Domain Name News - June 6, 2010

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.CA Registry Approves 2010-2011 Corporate Plan - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has posted its 2010-2011 Corporate Plan as approved by the CIRA Board on June 1. Among the major activities planned for the coming year are: rewriting the registry management system, hosting a Canadian Internet Governance Forum, and undertaking a Community Investment Program to support social and economic Internet-related activities in Canada.

ICANN Publishes Revised gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook - ICANN has published the fourth version of the gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook that describes the process of applying for new generic top-level domains. Included in the new content: incorporation of trademark protections, geographic TLD changes including a prohibition on country names as gTLDs, a new gTLD Registry transition process model, and a revised base registry agreement.

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Timeline

Thu, May 13 - Fri, Jun 11: applications to CIRA's Nomination Committee solicited
Tue, Jun 8 - Thu, Jun 10: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Conference and Expo in Vancouver
Sun, Jun 20 - Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect
Thu, Jul 1: production signed root zone to be available
Tue, Aug 3 - Mon, Aug 16: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
Thu, Aug 26 - Thu, Sep 9: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
Tue, Sep 14 - Tue, Sep 21: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
Tue, Sep 21: CIRA Annual General Meeting
Wed, Sep 22 - Wed, Sep 29: CIRA Board of Directors election
Sun, Dec 5 - Fri, Dec 10: ICANN meetings in Cartagena, Columbia

Domain Name News - June 6, 2010

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