John Demco
Pre-Registration Begins For CIRA Annual General Meeting – Pre-registration is now available for the CIRA Annual General Meeting to be held in Vancouver on September 10. Amber MacArthur, new media journalist and web strategist, will be the keynote speaker.
ICANN Releases Paper on Auctions in New gTLD Applications – ICANN has released a paper on “the economic case for auctions as a tiebreaking mechanism for resolving contention among identical or confusingly similar applications for new gTLDs.” Comments on the paper are being sought until September 7.
Picks To Click
- The new .me domain has surpassed 100,000 registrations.
- Nominet is launching an advertising campaign to raise .uk renewal rates.
- InternetNZ announces the publication of a history of the New Zealand Internet.
Timeline
- Tue, Aug 19 – Tue, Sep 2: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Fri, Aug 22: last day for comments on single-character .coop and .mobi names
- Mon, Sep 8: .pro domain relaunches
- Tue, Sep 9: final slate of candidates for CIRA Board election listed
- Wed, Sep 10: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Vancouver
- Thu, Sep 18 – Thu, Sep 25: voting period for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Wed, Oct 1: .com and .net registry fees increase
- Sat, Nov 1: .info registry fees increase
- Sun, Nov 2 – Fri, Nov 7: ICANN meetings in Cairo, Egypt
- Sun, Nov 9: .org registry fees increase
- Wed, Dec 3 – Mon, Feb 2: .tel domain registrations commence for trademark holders
- Tue, Feb 3 – Mon, Mar 23: .tel domain registrations commence at a premium price
- Sun, Mar 1 – Fri, Mar 6: ICANN meetings in Mexico City, Mexico
- Tue, Mar 24: .tel domain registrations open to all