{"id":2825,"date":"2012-10-12T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2012-10-12T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T16:21:20","slug":"icann-from-archery-to-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/icann-from-archery-to-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"ICANN: From archery to lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several technical issues, delays and logistical glitches, <strong>ICANN<\/strong> pulled the plug on his &#8220;<strong>digital archery<\/strong>&#8221; method of gTLD application management and allocation.<\/p>\n<p>The news is, that the new system reminds more of a <strong>lottery or raffle<\/strong>, to decide which applications for new top-level domains should be dealt with first.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I&#8217;d like to commend <strong>Mike<\/strong> over at <strong>DomainAnimal<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domainanimal.com\/my-proposal-to-icann-for-metering-new-tlds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>who predicted it all along.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Truly a simple, yet effective method, that Mike envisioned and which was &#8220;<em>colorized<\/em>&#8221; by a tongue-in-cheek infographic I provided.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike, you are brilliant.<\/strong> \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several technical issues, delays and logistical glitches, ICANN pulled the plug on his &#8220;digital archery&#8221; method of gTLD application management and allocation. 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