Domain Name News – May 4, 2008

CIRA Calls For Nominations For Board Election – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has a issued a call for individuals to be considered by the Nomination Committee for the Board of Directors election to be held this September. The last day for applications to the Nomination Committee is Thursday, May 29. The election will be a split ballot composed of candidates selected by the Nomination Committee and nominated directly by Members. The Member nomination process will commence on July 22.

Picks To Click

• Research In Motion wins a dispute over nine blackberry-related .ca domain names including blackberrystore.ca.
• Michael Geist comments on CIRA’s new Whois policy.
• Lufthansa wins a dispute over lh.com, in a split decision.
• A review panel reverses a decision to turn myspace.co.uk over to MySpace. The domain was registered to a British ISP six years before MySpace was founded.
• “Nominet critic wins boardroom seat“, from The Register.
• The GNSO Council’s anti-tasting motion is open for comment until May 21.

Timeline

• Wed, May 21: last day for comments on GNSO anti-tasting motion
• Sat, May 24: last day for comments on DNSSEC proposal for .org
• Thu, May 29: last day for applications to CIRA’s Nomination Committee
• Sun, Jun 1: new .au transfers policy takes effect
• Tue, Jun 10: implementation date for new WHOIS policy for .ca
• Sun, Jun 22 – Thu, Jun 26: ICANN meetings in Paris, France
• 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