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* In a [[CircleID]] [https://circleid.com/posts/20211230-icannas-accountability-mechanisms-in-name-only blog post] on December 30, 2021, [[Jeff Neuman]] questioned the practicality of [[ICANN]]’s [[ICANN Accountability|Accountability Mechanisms]], called for ICANN's Whistleblower Policy to extend to persons other than [[:Category:ICANN Staff|employees of ICANN]], and accused ICANN of retaliating against [[.hiphop|DHH]] for filing an Urgent Reconsideration Request citing [[ICANN Organization|ICANN staff]]'s inaction in responding to its Assignment Request for the .hiphop [[Registry Agreement]]. ICANN has paused any further consideration of DHH’s Assignment request pending the outcome of the Reconsideration Request by the [[ICANN Board]] Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC). ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/relying-on-icann-community-developed-processes-for-a-safe-secure-internet-5-1-2022-en responded] to the .hiphop situation, and the [[Uniregistry#April 2021 - Combined TLD and Ethereum Name Service Token Auctions|Uniregistry assignments]] generally, on January 5.

* December 30, 2021, in a [[CircleID]] [https://circleid.com/posts/20211230-icannas-accountability-mechanisms-in-name-only blog post], [[Jeff Neuman]] questioned the practicality of [[ICANN]]’s [[ICANN Accountability|Accountability Mechanisms]], called for ICANN's Whistleblower Policy to extend to persons other than [[:Category:ICANN Staff|employees of ICANN]], and accused ICANN of retaliating against [[.hiphop|DHH]] for filing an Urgent Reconsideration Request citing [[ICANN Organization|ICANN staff]]'s inaction in responding to its Assignment Request for the .hiphop [[Registry Agreement]]. ICANN has paused any further consideration of DHH’s Assignment request pending the outcome of the Reconsideration Request by the [[ICANN Board]] Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC).  

* [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/register-for-icanns-next-ssad-odp-project-update-webinar-21-12-2021-en Registration is open] for the next [[SSAD]] [[ODP]] project update webinar on January 18, 2022 at 1500 UTC.

* On January 5, 2022, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/relying-on-icann-community-developed-processes-for-a-safe-secure-internet-5-1-2022-en responded] to the .hiphop situation, and the [[Uniregistry#April 2021 - Combined TLD and Ethereum Name Service Token Auctions|Uniregistry assignments]] generally.  

* On December 20, 2021, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-launches-new-gtld-subsequent-procedures-operational-design-phase-20-12-2021-en announced] the launch of the [[Policy Development Process for New gTLD Subsequent Procedures|SUBPRO]] [https://www.icann.org/subpro-odp Operational Design Phase].  

* On January 10, 2022, [[Monte Cahn]], the President of [[Right Of The Dot]], founder and former CEO of [[Moniker]] and former President of [[SnapNames]] [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/domain-name-pioneer-monte-cahn-171100339.html announced] his partnership with Neuman and Digital Asset Monetary Network to become the registry operator for .hiphop.  

 

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