there has been 
no actual use of the zone since it was created, and there has been no interest 
shown in keeping the TLD alive.

On top of that, it appears we did not perform due diligence in allowing this TLD 
in the first place, as there appears to be activity within ICANN to initiate the 
TLD themselves.  I find several references on google to a Munich conference next 
week to discuss the addition of the zone, and even some registrars taking 
pre-registrations for domains under BZH.

If the zone goes live on ICANN, we would be forced to take a vote on which one 
we want to support.  While its true that I initiated this vote in an attempt to 
eliminate an unsupported zone, the fact remains that there also appears to be no 
interest by anyone else in using it.  Compare this with zones like .indy and 
.parody... Sure there is very little interest in them, but there is SOME 
interest, and there are a few domains registered and used.


On 09/19/2011 02:18 PM, Brian Koontz wrote:
> I personally believe this is a premature motion, and will be voting
> "no."  It sets a bad precedent, that OpenNIC is for some reason under
> a time-based mandate to remove seemingly unused TLDs as soon as
> possible.  I simply do not see how this build up OpenNIC's credibility
> in the community.
>
>    --Brian
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