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==Proposed Secondary Time Stamp==

==Proposed Secondary Time Stamp==

During the ICANN Board meeting on December 8, 2011 the ICANN president and [[ICANN CEO|CEO]] was tasked to develop a plan for a "secondary time stamp," which will be used to determine the processing order in case multiple batches of applications need to be processed.  It was decided, applicants are required to get a time stamp right after the closing of application window if they are interested to be included in the first batches to processed. A random selection and the date of application will not be used as preference to determine batches. The Board also resolved that once the final plan of the secondary time stamp batching process is completed, it will present it to the community. The ICANN Board will approved the final operational details and it will be added to the [[Applicant Guidebook]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08dec11-en.htm#1.2 ICANN Board Approved Resolutions-Batching]</ref>

During the ICANN Board meeting on December 8, 2011 the ICANN president and [[ICANN CEO|CEO]] was tasked to develop a plan for a "secondary time stamp," which will be used to determine the processing order in case multiple batches of applications need to be processed.  It was decided, applicants are required to get a time stamp right after the closing of application window if they are interested to be included in the first batches to processed. A random selection and the date of application will not be used as preference to determine batches. The Board also resolved that once the final plan of the secondary time stamp batching process is completed, it will be presented to the community. The ICANN Board will approved the final operational details and it will be added to the [[Applicant Guidebook]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08dec11-en.htm#1.2 ICANN Board Approved Resolutions-Batching]</ref>

On March 2012, during the ICANN public meeting Pritz discussed  the “target time variance" (secondary time stamp)  system in determining the batch slots for each application.  He explained that right after the deadline of the application window, new gTLD applicants need to submit a “target time” in the TLD Application System ([[TAS]])  as to when they desire their applications to be processed . Once all the target times are collected,  batches will be determined based on fastest applicant from each of the five ICANN geographic regions followed by the second fastest...The selection will be done in a round-robin fashion.  [[GNSO]]  Council chair [[Stephane Van Gelder]] commented, "It’s clearly first-come first served." <ref>[http://domainincite.com/heres-how-new-gtld-batching-will-work/ Here’s how new gTLD batching will work]</ref>

On March 2012, during the ICANN public meeting Pritz discussed  the “target time variance" (secondary time stamp)  system in determining the batch slots for each application.  He explained that right after the deadline of the application window, new gTLD applicants need to submit a “target time” in the TLD Application System ([[TAS]])  as to when they desire their applications to be processed . Once all the target times are collected,  batches will be determined based on fastest applicant from each of the five ICANN geographic regions followed by the second fastest...The selection will be done in a round-robin fashion.  [[GNSO]]  Council chair [[Stephane Van Gelder]] commented, "It’s clearly first-come first served." <ref>[http://domainincite.com/heres-how-new-gtld-batching-will-work/ Here’s how new gTLD batching will work]</ref>