León Felipe Sánchez Ambía has been elected by ALAC to the ICANN Board. Mr Sánchez Ambía will be seated at ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi in November. The current ALAC appointee to the Board Rinalia Abdul Rahm was seated 3 years ago. León bio is below: León Felipe Sánchez Ambía is an intellectual property attorney graduated from the the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México … [Read more...] about León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Elected to ICANN Board
Archives for February 2017
Mick Moran Honoured by M3AAWG
Mick Moran, who is a member of An Garda Síochána, but who has been seconded to Interpol in Lyon for several years, is a man with a mission. Mick's job is far from easy, as he deals with the worst of the worst: crimes against children online. We've spoken to Mick in the past here and here. Yesterday at the M3AAWG meeting in San Francisco Mick was honoured with the 2017 M3AAWG … [Read more...] about Mick Moran Honoured by M3AAWG
WHD Global Releases Parody Video
WHD Global are obviously having a lot of fun producing videos in the run up to this year's "cloud festival" in Germany. Their latest release follows in the footsteps of several European countries that want to be put second, assuming that America is first. So here's the WHD entry to the competition, if there was a competition .. https://youtu.be/Iy84ZdK29wI The video … [Read more...] about WHD Global Releases Parody Video
US Republican Party’s 404 Page Takes Swipe at Clinton
The US Republican party (GOP) , which currently dominates both houses, as well as controlling the White House, has a rather "different" 404 page. (They also have their own TLD .gop) A 404 page is one that a web server, such as Apache or IIS, displays when you click on a link to a non-existent page on a site or simply make a typo when putting the page address in to the … [Read more...] about US Republican Party’s 404 Page Takes Swipe at Clinton
Domain Name Nostalgia: Nominet Confirmation Letters
Once upon a time, several years ago, Nominet used to send out physical letters to confirm your domain registrations. They'd send out a confirmation letter to the registrant address for each and every registration. With thousands of domains being registered every month their postage bills must have been quite impressive! They also used to send out physical receipts for … [Read more...] about Domain Name Nostalgia: Nominet Confirmation Letters
DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
DNS Belgium, who run the .be ccTLD domain registry, as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, is moving its backend to the cloud. The domain registry announced last year that they would be migrating their backend to the cloud. Why? So they can focus on the software and services and not have to concern themselves with the hardware and colocation aspect of running clusters … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
WHD Have Managed to Make ICANN Sound Exciting
Some clever editing of video footage, some dramatic music and a clever voiceover make ICANN and Internet Governance sound .. well, exciting I guess. Here's the teaser video: https://youtu.be/OgPQbeHWYP8 As I mentioned yesterday, ICANN CEO Göran Marby will be speaking at WHD Global next month. … [Read more...] about WHD Have Managed to Make ICANN Sound Exciting
ICANN CEO to Speak at WHD Global
ICANN CEO Göran Marby will be speaking at WHD Global next month in Germany. Marby is scheduled to speak on Wednesday March 29th. The title of his talk suggests that he'll be trying to get more of the hosting community to engage with ICANN: "Shape the future of the Internet: Your business depends on it." From the announcement this morning: ICANN CEO Göran Marby to … [Read more...] about ICANN CEO to Speak at WHD Global
ICANN to Hold DNS Symposium in Madrid in May
ICANN and a couple of other organisations are taking advantage of venue chosen for the 2017 GDD Summit. ICANN will be holding a "DNS Symposium" in the Hotel NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding in Madrid on Saturday 13th May. It's the first time that ICANN organises this type of event. The focus of the event will be the technical types and it is being organised by office of … [Read more...] about ICANN to Hold DNS Symposium in Madrid in May