John Demco
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 registering a domain name and then using the five-day Add Grace Period (AGP) to cancel the registration for a full refund if the domain doesn’t get enough traffic. Following policy changes to limit the number of free AGP returns, “there has been a 99.7% decline in domain tasting across all registries that have implemented the new domain tasting policy”.
Picks To Click
- “Green domain sparks war of words“, describing the competition between two groups, Dot Eco and Big Room, proposing to bid on a .eco domain. Dot Eco has posted a comparison of the two organizations.
- The .pro registry is planning to release 1-, 2- and 3-character .pro names.
- Three registrars have lost their ICANN accreditations: namefrog.com, SimplyNamed.com and Tahoe Domains Inc.
Timeline
- Tue, Aug 4 – Mon, Aug 17: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- Mon, Aug 24 – Mon, Sep 7: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Tue, Sep 15 – Tue, Sep 22: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Tue, Sep 22: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Toronto
- Wed, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 30: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Oct 25 – Fri, Oct 30: ICANN meetings in Seoul, South Korea
- Sun, Mar 7 – Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya