John Demco
CIRA Calls For Nominations For Board Election – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has a issued a call for individuals seeking to become candidates in this year’s Board of Directors election. The election, to be held in September, will be a split ballot composed of candidates selected by CIRA’s Nomination Committee and nominated directly by Members. The last day for applications to the Nomination Committee is Friday, June 12.
Picks To Click
- Alexa Raad, CEO of the .org registry, has written to ICANN arguing against allowing Registry-Registrar cross-ownership under the new gTLD program.
- China opposes extending the life of the multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Forum, and calls for an “intergovernmental discussion”.
- Handi Foods Ltd. wins a dispute over mrpita.ca and handifoods.ca.
Timeline
- Fri, Jun 5: last day for comments on proposal for short .pro names
- Mon, Jun 8: last day for comments to NTIA concerning ICANN agreement
- Fri, Jun 12: last day for applications to CIRA’s Nomination Committee
- Sun, Jun 21 – Fri, Jun 26: ICANN meetings in Sydney, Australia
- Tue, Sep 22: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Toronto
- Wed, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 30: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Oct 25 – Fri, Oct 30: ICANN meetings in Seoul, South Korea