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	<dc:date>2026-03-31T21:29:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> What's Next for Dot-Org (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I began writing about the dot-org sale, it was out of concern for the loss of what I felt strongly was long understood to be a unique place in the Internet's landscape. Like a national park, dot-org deserved special protection. It turns out lots of people and organizations agreed. On April 30th, 2020, The ICANN Board upheld these values. They unanimously withheld consent for a change of control of the Public Interest Registry to a private equity firm. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200501-what-is-next-for-dot-org">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Even a Pandemic Isn't Enough (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200429-even-a-pandemic-isnt-enough</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The most incredible thing about the dot-org sale is no longer the billion-dollar price tag. It's not surprise fait-accompli announcement. It's not the republican billionaires. It's that the proponents have continued to advocate for it in the midst of the worst crisis the world has faced since the second world war. The biggest crisis in almost a hundred years. One that will reverberate for generations. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200429-even-a-pandemic-isnt-enough">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Why the Dot Org Sale Is Failing and How Brooks, Nevett and Sullivan Could Have Wired It (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200224_why_the_dot_org_sale_is_failing_and_how_could_have_wired</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When ISOC, PIR and Ethos announced the sale in November they hoped for a quick transaction. PIR CEO Jon Nevett announced the same week that PIR would be going on a buying spree. This was optimistic. Six months, if at all, is now the more likely outcome. How many times in recent history have companies surprised stakeholders with their best-laid plans, only to discover we no longer live in a world where business has free reign. The glory days of the 2000s died with Lehman Brothers. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200224_why_the_dot_org_sale_is_failing_and_how_could_have_wired">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> So Many Nonprofits Have Trusted Dot Org for So Long (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200115_so_many_nonprofits_have_trusted_dot_org_for_so_long</link>
		<description><![CDATA[ICANN's Board will meet soon, perhaps even tomorrow, to discuss the dot-org domain sale. It is a pivotal inflection point in the history of Internet governance. When Internet Society (ISOC) was awarded the dot-org domain over ten other bids in 2002, evaluators voiced concerns about their ability to steward it. The report explains: Some on the Committee expressed concern, however, that ISOC's associations extend only to the networking/connectivity community and not to a broader base... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200115_so_many_nonprofits_have_trusted_dot_org_for_so_long">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Hilyard Has a Historic Chance to Activate ICANN At-Large (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200105_hilyard_has_a_historic_chance_to_activate_icann_at_large</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The .ORG sale has placed Maureen Hilyard &ndash; ICANN's At-large Chair &ndash; squarely between the largest outpouring of individual user sentiment that the Internet community has ever seen, and the people who can do something about it. For At-large, the stakes are high. ICANN has spent years building up a user organization to balance corporate and government interests. At-large could be a key bulwark against the capture of Internet resources by those with capital and political power. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200105_hilyard_has_a_historic_chance_to_activate_icann_at_large">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> It's Time for a Referendum on Orgxit (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20191213_its_time_for_a_referendum_on_orgxit</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The worst thing about Brexit wasn't the referendum. It was the fallout. David Cameron decided that the best way to manage a small risk was to take a big one. Finally, over three agonizing years later, the UK looks set to move on. The Internet Society &ndash; which has run the .ORG domain since 2002 &ndash; was in the same position as Cameron. They became convinced that it was worth dealing with a small risk by taking a huge one. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20191213_its_time_for_a_referendum_on_orgxit">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The .ORG Sale Is a Radical Departure That Puts the Internet at Risk (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20191128_dot_org_sale_is_a_radical_departure_that_puts_internet_at_risk</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be hard to take a side. Especially when you are with a big organization. I know, I used to work for the United Nations and ICANN. Neutrality is a huge part of that work. Your role is not to take a stand; it's to create the space for other people to take stands. To create and protect a neutral platform. That's what we all thought the Internet Society (ISOC) was doing for us by running .ORG. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20191128_dot_org_sale_is_a_radical_departure_that_puts_internet_at_risk">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> New gTLD Retrospective at ICANN 50 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140616_new_gtld_retrospective_at_icann_50</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday June 25th from 10-12am in the Sovereign Room applicants and key community members will debate what worked, what didn't and what's next for new gTLDs. The event has been organized by the RySG &amp; NTAG as the first community led dialogue on the 2012 new gTLD round since 'reveal day' two years ago. Rather than have panelists deliver presentations, the session will be an open dialogue both between panel members and the audience. It is split into two fifty minute discussion sessions. