Nominet, the .uk domain registry, is currently seeking nominations for the .UK Registry Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC’s membership is divided into 3 cohorts: large registrars, mid-small and secondary market. This year the elections are for one representative for each segment. The deadline for nomination is 1700 on Friday 19th April. Only Nominet members can… Continue reading Nominations for Nominet’s Registry Advisory Council Close Friday
RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
RIPE NCC’s Community Projects Fund is now open for applications. They’re providing up to €250k to fund projects that are deemed beneficial to the technical community within RIPE’s service region ie. Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. The application deadline is July 31st 2024. While the fund is fairly broad in its remit there are… Continue reading RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
ICANN has published the full schedule for its first public meeting of 2024. The first meeting of the year will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is a location that the organisation has held meetings at in the past. While the event itself will run from March 2nd until March 7th, there will… Continue reading ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership
Back in June of last year the controversial registrar Epik changed owners. Whether that change was purely on paper or if it was a completely new set of people behind the company or not was unknown. Yesterday, however, ICANN finally granted its approval to the transfer of the accreditation’s ownership. Epik put out a press… Continue reading ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership
RIPE 88 Registration Open
Registration for RIPE 88 is now open. The meeting will be held in Krakow, Poland from May 20th to May 24th 2024. A ticket for the full week costs €400, while a day ticket is €130. Students can avail of a special rate of €50 for the week. The full event schedule hasn’t been published… Continue reading RIPE 88 Registration Open
French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign
Afnic, the French domain name registry, has launched a new video advertising campaign. The campaign is aimed at French SMEs and is 25 second 3D animation. Here it is: The script focusses on a few key points that should resonate with small business owners: Here’s a rough translation of the script: Welcome to my domain!… Continue reading French Domain Registry Launch New Video Ad Campaign
ICANN Chooses Istanbul for 2024 AGM
ICANN’s 3rd meeting of 2024 will be held in Istanbul. Istanbul will be the host for the organisation’s 3rd meeting of 2024, which is also its AGM. The other locations chosen for 2024 are: San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2024 Kigali, Rwanda in June You can see the locations and dates for all past… Continue reading ICANN Chooses Istanbul for 2024 AGM
French Registry Opens Consulations
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has opened two public consultations which are related to mitigating DNS abuse. Afnic is the domain registry for .fr, which is France’s country code top level domain (ccTLD). They also run the registry for several of Frances “overseas territories” (.re, .pm,, .wf and .yt). The consultations are covering two… Continue reading French Registry Opens Consulations
Registration for Nordic Domain Days 2024 Opens
While it might only be October 2023 several events next year have already opened registration. Among them is Nordic Domain Days. The 2024 event will be held on May 13th and May 14th 2024 in Stockholm. While a lot of the details of the 2024 event are not announced yet the event organisers have announced… Continue reading Registration for Nordic Domain Days 2024 Opens
ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published
The full schedule for the upcoming ICANN meeting in Hamburg has been published. ICANN’s 3rd meeting of 2023 is being held later this month in the German city of Hamburg. As it’s the 3rd and final meeting of the year it’s also the organisation’s AGM. While that might not sound exciting, and really isn’t unless… Continue reading ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published