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How to Listen to the Individual Internet User

• Comment posted Dec 09, 2005 4:47 am PST — by Danny Lee Younger
  Wendy, ICANN doesn't regard individual users as stakeholders in the ICANN process.  We have no representation whatsoever within ICANN—ICANN abolished the DNSO General Assembly, eliminated all at-large directors, closed down the "off-topic" forum, turned down an At-Large Supporting Organization proposal,…

Ask Vint Cerf: The Road Ahead for Top-Level Domains

• Comment posted Jan 20, 2006 7:12 pm PST — by Danny Lee Younger
  Vint, when ICANN signed the MOU in 1998, it was given "oversight of the policy for determining the circumstances under which new top level domains would be added to the root system".  May I ask if you have personally reached…

• Comment posted Jan 16, 2006 7:18 pm PST — by Danny Lee Younger
  Vint, Karl Auerbach recently made this comment on the GNSO General Assembly list:  "Even during my term there were those who were absolutely, totally, and utterly against auctions, and some of those are still on the board." How would you…

JPA Agreement: Will it Change the Problems With the UDRP?

• Comment posted Oct 16, 2006 7:29 pm PDT — by Danny Lee Younger
  It's not exactly true that nothing has been done towards amending the UDRP.  The DNSO (predecessor to the GNSO) had a Task Force working on the problem, and an ICANN Staff Manager Issues Report was generated—see http://www.icann.org/gnso/issue-reports/udrp-review-report-01aug03.htm The GNSO decided…

The Closing Window: A Historical Analysis of Domain Tasting

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2007 11:15 pm PST — by Danny Lee Younger
  Joe writes that "this is an issue that with some minor policy changes will take care of itself". I agree, however I am not convinced that ICANN's GNSO Names Council will ever rise to the occasion and produce a policy…

Short Domain Names Threatened by Proposed Policy on IGO Dispute Resolution Procedure

• Comment posted Oct 02, 2007 1:50 pm PDT — by Danny Lee Younger
  George, the proposed policy under consideration also allows for an objections-based approach for strings at the top level in the event that an IGO asserts that a TLD will be in conflict with the name or abbreviation of the IGO…

I, the Domain Name Tasting Victim

• Comment posted Oct 19, 2007 5:48 pm PDT — by Danny Lee Younger
  This year's ICANN budget contained the following statement: "Consistent with previous years, domains deleted within the “add or auto-renew” grace periods will not be charged a transaction fee." The Board asked for public comments on the budget.  One, and only…