I guess there is a language ambiguity in the Hallam-Baker concluding remark: "Rather than have a single party sign the root we should probably look to a situation where there are multiple signer entities." This could be either: a) alternate rootism, e.g. an ICANN-signed root and an ORSN-signed root (http://european.ch.orsn.net/) -- the ORSN is just a convenient example, I don't know the status or any view on DNSSEC from their part b) shared ICANN oversight by multiple signer entities. I whish this ambiguity could be resolved, so the discussion can be correctly influenced by Hallam-Baker observations. Regards, - Thierry Moreau