Category: Domain Name News

CIRA Board Election Starts Wednesday, September 23 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Board of Directors election takes place from Wednesday, September 23 to Wednesday, September 30. The online campaign forum, presently under way, ends on Tuesday, September 22. CIRA AGM Set For Tuesday, September 22 in Toronto – The CIRA Annual General Meeting…

Show Of Support Period For CIRA Board Election Closes Monday, September 7 – Shows of support for Member Nominees to the 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election must be completed by 6:00 pm Eastern (3:00 pm Pacific) on Monday, September 7. A nominee must receive at least 20 shows of support to be listed on…

ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections – ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its selection of new members of the ICANN Board of Directors, the At-Large Advisory Council, the GNSO Council, and the ccNSO Council. Appointed to the Board were Rajasekar Ramaraj, Gonzalo Navarro, and George Sadowsky. Picks To Click An interview with Frank Schilling. Afilias is…

Shows of Support for Member Nominees to CIRA Board Election – Starting Monday, August 24 at noon Eastern (9:00 am Pacific), CIRA members can show support for Member Nominees to the 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election. A nominee must receive at least 20 shows of support to be listed on the September ballot. Shows…

Last Call for Member Nominations for 2009 CIRA Board Election – Member nominations for the 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election close at 6:00 pm Eastern Time on Monday, August 17. ICANN: Domain Tasting All But Eliminated – ICANN reports that “domain tasting” has all but been eliminated. Domain tasting is the practice of speculatively…

Members of US Congress Seek Permanent ICANN Relationship – With the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the United States and ICANN expiring on September 30, some members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce have written to the US Commerce Secretary calling for a “permanent instrument” to replace the JPA. According…

Nomination Committee Candidates for CIRA Election Announced – CIRA has announced the Nomination Committee Slate for the 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election. The candidates selected by the Nomination Committee are: Georges Courteau, Margaret Gilmour, Jim Grey, Christopher McCue, Genevieve Plank, and Victoria Withers. The process for determining the Members’ Slate begins on August 4.…

CIRA Sponsors Media Awareness Network – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced its sponsorship of the Media Awareness Network (MNet). A non-for-profit organization, MNet develops media literacy programs and “focuses its efforts on equipping adults with information and tools to help young people develop the critical thinking skills required to understand the extent…

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…

The meetings of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are taking place this week, June 21 – 26, 2009, in Sydney, Australia. As usual, there is a very diverse collection of participants and topics. Of particular interest is the prospect of the creation of a large number of new generic top-level domains…

CIRA To Conduct WHOIS Consultation – CIRA will conduct a public consultation on its WHOIS disclosure policy, launched last year. The policy restricts personal information about individual .ca domain registrants, and was designed “to achieve balance between protecting the privacy of individual Registrants and providing timely mechanisms for legitimate information requests”. Worldwide Domain Name Count…

ICANN Board Approves Changes To Registrar Contract – The ICANN Board has approved a set of 17 amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the contract ICANN has with each accredited Registrar. According to ICANN: “The changes update the RAA, which was last amended in 2001, to adapt to the modern domain name market. The…

Nominet Consults on Domain Industry Self-Regulation – Nominet, the registry for the .uk domain, is running a consultation and holding a series of open meetings on “potential changes to the self-regulation model of the domain name industry in the UK.” The consultation follows a recent independent governance review which concluded that public intervention and external…

CIRA Calls For Nominations For Board Election – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has a issued a call for individuals seeking to become candidates in this year’s Board of Directors election. The election, to be held in September, will be a split ballot composed of candidates selected by CIRA’s Nomination Committee and nominated directly…