John Demco
Internationalized Domain Names To Be Supported Under .EU – The European Commission has amended the rules for the .eu domain to allow the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). They are to be available later this year.
.SE Registry Supports External Projects – The registry for Sweden’s .se domain has announced financial support for 13 non-commercial projects, and is planning to allocate 5 million Swedish crowns in 2009. Applications for additional projects are being accepted until September 13.
Rod Beckstrom Appointed As New ICANN CEO – During the ICANN meetings in Sydney, Australia, Rod Beckstrom was named as the organization’s new CEO. Formerly Beckstrom was Director of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center.
Picks To Click
- Former ICANN CEO Paul Twomey has been listed in the Special People Numbers Registry maintained by IANA.
- Sao Paulo Alpargatas S/A loses a dispute over havaianas.ca.
- Canadian Security Association wins a dispute over canasa.ca.
- The site for the upcoming ICANN meetings in Seoul, Korea is available.
- The .tel registry offers domain management in 11 languages.
- A permanent Internet connection to Australia was established 20 years ago.
Timeline
- Fri, Jul 31: last day for comments on root server scaling study
- Tue, Aug 4 – Mon, Aug 17: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- Mon, Aug 24 – Mon, Sep 7: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Tue, Sep 15 – Tue, Sep 22: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Tue, Sep 22: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Toronto
- Wed, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 30: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Oct 25 – Fri, Oct 30: ICANN meetings in Seoul, South Korea
- Sun, Mar 7 – Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya