John Demco
Registration Opens for CIRA Annual General Meeting – Registration is open for the CIRA Annual General Meeting, to be held on Tuesday, September 20 in Vancouver. Keynote speakers are Jonathan Zittrain, author of “The Future of the Internet and How To Stop It”, and Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr. Registration is free to all, and a prize draw will be held for CIRA Members in attendance. The event will also be webcast.
ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections – ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its selection of members of the ICANN Board of Directors, the At-Large Advisory Council, the GNSO Council, and the ccNSO Council. Board appointments are Steve Crocker and Judith Vasquez.
Picks To Click
- CIRA Member nominations for the 2011 CIRA Board of Directors election are open until Monday, August 15.
- In a court case between domain name registrant Tucows and Lojas Renner S.A. over renner.com, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the domain name is property.
- Registrar Network Solutions is being acquired by Web.com Group for $560 million.
- PIR, registry operator for the .org domain, has announced that it will apply for the .ngo top-level domain.
- “Who Will Be The Big Winners and Losers of the New TLDs?”, by Mark Jeftovic.
- The U.S. Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has written to ICANN blasting the new gTLD program.
- A list of likely new gTLD applicants, maintained by .nxt.
- A Government of Canada site on Canada’s anti-spam legislation.
Timeline
- Tue, Aug 2 – Mon, Aug 15: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- Thu, Aug 25 – Thu, Sep 8: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Tue, Sep 13 – Tue, Sep 20: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Tue, Sep 20: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Vancouver
- Wed, Sep 21 – Wed, Sep 28: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Oct 23 – Fri, Oct 28: ICANN meetings in Dakar, Senegal
- Sun, Jan 15: .com, .net registry fees increase