John Demco
ICANN Approves Changes to .INFO and .BIZ Registry Agreements – The ICANN Board has approved requests from NeuStar and Afilias, operators of the .biz and .info registries respectively, intended to curb domain tasting. The changes limit the number of deletions during the five-day Add Grace Period (AGP) that a registrar can execute and receive a full fee credit. The limit per registrar is 50 per month or 10% of that registrar’s net new monthly domain name registrations, whichever is greater.
CIRA Announces New Members of Nomination Committee – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced its newly selected Nomination Committee members. Appointed for two-year terms are: Timothy Denton, Jim Green, Robert Guerra, and Omayma Moharram. Committee member Stuart MacDonald was re-appointed for an additional two-year term. Continuing members are: Terrance Cormier, Patrick Martin, Cliff McCollum, Don Reece, and David Smith. The committee’s role is to identify some of the candidates for CIRA’s Board of Directors elections.
US DOC Issues Statement On Mid-Term Review Of DOC/ICANN Agreement – The National Telelecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has issued a statement on its mid-term review of its current agreement with ICANN, indicating that “there was general consensus on the need to preserve the security and stability of the DNS and the recognition that ICANN is the appropriate technical coordinator of the Internet DNS. ICANN has made significant progress in several key areas, but most participants agree that important work remains to increase institutional confidence through implementing effective processes that will enable: long term stability; accountability; responsiveness; continued private sector leadership, stakeholder participation; increased contract compliance; and enhanced competition.” ICANN has welcomed the statement.
Picks To Click
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- Pizza.com sells at auction for $2.6 million.
- ICANN has started a newsletter focusing on its contractual compliance activities with registries and registrars.
Timeline
- Mon, Apr 7: last day for comments on report on inter-registrar transfer policy
- Tue, Apr 15: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Comittee
- Fri, Apr 25: last day for comments on discussion draft on fast tracking IDN ccTLDs
- Thu, May 1: nominations open for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Jun 22 – Fri, Jun 27: ICANN meetings in Paris, France
- Wed, Sep 10: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Vancouver
- Thu, Sep 18 – Thu, Sep 25: voting period for CIRA Board of Directors election