Changes

===Batching===

===Batching===

After initially rejecting a random lottery drawing to decide the order of [[batching]] and implementing new gTLDs, as of the ICANN 45 meeting, ICANN once again proposed the random draw, to be held in mid-December. They also extended the objection period from its former deadline of January 15th, 2013 to March 13th, 2013.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/11/icann-to-hold-lottery-to-get-new-gtlds-to-market-sooner-draw-to-occur-december-4-15/ ICANN To Hold Lottery To Get New gTLD's To Market Sooner: Draw To Occur December 4-15; Objection Period Extended To March 13th], TheDomains.com. Published 11 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.</ref> Standing independently from the lottery, [[IDN|Internationalized Domain Names]] (IDNs) will remain the first to be processed and delegated.<ref name="circleid"></ref>

After initially rejecting a random lottery drawing to decide the order of [[batching]] and implementing new gTLDs, as of the ICANN 45 meeting, ICANN once again proposed the random draw, to be held on December 17th, 2012. They also extended the objection period from its former deadline of January 15th, 2013 to March 13th, 2013,<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/10/11/icann-to-hold-lottery-to-get-new-gtlds-to-market-sooner-draw-to-occur-december-4-15/ ICANN To Hold Lottery To Get New gTLD's To Market Sooner: Draw To Occur December 4-15; Objection Period Extended To March 13th], TheDomains.com. Published 11 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.</ref> despite objections from [[GAC]].

 

Standing independently from the lottery, [[IDN|Internationalized Domain Names]] (IDNs) will remain the first to be processed and delegated, in an effort of further diversifying the internet.<ref name="circleid"></ref>

===new gTLD Program Updates===

===new gTLD Program Updates===