Steve SmithThe CIRA Board Elections are upon us once again. Voting takes place online from 6:00 pm (18:00h) Ottawa time on September 6, 2007 to 6:00 pm (18:00h) Ottawa time on September 13, 2007. Final candidates and their statements are listed at https://elections.cira.ca/2007/finalslate/list/en. This year, it will be an extremely tight race so anyone who has…
John DemcoCIRA Board Election To Start On Thursday, September 6 – The CIRA Board of Directors election runs from Thursday, September 6 until Thursday, September 13. The official list of candidates was posted on August 27, and the online campaign forum closes this Tuesday, September 4. CIRA AGM Set For Thursday, September 6 in Toronto –…
John DemcoCIRA Election Campaign Forum To Start On Tuesday, August 28 – With the announcement of the final Members’ Slate on Monday, August 27, the names of all of the candidates for the upcoming CIRA election will have been announced, and an online Campaign Forum will take place from Tuesday, August 28 until Tuesday, September 4.…
Dear Readers, As a member of Webnames.ca’s Corporate Services team I often receive requests from customers who want to find information on registered domain names. Customers may want to know who owns a domain, how to contact the owner, how long it has been registered for, among other things. These questions stem from the fact that many domain registrars…
John DemcoICANN Begins Consultation on New Top-Level Domains – ICANN has begun a consultation on proposed policies for the creation of new top-level domains, using a report issued by ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). The consultation is especially looking for comments concerning principles, policy recommendations, implementation guidelines, selection criteria, contractual conditions for registries, and procedures…
JuliannaJust a reminder that the 2007 Domain Roundtable Conference is happening next week, August 12-15 in Seattle, Washington at the Sheraton Hotel. (Just a hop, skip, jump and border crossing away for all you locals.) With 40+ different sessions scheduled, DRT’s organizers are touting this year’s conference as the most informative domain industry event ever…
John DemcoCIRA Members Invited to Show Support for Member Nominees – Members of CIRA are invited to show support for Members Nominees in the upcoming Board of Directors election. In order to be listed on the ballot, each Member Nominee must obtain formal support from at least 20 CIRA members by August 20. A total of…
JuliannaCIRA announced today that its CEO and President Bernard Turcotte will be leaving later this year. Bernard has played an important role in forging CIRA’s status as one of the world’s best-run country code top-level domains and has served Canada’s Internet community through CIRA since 2001. CIRA will soon be launching a nation-wide search to find the…
JuliannaCIRA is asking that all dot-ca domain name holders complete the membership enrolment process to become or remain a CIRA Member. July 30, 2007 is the date all current CIRA memberships will expire, and you will need to complete the new authentication process to renew your membership. Benefits As a CIRA Member, you will…
John DemcoICANN Starts Consultation on Protecting Registrants – ICANN is seeking to increase protection for domain registrants through a consultation on its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and accreditation process. .COOP Registry Renews Agreement With ICANN – DotCoop, registry operator of the .coop top-level domain, has signed a ten year renewal of its agreement with ICANN.…
JuliannaCircle ID published an article this week about the state of .eu, the European Union’s Top-Level Domain (TLD). A full year has passed since the sunrise and landrush periods, and the first wave of renewals has come and gone. So what does the .eu look like a year later? In one word – underwhelming. A…
JuliannaLast month we asked the question “Is Business.com worth $400 million dollars?” Today I can tell you the answer – almost! The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that a deal has been made to sell the web-based business directory, and domain, for between $340 and $360 million dollars. The Web’s original high-price domain…
John Demco.TRAVEL Founder Steps Down – Ron Andruff, founder of the .travel domain and President of Triallance Corporation, the operator of the .travel domain registry, has stepped down. According to an article in Breaking Travel News, Andruff indicated that “his decision was due to a combination of conflicting ideas with Tralliance management about the future of…
John DemcoVeriSign Restates Financials, Announces Resignation of CFO – VeriSign has announced a restatement of its financial statements going back to 2002 as a result of a review of the company’s historical stock option grant practices. Also announced was the resignation of Dana Evan as Chief Financial Officer. Stratton Sclavos had resigned as CEO in May.…
John DemcoNomination Committee Candidates for CIRA Board Selected – The CIRA Nomination Committee has selected candidates for the NomCom side of the split ballot for the Board Elections this September. The candidates are: Richard Anderson, Clyde Beattie, Jean Héon, Ronald Kawchuk, Jefferson Mesidor, Christophe Reverd, and Rick Sutcliffe. Each candidate has submitted a statement, and answers…
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