In common with other Internet Governance related organisations ICANN has a nominating committee (NomCom) that selects people to serve on various bodies such as councils, boards and committees. While the majority of seats on the various councils etc., are selected by the respective participant organisations there is a small number that are chosen by the NomCom. Inevitably some … [Read more...] about ICANN’s NomCom Announces 2025 Selection
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Governments Want ICANN to do More About Online Harms
ICANN's more recent public meeting was the policy forum in Prague. ICANN 83 came to a close last Thursday. One of the outputs from ICANN meetings that many within the broader community keep an eye out for is the missive from the GAC, which is where governments sit within the ICANN circus. Their communiqué, which I've included below, covers a number of administrative bits, … [Read more...] about Governments Want ICANN to do More About Online Harms
Want to Serve on an ICANN Board or Council?
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
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
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 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 and upcoming meetings here. ICANN meetings are free to attend and … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Istanbul for 2024 AGM
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 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
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!)
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
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