John Demco
CIRA Board Election Starts Wednesday, September 23 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Board of Directors election takes place from Wednesday, September 23 to Wednesday, September 30. The online campaign forum, presently under way, ends on Tuesday, September 22.
CIRA AGM Set For Tuesday, September 22 in Toronto – The CIRA Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 22 in Toronto. The keynote speaker will be new media expert Rahaf Harfoush.
Nominet Trust To Receive Three Million Pound Donation – Nominet Trust, a charity created by .uk registry Nominet, is to receive a donation of three million pounds from Nominet. A year ago, Nominet donated five million pounds to the charity.
Picks To Click
- Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee have written a letter to ICANN expressing concerns regarding the proposed new gTLDs and the expiration of the U.S./ICANN Joint Project Agreement.
- EURid has announced that as of December 10 the .eu registry will support internationalized domain names (IDNs).
- Kevin Ham talks at Vancouver Enterprise Forum, from the Techvibes blog.
- The .yu domain is to stop functioning on September 30, having been replaced by the .rs domain for Serbia.
Timeline
- Tue, Sep 15 – Tue, Sep 22: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Tue, Sep 22: CIRA Annual General Meeting in Toronto
- Wed, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 30: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Wed, Sep 23 – Wed, Sep 30: auction of one-character .biz names
- Wed, Sep 30: last day of operation for the .yu domain
- Sun, Oct 25 – Fri, Oct 30: ICANN meetings in Seoul, South Korea
- Thu, Dec 10: support for .eu IDNs commences
- Sun, Mar 7 – Fri, Mar 12: ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya
- Sun, Jun 20 – Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium