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ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co

April 8, 2016 by Michele Neylon

US Senator Ted Cruz

Senator Cruz and ICANN have been involved in a game of "swap the letter" for the last couple of months. Earlier this week Cruz and Co sent a letter to ICANN that displayed a couple of key things: they were very unhappy with how ICANN had been responding (They're not alone in this one!) They were displeased with ICANN's concept of time (hey we've all been there! Welcome … [Read more...] about ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co

Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released

April 6, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The preliminary agenda for Domaining Europe has been released. The event runs over 3 days, with day 1 (Sunday) being dedicated to networking and 1 to 1 meetings. Monday and Tuesday are themed, with Monday focussing on .com and "legacy" domains, while Tuesday's focus will switch to new TLDs and future rounds. There will be a variety of talks covering: European … [Read more...] about Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released

IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched

April 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

This year's IGF is being held in Mexico in Guadalajara. While the official site for the IGF is maintained by the UN here and will probably be the main destination of any attendees, the local hosts usually put together a site with pertinent information. This year's site is now live. At the moment the site provides some details about the venue, but little else. The 2016 … [Read more...] about IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched

Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)

April 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) was created specifically to address concerns voiced by IP rights holders in relation to the new TLD program. It's not the most popular or successful facet of the new TLD program in many people's minds. According to the most recent statistics from the Trademark Clearinghouse less than 40 thousand marks have been registered with them. That's a … [Read more...] about Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)

Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter

April 4, 2016 by Michele Neylon

US Senator Ted Cruz

Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording is much blunter this time round. Cruz' office … [Read more...] about Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter

ISOC Hiring For Africa

April 4, 2016 by Michele Neylon

ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa "Manager Chapter Development Africa". Interested? Here's the full spec: Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC Members … [Read more...] about ISOC Hiring For Africa

Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot

March 31, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The Scottish parliament announced earlier today that it will be switching over to a .scot domain name in May. At the moment they use scottish.parliament.uk From May they will have moved entirely to parliament.scot This is a nice "win" for the .scot registry, which has been gaining popularity with Scottish individuals and businesses. According to nTLD Stats there … [Read more...] about Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot

DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names

March 31, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The guys over at the .me registry have reason to celebrate - they've just announced that they've hit an important milestone. There are now over 1 million .me domain names registered. You can read about the .me 1 million names and how much it means to them over on their blog. In the meanwhile this graphic shows how the zone grew over the past 8 years: There's quite a … [Read more...] about DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names

Three Candidates Running In Nominet Elections

March 30, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Nominet logo (2015)

Nominet's non-executive director elections are currently in progress. The final slate of candidates and voting details were made available yesterday. The three candidates for the 2016 election are (in alphabetical order): Phil Buckingham Volker Greimann Kelly Salter So who are the three candidates?   You can find quite a lot of detail in the candidate … [Read more...] about Three Candidates Running In Nominet Elections

Nominet To Make Zone File Available

March 30, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Nominet are planning to make their zone file available from May. In an email to Nominet members yesterday Nominet CEO Russell Haworth stated: We have also taken a decision to make the .UK zone file available free to our members in May. The team are working out the finer technical and operational points and will keep you posted as we firm things up. There aren't any details … [Read more...] about Nominet To Make Zone File Available

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