John Demco
U.S. Senate Committee To Hold Hearing on Expansion of TLDs – The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will be holding a hearing on the new gTLD program. The hearing will take place on Thursday, December 8 starting at 10:00 am Eastern, and will be webcast on the Committee’s website.
Picks To Click
- General Availability for the .xxx domain begins on December 6.
- auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, is conducting a review of the auDA Foundation charitable trust.
- The Sofia News Agency has published an interview with ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom, including comments on ICANN’s rejection of an application for the Cyrillic domain .бг for Bulgaria.
- Glen Raven Inc. wins a dispute over sunbrella.ca.
- The minutes of the September 19, 2011 meeting of the CIRA Board of Directors have been published.
Timeline
- Tue, Dec 13: CIRA IDN consultation closes
- Sun, Jan 15: .com, .net registry fees increase
- Sun, Mar 11 – Fri, Mar 16: ICANN meetings in San Jose, Costa Rica