John DemcoHere is a selection of recent items: At the close of the ICANN meetings held last week in Costa Rica, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman Steve Crocker were interviewed concerning the New gTLD Program and other aspects of ICANN. Beckstrom indicated that there are 290 registrants in the TLD Application System (TAS) as of…
Garrett SaundryWe would like to update you regarding this week’s postponement of the CIRA TBR. An ambiguity in the TBR submission rocess resulted in some registrars not being able to participate in yesterday’s release. As a result, and in keeping with CIRA‘s commitment to fair and equal access in the TBR process, yesterday’s TBR results have…
JuliannaICANN has approved the first four internationalized top-level domain names (IDNs) for Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement released yesterday, ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom called it “a pivotal moment in the history of Internet domain names.” Why exactly is the support of internationalized top-level domain names so significant? For starters, the exclusivity…
John DemcoThe ICANN Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for open positions on the ICANN Board of Directors, the At Large Advisory Committee, the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), and the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO). Statements of Interest should be submitted by April 15. ICANN has opened a public forum on…
