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CIRA Announces 2014 Board of Directors Election Results

John Demco — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:44:42 +0000

CIRA Announces 2014 Board of Directors Election Results – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that Kerry Brown, Susan Mehinagic, Faye West, and Andrew Escobar have been elected to its Board of Directors. A total of 706 votes were cast, and a complete list of candidates and vote counts has been posted. Picks…

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Domain Name News – CIRA Election Campaign Forum Starts on September 10

John Demco — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:10:43 +0000

CIRA Board of Directors Election Campaign Forum Starts on September 10 – The campaign forum for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Board of Directors election starts on Wednesday, September 10. The list of final candidates will be announced at that time. The forum runs until September 17, to be followed by the voting period.…

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Domain Name News – Domain Name Registrations Reach 276 Million

John Demco — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:53:24 +0000

Domain Name Registrations Reach 276 Million Worldwide – According to VeriSign’s recent Domain Name Industry Brief, the first quarter of 2014 closed with more than 276 million domain name registrations worldwide, an annual growth rate of 7.5%. The rate as reported three months ago was 7.3%. Total ccTLD registrations were 127.1 million, a 13.1% year-over-year…

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Domain Name News – CIRA Election: Nomination Committee Slate Announced, Member Applications Open

John Demco — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:12:48 +0000

In this year’s Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Board of Directors election, three Directors will be elected from the Nomination Committee slate, and one Director will be elected from the Members’ slate. The Nomination Committee slate, announced on July 28, consists of Joseph Abley, Bill Baines, Karima Bawa, Kerry Brown, Monique Létourneau, Susan Mehinagic, Paula…

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Domain Name News – IANA Transition Coordination Group Gets Under Way

John Demco — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 05:50:27 +0000

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) met in London last week. The group is responsible for preparing a proposal to the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration (NTIA) for transitioning NTIA’s stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the Internet community. The IANA functions can be divided into three main categories:…

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Domain Name News – ICANN Meets This Week in London

John Demco — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 04:35:30 +0000

ICANN meetings take place this week in London, with more than 2000 people in attendance. Here are a few of the topics to be discussed: The new gTLD program, and especially the .wine and .vin top-level domain applications, continue to draw much attention. ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has not reached consensus on additional safeguards…

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Domain Name News – CIRA Seeks Board of Directors Applicants

John Demco — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:44:14 +0000

CIRA Seeks Board of Directors Applicants – The Nomination Committee of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is calling for qualified individuals to be put forward as possible candidates for this year’s CIRA Board of Directors election. The Committee will select a slate of candidates from which the Members will elect three Directors this September.…

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Domain Name News – CIRA Announces Community Investment Program Recipients

John Demco — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 05:54:44 +0000

CIRA Announces Community Investment Program Recipients – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced the first recipients in its Community Investment Program. The program was launched earlier this year “to provide funding to community groups, not-for-profits and academic institutions for projects they could demonstrate would enhance the Internet for the benefit of all Canadians.”…

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Domain Name News – Support for IGF Announced; .CLUB Debuts

John Demco — Mon, 12 May 2014 05:51:00 +0000

Financial Support for IGF Announced – A number of ccTLD registry operators have announced financial support for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder forum for dialogue on Internet governance. A minimum total of USD $100,000 annually has been committed for several years. Support is coming initially from .AU (Australia), .BR (Brazil), .CA (Canada), .CN…

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Domain Name News – .CA Registry Lock, 271 Million Domains Worldwide

John Demco — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 06:11:41 +0000

CIRA Launches Registry Lock for .CA – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced the launch of Registry Lock, a service “of particular value to high-traffic, high-transaction websites”. According to CIRA: “With Registry Lock, a domain name is locked at the registry level. Any request to have the domain name redirected, its information altered,…

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Domain Name News – ICANN and Stewardship of Technical Functions

John Demco — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:13:17 +0000

ICANN’s 49th meeting was held in Singapore last week. As described in ICANN’s press release, the meeting “was dominated by discussions stemming from the recent announcement by the U.S. Government that it wants to transfer stewardship of some vital Internet technical functions to provide for global accountability.” Also at the meeting, CIRA President and CEO…

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Domain Name News – U.S. Government to Transition Domain Name Functions

John Demco — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:44:22 +0000

U.S. Government To Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has announced “its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.” NTIA’s responsibility includes “the procedural role of administering changes to the authoritative root zone…

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Domain Name News – CIRA To Fund Canadian Internet Enhancement Projects

John Demco — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:39:44 +0000

CIRA To Fund Canadian Internet Enhancement Projects – As part of its Community Investment Program, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that it will provide up to $1,000,000 this year to community groups, not-for-profits, and academic institutions for “projects they can demonstrate will enhance the Internet for the benefit of all Canadians.” Qualifying…

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Domain Name News – .UK Domain Name Screening, New gTLDs Surpass 100

John Demco — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:52:05 +0000

.UK Registry To Introduce Post-Registration Domain Name Screening – Nominet, the .uk registry, has announced that it will institute “a system of post-registration domain name screening, within 48 hours of registration, for domain names that appear to signal or encourage serious sexual offences.” The change follows from a recent policy review by the UK’s former…

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Domain Name News – New gTLD Delegations Continue

John Demco — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 07:00:40 +0000

New gTLD Delegations Continue, First City TLD Activated – The activation of new generic Top Level Domains continues. As of January 3, 82 new gTLDs have been delegated into the root zone, an increase of 47 since December 10. Included in the most recent batch is the first city gTLD, .wien, for the Austrian capital…

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Domain Name News – ICANN Considers .Brand Top-Level Domains

John Demco — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 08:10:55 +0000

ICANN Considers .Brand Top-Level Domains – ICANN has posted a proposal to make changes to the ICANN Registry Agreement relating to “.brand” TLDs. Among the changes would be permission for the .brand registry to exclusively use a chosen registrar or registrars, rather than being required to be available through all ICANN accredited registrars. Public comments…

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Domain Name News – ICANN Meets on New gTLDs, Internet Governance

John Demco — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:05:57 +0000

ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires – ICANN’s 48th public meeting wrapped up last week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two of the main themes were the New gTLD Program and Internet governance. New gTLD Program progress was outlined in a report dated November 18 covering application processing, rights protection mechanisms, name collision, and other topics. The…

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Domain Name News – New gTLDs Delegated, CIRA Board Officers Selected

John Demco — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:54:29 +0000

New Generic Top-Level Domains Delegated – The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in ICANN’s New gTLD Program have been delegated, or entered into the root zone of the Internet. The operators of these domains can now make the final arrangements required to offer domain names under the new TLDs available for registration. The new…

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Domain Name News – New gTLDs, Domain Name Association, ICANN Strategy

John Demco — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:06:41 +0000

Sunrise For Some New gTLDs May Start On October 29 – The Donuts domain name registry has reportedly announced that the Sunrise period for nine of the new gTLDs it has applied for may start on October 29. The domains are: .camera, .clothing, .equipment, .guru, .holdings, .lighting, .singles, .ventures and .voyage. The launch date is…

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Domain Name News – CIRA election results

John Demco — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:55:20 +0000

CIRA Announces 2013 Board of Directors Election Results – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that Rowena Liang, Louise Macdonald, Kevin McArthur, and Rob Villeneuve have been elected to its Board of Directors. A total of 2236 votes were cast, and a complete list of candidates and vote counts has been posted. Long…

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