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Want to Serve on an ICANN Board or Council?

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ICANN, in common with several other organisations, uses a number of different methods when choosing people for various boards, councils and committees. One route is via the Nomcom ie. a nominating committee. This year's application window is now open and there is a good range of positions open: The ICANN Board seats are the only ones that have any kind of salary, while … [Read more...] about Want to Serve on an ICANN Board or Council?

ICANN Chooses Oman for 2025 AGM

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ICANN 84, which is also the 2025 AGM, will be held in Muscat, Oman. The organisation holds three public meetings every year and generally rotates them through the geographic regions. ICANN has held public meetings in the middle east in the past, with ICANN 60 being held in Abu Dhabi back in 2017. The event will take place from 25–30 October 2025 at the Oman Convention … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Oman for 2025 AGM

ICANN 80 Schedule Published

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ICANN has published the full schedule for the upcoming public meeting to be held in Kigali, Rwanda. As they've been doing for the last few years, there will be a pre-meeting "prep week" which is aimed at bringing people up to speed on some of the more recent activity. For this meeting that will be held online from May 28th to the 30th. The actual meeting proper will … [Read more...] about ICANN 80 Schedule Published

ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published

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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 you are super bored, it does mean that it's the time of the … [Read more...] about ICANN Hamburg Schedule Published

ICANN Chooses Rwanda for 2024 Summer Meeting

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ICANN holds three meetings a year and usually rotates them by geographic region. This year's meetings are being held in Mexico, USA and Germany, which means that North America gets two meetings, while Latin America and Caribbean, Asia etc all got none. Next year, however, things will change a little with the organisation holding its June meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Rwanda for 2024 Summer Meeting

Whois is Officially Dead (Bonus – so is the fax!)

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For the last few years registries of both names and numbers have been rolling out new technologies. One of the areas that was long due an upgrade was the protocol for displaying registration data. For the past 30 or so years both names and numbers have used "whois" to tell you who a domain or IP address was linked to. Sure, it "worked", but it was far from ideal. Every registry … [Read more...] about Whois is Officially Dead (Bonus – so is the fax!)

ICANN’s Cancún Meeting Was Almost Normal

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ICANN 76 was held in Cancún, Mexico last week. While the event was not without its issues the attendance numbers were quite high with "on site" attendees outnumbering "remote" participants. ICANN's Interim CEO Sally Costerton published a brief blog post with some numbers: ICANN had originally planned to hold a meeting in Cancún back in March 2020, but pulled the plug on … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Cancún Meeting Was Almost Normal

ICANN Gets First Female CEO

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ICANN made what could be conservatively described as a surprise announcement last night. Göran Marby, who had been the organisation's CEO for the last 6 plus years was gone and had been replaced by Sally Costerton. While Sally Costerton's position is officially Interim President and CEO it still means that she is the first female to hold the top role in the organisation. … [Read more...] about ICANN Gets First Female CEO

ICANN Still Insisting Their Waiver is “Normal”

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Prior to the ICANN meeting in The Hague I wrote a couple of times about their insane waiver. I wrote to ICANN's CEO and the Chair of the ICANN Board, but that went nowhere. We even filed a reconsideration request along with the .na domain registry, but that was also rejected. And we were not alone. The ALAC also wrote to ICANN's Board formally about the waiver (full text … [Read more...] about ICANN Still Insisting Their Waiver is “Normal”