The second Middle East DNS Forum is scheduled to take place in Amman, Jordan next month from March 9th to March 10th. The event, which runs over two days, will cover topics such as: IDNs New TLDs ccTLDs IANA transition Internet industry in Middle East The full agenda is available on the event website. … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum Amman Jordan
Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
ICANN opened nominations for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award back in December. Nominations close on March 2nd 2015. It's an interesting idea to provide recognition for people who spend a lot of their days (and nights) working on Internet Governance matters: The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in … [Read more...] about Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
Amsterdam’s TLD Opens Pioneer Program
The .amsterdam city TLD is currently promoting its pioneer program. They'll be launching 100 .amsterdam sites powered by select "pioneer" organisations. So far they've got three on board: TEDx Amsterdam will be assigned tedx.amsterdam The city of Amsterdam will be using gemeente.amsterdam ID&T who run the Sensation parties will be given dance.amsterdam If … [Read more...] about Amsterdam’s TLD Opens Pioneer Program
ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
One of ICANN's core missions is maintaining "security and stability" and a key way that this happens is via the work of the SSAC. SSAC = the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Unless you're a bit of an ICANN "insider" however, you may not be familiar with how they work or what they do, so this new video is helpful: http://youtu.be/dlnPWlJM_1U … [Read more...] about ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
#RIPE70 Registration Now Open
Registration for RIPE 70 is now open. The meeting will be held in Amsterdam from 11th to 15th May 2015. RIPE meetings bring together a lot of technical types from across the EMEA region, so if you're into "networking" but with ethernet cables, then this could be the event for you. The RIPE meetings this year, however, may have a slightly different focus. With the … [Read more...] about #RIPE70 Registration Now Open
Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
Domain industry veteran, Gene Kearon, has joined .irish. Kearon, who was most recently with Dominion Enterprises, announced last night that he was joining .irish. He will be helping promote the new TLD for the global Irish community at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore. Kearon previously worked at Neustar where he was heavily involved in their new TLD business as … [Read more...] about Gene Kearon Joins .Irish
Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
While there were four applicants for the new TLD string .gay only one of them did so as a "community" application. Under ICANN's established processes for new TLD applications a "community" application is treated differently to a "standard" one and follows a different set of rules. As has been covered in depth elsewhere, the community application for .gay failed to pass the … [Read more...] about Community Application For DotGay Wins Reconsideration Request
IANA Explained [Video]
Unless you've been hiding under for the last few months you'll know that the IANA transition is a hot topic in internet governance circles Of course while there has been numerous meetings, thousands of emails, more meetings, media coverage and plenty of conversations about the topic, there are probably still quite a few people who don't fully understand what IANA is and, … [Read more...] about IANA Explained [Video]
#HostingCon $500 Amazon Gift Cert Giveaway
HostingCon is being held in San Diego, California this July from July 27th to 29th. In the runup to the event the organisers will be pushing out quite a bit of PR .. And today they announced a USD$500 Amazon gift certificate giveaway. You can enter up to twice per day simply by tweeting Full details here … [Read more...] about #HostingCon $500 Amazon Gift Cert Giveaway
Oscar Robles Switches From .Mx Registry To LACNIC
The .mx registry announced a couple of days ago that their CEO, Oscar Robles, would be stepping down. This morning LACNIC announced that Robles had been appointed as Executive Director. It's interesting to see someone like Robles, who has a lot of experience in the "names" space moving to "numbers". Of course Nic Mexico does a lot more than simply handling the .mx ccTLD, … [Read more...] about Oscar Robles Switches From .Mx Registry To LACNIC