The .XXX sunrise period ends October 28. But the deadline to provide documentation is November 2. Avoid this trap!

EnCirca founder, Tom Barrett will be serving on an ICANN panel for new gTLDS at next week’s meeting in Singapore. The areas Tom will address include: Community and Geographic-based applications and Rights Protection Mechanisms.

ICANN approved .XXX last week with sunrise periods for trademark owners expected in June, 2011. ICANN also announced that the release of the Applicant Guidebook for new top-level domains will also occur in June, with the first new extensions appearing in early 2013.

The ICANN Board and Government Advisory Committee are meeting Monday and Tuesday in Brussels, Belgium. Watch the proceedings live. Here are the details. Interested in who might be blogging it live.

Submit your new gTLD questions for the panelists at next week’s Dot-Nxt conference at https://dot-nxt.com/user/register

ICANN’s decision to remove all cross-ownership restrictions between registries and registrars is a brave one in light of the chorus of doomsayers crying that consumers would be harmed by new registry business models and by having additional choices for their internet presence. The real winners will be the major internet brands. Who are the biggest losers? The Registrar channel. It is time to start competing.

Here is a simple formula to determine the portfolio size you should have before considering becoming your own ICANN Registrar. Mx = I + Px.