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140616_new_gtld_retrospective_at_icann_50">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> New gTLD Community Objection Standing Analysis (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140609_new_gtld_community_objection_standing_analysis</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The notion of community has been debated since the inception of the ICANN New gTLD Program. However, as far as we know no one has yet taken a holistic approach to analyzing the wealth of information generated by the experts who participated in the ICANN New gTLD community objection process. As a community applicant for .eco on behalf of the environmental community, Big Room Inc. has a keen interest in understanding how independent experts are interpreting the ICANN notion of community. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140609_new_gtld_community_objection_standing_analysis">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Tough Choices Two Years In (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140602_tough_choices_two_years_in</link>
		<description><![CDATA[At the start of my term as New TLD Applicant Group (NTAG) Chair, I wrote about the importance of the 50th ICANN meeting for applicants. The meeting is significant, not only as a milestone for ICANN, but also because it marks two years since ICANN began processing new gTLD applications. Two years in, the program is at an inflection point. The final initial evaluation result was published two weeks ago and the first ICANN auction will take place this week. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140602_tough_choices_two_years_in">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> NTAG Chair Blog: A Better Auction Framework (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140414_ntag_chair_blog_a_better_auction_framework</link>
		<description><![CDATA[New gTLD Applicants now have a more fair and reasonable ICANN auction framework. A collaborative negotiation between the New TLD Applicant Group (NTAG) Auctions Working Group and ICANN Staff resulted in changes that improve the auction rules and bidder agreement. The indemnification and waivers in the agreement are now aligned with breaches that applicants can control. Applicants also now have an indemnification from Power Auction for third party claims related to IP infringement. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140414_ntag_chair_blog_a_better_auction_framework">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> NTAG Chair Blog: Singapore Mid-term Update (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140323_ntag_chair_blog_singapore_mid_term_update</link>
		<description><![CDATA[While the media spotlights the US role in Internet governance, the NTAG Executive Committee has been focussed on the daily business of ensuring the New gTLD programme is moving forward in the best interests of applicants. There are signs that ICANN is becoming more responsive to applicant needs. Quick action implementing GAC Advice once it was resolved by the New gTLD Program Committee, the recent name collision webinar, and an ongoing dialogue on new gTLD auctions procedures are all positive steps. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140323_ntag_chair_blog_singapore_mid_term_update">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> NTAG Chair Blog: Odds and Endings (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140220_ntag_chair_blog_odds_and_endings</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if the US Bureau of Labor Statistics delayed one of its reports for say, two months. No explanation. Just didn't release the employment numbers when it said it would. What if the Federal Reserve decided to say it was going to raise interest rates, but then just didn't? The global economy would be thrown into chaos. These organizations know that when you run critical infrastructure your word is part of that infrastructure. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140220_ntag_chair_blog_odds_and_endings">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> NTAG Chair Blog: What Is the Next GAC Advice? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140204_ntag_chair_blog_what_is_the_next_gac_advice</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) members - who account for over half of the applications submitted to ICANN in this round - issued a unanimous letter to ICANN's New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) urging decisive action on Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Category 1 Advice at their upcoming February 5th meeting. The NGPC has been committing to address outstanding items of the GAC Advice in a manner that allows the largest possible number of applicants to proceed since last September. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140204_ntag_chair_blog_what_is_the_next_gac_advice">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-03-31T14:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> NTAG Chair Blog: The Road Ahead (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140114_ntag_chair_blog_the_road_ahead</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The next six months will be a pivotal period in ICANN &amp; New gTLD applicant relations. April 2014 will mark one year since the Governmental Advisory Committee - better known as the GAC - issued advice that put nearly 400 applications on hold. The Name Collision issue, while no longer a gate for many applicants, currently puts thousands of second level domain names on hold. March will be a key inflection point for this issue as well. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140114_ntag_chair_blog_the_road_ahead">More...</a>]]></description>
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