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IANA Checkmate - Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Shame on Me

• Comment posted Dec 01, 2011 12:59 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Milton, If you find some one that pays for this stuff let me know. I respect your opinion, and will not belittle it or you by callings your opinion slanted or invalid. I am often reminded of the saying that…

What ICANN Can Learn from Humpty Dumpty

• Comment posted May 02, 2011 11:56 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Richard, I do not deny that ICANN has made a number of positive changes, however in retrospect I believe there should have been a much less stressful way of getting toward these compromises. However, given the slow but steady progress…

• Comment posted May 02, 2011 7:43 am PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Constantine, I have been providing specific recommendations, however, since you seem to have a hard time finding them I will provide them to you in a nice succinct document on Wednesday. Best regards, Michael

• Comment posted May 01, 2011 11:14 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Constantine, I agree that we live in different worlds/realities. However, I will respectfully disagree with who is living in the real world. While I am sure ICANN is happy to have your endorsement that they have adequately addressed the GAC…

• Comment posted Apr 30, 2011 2:38 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Avri, I believe this article is consistent and complimentary to our original article. Obviously we seem to disagree, but allow me to explain why I see this glass as being half full, instead of half empty. I have not wavered…

GAC New gTLD No Fly Zone

• Comment posted Mar 15, 2011 6:58 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Milton, My first career was as an electrical engineer for the US Department of Defense. I guess you will also have reservations about the title of my next article: ICANN's New gTLD Phased Array Early Warning System. I am on…

Inquiring About the "Unthinkable"

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2011 7:36 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Jothan, Social sabotage - please spare me. I have been asking questions about the L root since before the 2004 sTLD round. New gTLDs will happen as soon as the terms of the IANA contract get done. No we do…

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2011 6:54 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  David, Thanks for the quick response, just some follow-ups since usually one has to wait 30 days for a DIDP response. My first concern is the legal chain of custody as to how ICANN became the operator of the L…

Missing in Action - ICANN's 2010 Annual Report

• Comment posted Feb 23, 2011 2:52 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Scott, Any update on the release of the Annual Report? Thanks in advance. Michael

New gTLD Auctions and Potential Unintended Consequences

• Comment posted Jan 26, 2011 10:34 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Thanks for the constructive comment. Under the current guidebook if two applicants score 14 points (or some lower agreed upon threshold) the result is still an auction. By adding more evaluation criteria designed to measure trust and affirmative steps to…

Confirmed: Bill Clinton to Address ICANN Meeting in SF

• Comment posted Jan 14, 2011 10:05 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  @Anthony If you read my articles/posts you will see that I am a rather broken record in the belief that ICANN is a "private sector lead" organization. This is taken straight from the Affirmation of Commitments. Now although ICANN is…

• Comment posted Jan 14, 2011 4:54 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Alexander, If ICANN was that simple and straight forward we would have had a finalized Applicant Guidebook long ago. There once was a much simpler time in ICANN's existence. Back in 2000 ICANN decided to move forward with the first…

• Comment posted Jan 14, 2011 2:59 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Anthony, While I share your excitement, I believe there may be different sources driving our respective excitement. Rod Beckstrom's personal reputation is now riding on the ICANN Board being able to deliver some type of closure in connection with the…

Missing in Action - ICANN's 2010 Annual Report

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2011 10:57 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Scott, Your update is much appreciated. As Lesley accurately pointed out the original target date appeared to be September 2010, so this lead to my initial inquiry. While I am eagerly awaiting this document I would like to request that…

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2011 5:53 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Well if there is no report available before my flight this weekend, I will just finish reading the Nominet Domain Name Industry Report 2010. I started to read this document on the way to Cartagena, although I never got to…

MOPO - The Latest Speed Bump on ICANN's New gTLD Superhighway

• Comment posted Sep 15, 2010 8:15 am PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Milton, First things first. When I write this and other articles in CircleID or for the PFF it is always my personal capacity. You should know this first hand in connection with our joint proposal regarding vertical integration in which…

• Comment posted Sep 12, 2010 6:54 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  John, I do not believe that we are actually that far off from one another. The problem with MOPO was that it was a subjective black hole. The ten vote approach is designed to be more black and white. The…

• Comment posted Sep 12, 2010 5:58 am PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  I do not think that you did. You will notice that my article proposes doing away with the MOPO challenge process. All that remains is a standing committee to review those applications that may raised objections/sensitives on the grounds set…

ICANN's Tokyo Meeting Provides a Little More Clarity on the New gTLD Program

• Comment posted Aug 27, 2010 6:50 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Tony, Could you please clarify. I think the Board retreat is scheduled for Sept 23/24 and the annual Board meeting is scheduled for Dec 10th. Best regards, Michael

Openness and Transparency: ICANN Takes an Important Step in the Right Direction

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2010 1:24 am PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Kevin, During my three year tenure on the ICANN Board I tried to make these documents public on numerous occasions. While there is 21% of the material that has been redacted per Kieren's analysis, it actually gives the community a…

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2010 1:14 am PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Kieren, Kudos on your detailed analysis. In fact I probably agree with your overall grade (B-). However after years of Big Red Fs, I hope that you can appreciate my excitement.  As I said in my article, it is a…

ICANN May Not Be Perfect, But It Is Working

• Comment posted Jun 13, 2010 10:39 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Fouad, Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It is good to see the ICANN Fellowship program providing a return on investment. I originally had significant reservations about the Fellowship Program, but Vanda Scartezini for whom I have a great deal of…

• Comment posted Jun 13, 2010 6:42 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Adrian, As someone that has invested 11 years into making the ICANN model work I fully agree that ICANN is not perfect, and it is up to the stakeholders like you and I to provide input through the bottom up…

ICANN Reloaded - Will They Ever Learn?

• Comment posted Jun 11, 2010 9:57 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Kieren, I am always glad when I can bring a smile to someone's face, we live in such a stress filled world sometimes people go days without smiling or laughing. However, my call to action was not to have people…

• Comment posted Jun 11, 2010 7:44 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Kieren, Fully agree this was a very passionate piece.  However, just like I wear many hats within the ICANN process, I have many different writing styles. I do believe the CAPS were fully justified. Everyone should be asking themselves this…

Can ICANN Please Stop Shooting Itself in the Foot?

• Comment posted Jun 06, 2010 8:37 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  If people in the overflow room will be able to see the event live via closed circuit TV why not the rest of the world? Should the rest of the world be able to ask questions of ICANN staff as…

ICANN Documentary Information Disclosure Policy Request

• Comment posted May 03, 2010 5:15 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  John, I have followed option #1 in connection with announcing the posting of ICANN Board agenda items and other noteworthy pieces, see some of my recent Tweets. I have also followed option #2 in connection with various articles I have…

• Comment posted May 03, 2010 3:56 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  John, I am not aware of my request being denied. During a recent Vertical Integration call, ICANN's Deputy General Counsel gave a briefing on anti-trust issues. During this session, I specially asked for this information in connection with Request #1.…

ICANN Board Meeting Spoiler Alert

• Comment posted Mar 12, 2010 9:09 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Thank you ICANN Board for reinstalling my faith in the institution to slow down and get things right. That is what so many have been asking for so long.

• Comment posted Mar 12, 2010 7:21 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Given the marker that the GAC laid down in their communique it is possible that the ICANN Board approve and commit to the EOI process, start the global communication plan, but defer until July for an official start - you…

• Comment posted Mar 12, 2010 5:26 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  But I am not holding my breath.

ICANN and Its Responsibilities to the Global Public Interest

• Comment posted Mar 06, 2010 10:11 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Jothan, I read Adam’s testimony and I largely agree with what he said. However, as you may notice in most PFF publications there is the following disclaimer: “The views expressed in this report are his own and not necessarily the…

ICANN Openness and Transparency: Actions Speak Louder than Words

• Comment posted Feb 20, 2010 6:59 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Anthony, In full agreement. That is why I applauded Rod's leadership in posting the detailed compensation of senior ICANN staff. In the coming months there will be decisions made by the ICANN Board where we will be on opposite sides…

Top Three Reasons to Just Say No to ICANN’s Current EOI gTLD Proposal

• Comment posted Jan 22, 2010 5:15 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Kieren, In an attempt to better understand your position, could you please analyze each of your "reasons to say yes" under the ICANN staff proposal and the proposal put forward by Bertrand.

New gTLDs: Let the Gaming Begin (Part I - TLD Front Running)

• Comment posted Nov 24, 2009 5:29 am PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Constantine, I never accused you of engaging in illegal conduct. Now if Amanda Taylor, who appears to be a 19 year from Oxnard California, wants to point to a Wikipedia article and equate my definition of TLD Front Running to…

The ITU and IPv6 Transition: Controversy at the IGF

• Comment posted Nov 17, 2009 5:52 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  I have been trying to access that plenary session from the UN website for the past couple of hours with no luck, however, every other plenary session appears to be available. Anyone else having trouble with that link?

Domain Name Registry-Registrar Vertical Separation: The Economic, Anti-Trust Red Herring

• Comment posted Jul 30, 2009 3:10 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Tim, I think we find ourselves more in agreement than disagreement. I fully agree that there needs to be equality in the domain name eco-system, and that no party should be given a competitive advantage over another. The reason I…

• Comment posted Jul 29, 2009 6:43 pm PDT — by Michael D. Palage
  Suresh, As I noted being a domain name registration authority comes with an inherent risk in getting named in lawsuits, even if that registration authority did nothing wrong. However, some of the accounts/complaints that I have heard/read appear to involve…

ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 1:46 pm PST — by Michael D. Palage
  Kieren, Thanks for your reply. I hope your holidays and extended vacation went well and your New Year is off to a good start. First, I do not disagree with your view that “noisy process” of criticism is a good…