Author: John Demco

New gTLD Differences Summarized – The ICANN Board Chairman has sent an email summarizing the Board’s response to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) scorecard of issues concerning the new gTLD program. Each item is noted with one of these designations: 1A – Board position and GAC advice are consistent, 1B – positions are consistent in…

ICANN Board and Governmental Advisory Committee To Meet Over gTLD Differences – ICANN’s Board of Directors and its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) meet in Brussels Monday and Tuesday in an attempt to resolve remaining issues with the new gTLD process as identified by the GAC. Topics include: objection procedures, root zone scaling, market and economic…

Here is a selection of recent domain-related items: DNSSEC is scheduled to be launched for Germany’s .de domain on May 31. Neustar, the registry operator for the .us domain, is considering opening up the .us space to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). It is soliciting feedback from the community. An Australian court has placed Australian Style…

CIRA to Host Canadian Internet Forum – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will host the Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) in Ottawa on February 25. At the forum, CIRA will present findings from a national consultation on how the Internet is run, experts will comment on the findings, and participants will discuss Canadian and international…

ICANN Board and GAC to Meet on New gTLD Differences – In an attempt to resolve remaining differences concerning the new gTLD program, ICANN’s Board of Directors and its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) have agreed to meet on February 28 and March 1 in Brussels. Only GAC and Board members, select ICANN staff members and…

CIRA Seeks Nomination Committee Candidates – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has issued a call for new members for its Nomination Committee. The committee’s role is to solicit and select qualified candidates for the Nomination Committee slate of CIRA’s annual Board of Directors election. Applications to become a member of the committee will be…

ICANN Edges Forward On New gTLDs, .XXX – Meeting in Cartagena, Columbia, the ICANN Board made progress on a number of issues, but did not finalize the launches of either the new gTLD program or the .xxx domain. An extended meeting with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) is planned. Concerning new gTLDs, the Board noted…

Worldwide Domain Name Registrations Surpass 200 Million – At the end of the third quarter of 2010 there were almost 202 million domain name registrations worldwide, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, representing a growth of 13.3 million or 7% year-over-year. Registrations from the ccTLDs stood at 79.2 million, a…

U.S. Agency Seizes Domain Names – A unit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has seized more than 70 domains “in one the broadest actions yet against companies the government suspects of selling counterfeit or pirated products.” .AU Registry Seeks Input On Domain Policies – auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, is seeking public…

Progress Toward New gTLDs Continues – ICANN has published its proposed final Applicant Guidebook describing the process of applying for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). If the guidebook is approved at the next Board meeting in Cartagena, Columbia in December, ICANN could be in a position to begin receiving new TLD applications by the end…

Domain Name Industry Report Published By Nominet – Nominet has published its fourth annual Domain Name Industry Report. Among its findings: the global domain name market has grown by 6%, .uk registrations have grown by 11.5%, 80% of UK consumers prefer to use a .uk website over a .com website, .uk is now the second…

ICANN Aims for Q2 2011 Launch of New gTLD Program – At its meeting on October 28, the ICANN Board resolved (item #8) to direct staff to adopt a plan for the New gTLD Program which would result in a launch during Q2 of 2011. Under the working plan, the first applications for new gTLDs…

Redesigned .CA Registry System Set For Launch – On Tuesday, October 12, CIRA will transition to a redesigned, simplified system for the .CA domain registry, starting with a one-day suspension of requests for new registrations, renewals, and transfers. The new system is based on the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP). Picks To Click ICANN has published…

CIRA Election Continues Until Wednesday, September 29 – Voting in CIRA’s 2010 Board of Directors election continues until noon (ET) on Wednesday, September 29. CIRA members will elect five directors. Worldwide Domain Name Registrations Reach 196 Million – According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, the second quarter of 2010 ended…

CIRA Election: Campaign Forum Under Way, Voting Starts This Week – CIRA’s 2010 Board of Directors election is heading into its final stages. The online Campaign Forum, presently under way, continues until Tuesday, September 21. Online voting commences on Wednesday, September 22 and continues until September 29. Picks To Click CIRA’s Annual General Meeting takes…