John Demco
CIRA Member Nominations For Board Elections Close on Tuesday, August 5 – Until Tuesday, August 5, CIRA Members are invited to nominate individuals for the upcoming Board Elections. Each nominee must receive at least 20 shows of support from CIRA Members in order to be added to the final list of candidates.
US Government To Retain Oversight of Root Zone File – In a letter to ICANN, the US Department of Commerce has indicated that it will retain control of the authoritative root zone file, stating that: “the Department, while open to operational efficiency measures that address governments’ legitimate public policy and sovereignty concerns with respect to the management of their ccTLD, has no plans to transition management of the authoritative root zone file to ICANN as suggested in the PSC documents.” The letter follows a request for comments on documents prepared by ICANN’s President’s Strategy Committee (PSC). Changes to the root zone file are required for the introduction of new TLDs and for some changes to existing TLDs.
Picks To Click
- Staples, Inc. and The Business Depot Ltd. win a dispute over staplesonlinerebate.ca, staplesonlinerebates.ca, and staplesrebate.ca.
- David Cohen loses a dispute over canadavisa.ca.
- ICANN seeks comments on allowing single-character names under .coop and .mobi.
- A revised .uk dispute resolution policy has been introduced.
- The .pro domain is set to relaunch with revised rules on September 8.
- Del.icio.us becomes delicious.com.
Timeline
- Tue, Jul 22 – Tue, Aug 5: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- 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