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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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	<description>Postings from  on CircleID</description>
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	<dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
	<dc:date>2026-04-30T19:14:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> Failing to Act on Accountability (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a year has passed since the first organizational review team delivered its final report on ICANN's accountability and transparency. Disappointingly, ICANN has done precious little to act on a key recommendation in that report. Its failure to act threatens to damage ICANN's credibility, just as it enters one of the most critical periods in its history. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsfailing_to_act_on_accountability">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Fair Notice and Applying for a New gTLD (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applying for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) will be expensive and complex. ICANN's Applicant Guidebook comprises 350 pages of dense instructions, spelling out the procedures to apply for a gTLD and to comment or object to the gTLDs applied for by others. Hidden among the forest of criteria and procedures is a problem that, unless solved, could deny good faith applicants the fair notice they deserve. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsfair_notice_and_applying_for_a_new_gtld">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Modest Proposals for gTLD Profits (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When does a non-profit organization become a profit-making one? This and similarly fundamental questions about ICANN's institutional character are raised by the high probability that the gTLD project will produce profits for ICANN. How much money those profits will amount to remains in question, but it is increasingly difficult for ICANN to say that there will be no profit at all. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsmodest_proposals_for_gtld_profits">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Integrating the GAC More Effectively (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all may have breathed a sigh of relief when the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and the Board concluded their eleventh-hour negotiations on new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) with some measure of success, but we can all agree that panicked policymaking is, at best, less than optimal. ICANN needs to integrate GAC input more effectively. The Final Report recently issued by the Joint Working Group (JWG) of the ICANN Board and the GAC contains several thoughtful and productive recommendations. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsintegrating_the_gac_more_effectively">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ATRT and the Dog That Didn't Bark (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsatrt_and_the_dog_that_didnt_bark</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A favorite Sherlock Holmes story has the detective unraveling the mystery of a murdered horse trainer and the theft of a prized thoroughbred by concentrating on the fact that a dog didn't bark in the night when the horse was stolen. This silence implied for Holmes that it was no stranger who entered the stall. From this he deduced that it was the trainer himself who had removed the horse to fix a race for his profit and that the horse had killed the trainer when he tried to cripple it. ICANN 41 has been afflicted by a similarly curious silence. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsatrt_and_the_dog_that_didnt_bark">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Minding the GAC and the Heckler's Veto (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20110619_minding_the_gac_and_the_hecklers_veto</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ICANN meetings sometimes congeal around a single theme. In San Francisco the theme was captured on clever t-shirts bearing the iconic symbol of the London Underground with the words, "Mind the GAC." Here was a succinct and timely plea for the ICANN Board to pay serious attention to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)'s concerns about new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), rather than to risk undermining the long-term viability of the multi-stakeholder model. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20110619_minding_the_gac_and_the_hecklers_veto">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Relinquishing IANA Would Be a Mistake for NTIA (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsrelinquishing_iana_would_be_a_mistake_for_ntia</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In comments to the U.S. Government, ICANN sought to convince the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to relinquish its oversight of the Internet Address and Number Authority ("IANA") functions. At its heart, ICANN's presentation is a plea for NTIA to declare the privatization of DNS management finished. For several reasons, ICANN's plea should be refused. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsrelinquishing_iana_would_be_a_mistake_for_ntia">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> ICANN and the GAC - Lessons Learned Since Cartagena (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsicann_and_the_gac_lessons_learned_since_cartage</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Experience is the best teacher. In the interest of capturing lessons learned (and avoiding the repetition of hard experiences needlessly), it is worth highlighting what the interactions between the ICANN Board and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) since Cartagena have taught. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsicann_and_the_gac_lessons_learned_since_cartage">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Concerns About ICANN's Bylaws Shouldn't Bog Down Board/GAC Discussions (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsconcerns_about_icanns_bylaws_shouldnt_bog_down_board_gac_discussions</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brussels meeting between the ICANN Board of Directors and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) became contentious over what constitutes a "bylaws consultation," what that designation means, and whether future meetings between the parties should be labeled as such. At the risk of going over familiar ground, it may be useful to review what the bylaws say about ICANN's duty to consult with the GAC. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsconcerns_about_icanns_bylaws_shouldnt_bog_down_board_gac_discussions">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Costs of a Dysfunctional Relationship - Part 2 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/poststhe_costs_of_a_dysfunctional_relationship_part_2</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 described the impasse between the ICANN board and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) over the introduction of new gTLDs. This part analyzes the conflicts and offers suggestions for beginning to resolve them. ... Some of these conflicts turn out to have clear answers. Approving the DAG before public comments could be considered violated ICANN's bylaws, but the board has unmistakable authority to reject the GAC's advice. <a href="https://circleid.com/poststhe_costs_of_a_dysfunctional_relationship_part_2">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Costs of a Dysfunctional Relationship - Part 1 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/poststhe_costs_of_a_dysfunctional_relationship_part_1</link>
		<description><![CDATA["The current Board-GAC relationship is dysfunctional and has been so for several years." Never has this line from the ATRT Report seemed so apt as now, when the ICANN board and the GAC are preparing to meet in Brussels. Part 1 of this blog will describe their impasse over the introduction of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Part 2 will analyze that impasse and offer recommendations to begin resolving it. <a href="https://circleid.com/poststhe_costs_of_a_dysfunctional_relationship_part_1">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Tough Questions for ATRT (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public comments on the Proposed Recommendations published by the Accountability and Transparency Review Team ("ATRT") have now been submitted, and it is worth stepping back to evaluate ATRT's work in the context of ICANN's larger challenges. ATRT was constituted to carry out ICANN's commitments under the AoC. Yet at times ICANN acted as if ATRT were an adversary rather than a partner... <a href="https://circleid.com/poststough_questions_for_atrt">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 2 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsnew_gtlds_and_their_hidden_costs_part_2</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I discussed some questions that remain about ICANN's generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) budget. Today I discuss the rights protections mechanisms as they currently appear. An economic study commissioned ICANN to analyze the new gTLD process recently concluded that "the biggest likely costs" of approving new gTLDs are "consumer confusion and trademark protection." <a href="https://circleid.com/postsnew_gtlds_and_their_hidden_costs_part_2">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 1 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsnew_gtlds_and_their_hidden_costs_part_1</link>
		<description><![CDATA[New generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) appear to be headed for introduction next year, finally. That's a good thing for many ICANN constituents who have been waiting for them to become available. Important questions persist about how new gTLDs will affect ICANN and its constituents, however, despite a lot of effort to resolve concerns. Pressing those questions should not be taken as criticism of the basic wisdom of making new gTLDs available to many constituents under many circumstances. But too much is at stake not to get it right. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsnew_gtlds_and_their_hidden_costs_part_1">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> For ICANN, a New Path Toward an Old Goal (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20100602_for_icann_a_new_path_toward_an_old_goal</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The DNS White Paper has stood the test of time remarkably well. More than a decade after it was published, its principles of stability, competition, and private-sector-led DNS management remain the gold standard for DNS governance. ICANN is struggling to achieve that standard, however, and a dramatic change in direction may need to be considered. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20100602_for_icann_a_new_path_toward_an_old_goal">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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