John Demco
Results From ICANN Meetings in New Delhi – The ICANN meetings in New Delhi, India concluded on February 15. Among the resolutions adopted at the Board meeting were: directing staff to continue implementation work on new gTLDs, deciding to deploy IPv6 across ICANN’s own infrastructure, and approving the Framework and Principles on Accountability and Transparency. Among the topics discussed during the week was the midterm review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce. An open meeting on the JPA review will be held on February 28 in Washington, DC.
Picks To Click
- The Economist Newspaper loses a dispute over theeconomist.com.
- John R. Levine comments on the .travel domain.
- An article on online ad arbitrage, by Sean Stafford at domainnews.com.
- DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris warns of the threat of corrupted DNS servers.
- Tim Bray, on the tenth anniversary of XML.
Timeline
- Wed, Feb 20 – Wed, Mar 12: .asia domain landrush
- Web, Feb 20: .mobi registry to auction 14 premium domains
- Tue, Feb 26: last day for comments on fast-tracking a limited number of IDN ccTLDs
- Thu, Feb 28: U.S. DoC public meeting on ICANN Joint Project Agreement
- Fri, Mar 7: last day for comments on the effect of new gTLDs on the DNS
- Wed, Mar 26: .asia domain first-come-first-served registrations begin
- Tue, Apr 15: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Comittee
- Sun, Jun 22 – Fri, Jun 27: ICANN meetings in Paris, France