var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10315089-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @avri)http://avri.doria.org/When asked by an Internet-friend whether there will be single-character TLDs in IDN and non-IDN, I...http://avri.doria.org/post/913105119http://avri.doria.org/post/913105119Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:52:00 +0100ICANNIDNSingle Character TLDSome have argued that ICANN sees itself as a government, with the rights and privileges of...http://avri.doria.org/post/912841302http://avri.doria.org/post/912841302Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:25:00 +0100ICANNPalestineI had the pleasure of being a panelist in a session on the proposal for an Expressions of Interest...http://avri.doria.org/post/442079087http://avri.doria.org/post/442079087Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:48:05 +0000ICANNExpressions of InterestEOINew GTLD ProgramHeard in a crowded room: - We are 3 months away from a final draft application guidebook! - Who says...http://avri.doria.org/post/441218084http://avri.doria.org/post/441218084Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:05:00 +0000ICANNnew gtldsWhile in a meeting with Board members, a member of my Stakeholder group had an opportunity to read...http://avri.doria.org/post/438544387http://avri.doria.org/post/438544387Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:00 +0000ICANN CaptureICANNICANN Policy StaffThis is a short tale of how a set of recommendations for the future of Internet routing could only...http://avri.doria.org/post/403042661http://avri.doria.org/post/403042661Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:34:26 +0000IRTF Routing ReaserchInternet Routing RequirementsI have nothing but best wishes for the ICANN Policy Group and look forward to meeting David Olive,...http://avri.doria.org/post/358138377http://avri.doria.org/post/358138377Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:31:30 +0000ICANNICANN Policy DevelopementFor the last several months people in and around the GNSO have been discussing Vertical Integration...http://avri.doria.org/post/342208299http://avri.doria.org/post/342208299Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:50:00 +0000Vertical IntegrationGNSOGNSO PDPICANNNew gTLDSOver the last few months, ICANN has lost some amazing people and, I am afraid,  the champions of...http://avri.doria.org/post/340401358http://avri.doria.org/post/340401358Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:46:48 +0000ICANNICANN Policy StaffPolicy TsarinaopennessAt the Seoul meeting of ICANN a few prospective new gTLD applicants petitioned the ICANN Board for a...http://avri.doria.org/post/314150034http://avri.doria.org/post/314150034Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:28:05 +0000ICANNExpressExpressions of InterestgTLD ApplicationsDevelopmentI thought my days of frustration with the ICANN Policy Staff as a controlling group as opposed to a...http://avri.doria.org/post/301448049http://avri.doria.org/post/301448049Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:04:37 +0000ICANNConsumer Protection GroupsGNSONon Commercial StakeholdersNCSG(Not all blogs are about politics and I am not always grumpy).  I loved this place and noticed I was...http://avri.doria.org/post/211021707http://avri.doria.org/post/211021707Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:26:00 +0100CropredySarah Warren BandtravelBrasenose ArmsThe Affirmation gladdens me.  The Affirmation worries me. The Affirmation makes me wonder what is...http://avri.doria.org/post/201173236http://avri.doria.org/post/201173236Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:47:00 +0100I try to be PC. I try to be civil. But I don’t believe in either. In fact I think the...http://avri.doria.org/post/201080860http://avri.doria.org/post/201080860Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:10:00 +0100I get irritated at ICANN.  Even angry sometimes. But was reminded yesterday of what it is like for...http://avri.doria.org/post/191395900http://avri.doria.org/post/191395900Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:23:00 +0100The issue of this blog is that I was named for unethical behavior by ICANN’s Commercial...http://avri.doria.org/post/181494662http://avri.doria.org/post/181494662Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:23:00 +0100GNSOEthicsCSGA whole lot of people I talk to think that there is all sorts of skulduggery and plotting that goes...http://avri.doria.org/post/180688214http://avri.doria.org/post/180688214Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:42:00 +0100ICANNConspiraciesWhistleblowerPassed on from the Privacy Coalition What are you doing on this day? Please think about organizing...http://avri.doria.org/post/178623549http://avri.doria.org/post/178623549Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:05:00 +0100Normally I love euphemisms. This time, I think they are part of the problem. Enhanced Interrogation...http://avri.doria.org/post/176966887http://avri.doria.org/post/176966887Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:53:34 +0100CIAtortureenhanced Interrogation techniquesWhen the ICANN Nomcom (ICANN’s substitute for elections) announced its new picks for the...http://avri.doria.org/post/176544403http://avri.doria.org/post/176544403Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:42:00 +0100gender balanceicannICANN Boarddiscrimination