Domain Name News – June 2, 2008

Picks To Click
•    The agenda of the June 3, 2008 meeting of the CIRA Board of Directors
•    New open source DNS software, Unbound has been released
•    Ireland’s .ie domain has surpassed 100,000 registrations
•    The .au registry has introduced changes to its domain transfer policy, and on June 25     
     the .uk registry will introduce an online registrant transfer process to replace the current
     paper-based process.
•    StatoilHydro ASA wins a dispute over statoil.ca.
•    Nova Verta International wins a dispute over novaverta.ca.
 
Timeline
•    Tue, Jun 10: implementation date for new WHOIS policy for .ca
•    Sun, Jun 22 – Thu, Jun 26: ICANN meetings in Paris, France
•    Wed, Jun 25: .uk online registrant transfer becomes available
•    Thu, Jul 17: last day for comments on proposed IDN plan for .nz
•    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