Changes

Applicants must follow the four steps in the digital archery batching process:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28mar12-en.htm Approved Board Resolutions| Special Meeting of the ICANN Board| March 28, 2012]</ref>

Applicants must follow the four steps in the digital archery batching process:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28mar12-en.htm Approved Board Resolutions| Special Meeting of the ICANN Board| March 28, 2012]</ref>

* '''Step 1''': Applicants will enter their batching preference (target date and time) in an online batching system. For example: Target Date: 11 June 2012 and Target Time: 08:00:00 EST

* '''Step 1''': Applicants will enter their batch preference and a target date and time into the batching system accessed via [[TAS]]/. For example: Target Date: 11 June 2012 and Target Time: 08:00:00 EST

* '''Step 2''': Applicants must re-enter the online batching system to generate the message sent by the system indicating their target time and date. The online batching system will then record when the message was received. For example: Message Received Date: 11 June 2012 and Message Received Time: 08:00:03)

* '''Step 2''': Applicants must re-enter TAS as close as possible to the original time stamp to generate a message to the batching system. The online batching system will then record when this message was received. For example: Message Received Date: 11 June 2012 and Message Received Time: 08:00:03)

* '''Step 3''': The secondary time stamp will be calculated by the system using the time variance between step one (when the applicant entered his/her target time) and step two (when the message received date/time was generated/recorded). The example shows that the secondary time stamp between step one and step two is 3 secs. An application will be included in an earlier batch to be processed if the time stamp is closer to 0- if an applicant selected to participate in the earliest batch to be processed.

* '''Step 3''': The secondary time stamp will be calculated by the system using the time variance between step one (when the applicant entered his/her target time) and step two (when the message received date/time was generated/recorded). The example shows that the secondary time stamp between step one and step two is 3 seconds. An application will be included in an earlier batch to be processed if the time stamp is closer to 0, if the applicant selected to participate in the earliest batch to be processed.

* '''Step 4''': The batching selection process will combine the applicant's batching preferences, the secondary time stamp and the geographic region of a specific new gTLD application to determine its batch sequence.

* '''Step 4''': The batching selection process will combine the applicant's batching preferences, the secondary time stamp and the geographic region of a specific new gTLD application to determine which applicants end up in which batches.

Digital archery was suspended on June 23, 2012, following complaints that there were unexpected variances in the results of the process due to various circumstances, including network latency.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23jun12-en.htm Digital Archery Suspended, icann.org]</ref>

Digital archery was suspended on June 23, 2012, following complaints that there were unexpected variances in the results of the process due to various circumstances, including network latency.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23jun12-en.htm Digital Archery Suspended, icann.org]</ref>