John Demco
ICANN Board and GAC to Meet on New gTLD Differences – In an attempt to resolve remaining differences concerning the new gTLD program, ICANN’s Board of Directors and its Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) have agreed to meet on February 28 and March 1 in Brussels. Only GAC and Board members, select ICANN staff members and subject matter experts will participate in the discussion, but the meeting will be scribed and streamed live over the Internet.
Picks To Click
- Poker.ca has sold for $400,000, reportedly a record amount for a .ca domain name.
- At its next meeting on January 25, the ICANN Board is expected to approve 11 more IDN ccTLDs, for Syria (1), South Korea (1), Singapore (2), and India (7).
- The financial services industry wants to write security standards for evaluating applications for new financial services gTLDs.
- The 2010 domain name year in review, by Elisa Cooper of MarkMonitor.
- The IETF turns 25.
Timeline
- Mon, Feb 28 – Tue, Mar 1: ICANN Board/GAC meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
- Sun, Mar 13 – Fri, Mar 18: ICANN meetings in San Francisco, USA
- Fri, Apr 1: .org and .biz registry fees increase
- Sun, Jun 19 – Fri, Jun 24: ICANN meetings in Amman, Jordan
- Fri, Jul 1: .info registry fee increases