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ICANN 70 Confirmed as Virtual

January 15, 2021 by Michele Neylon Leave a Comment

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It's looking less and less likely that there will be any big "in person"" events in 2021 with more and more event organisers announcing their plans to hold their events online.ICANN has announced that ICANN 70 which was meant to be held in Cancún, Mexico is being held online, though it will be scheduled on the Mexican city's timezone.You can register for the event … [Read more...] about ICANN 70 Confirmed as Virtual

What is .art Playing at?

January 5, 2021 by Michele Neylon Leave a Comment

When new TLDs were being introduced one of the arguments in their favour is that they'd offer more choices to registrants.Earlier today the .art registry made a rather odd announcement:https://twitter.com/Art_Domains/status/1346502397644972039Apparently they're now offering "3rd level domains"What now?According to the blog post:ART’s third-level domains … [Read more...] about What is .art Playing at?

European ICANN 69 “Read-out”

November 19, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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ICANN, EURALO and ISOC UK are hosting a European based "read-out" for ICANN 69. Essentially it'll be a webinar where various stakeholders will brief the broader internet community on the key takeaways from the ICANN 69 meeting.Speakers will include ICANN's head honcho for Europe as well as representatives from the GNSO Council, ccNSO Council and others.As it's 2020 … [Read more...] about European ICANN 69 “Read-out”

ICANN Appoints New Chief to Istanbul Office

August 18, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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Earlier today ICANN announced that they had appointed Baher Esmat as the new Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) office in Istanbul. He'll be replacing Nick Tomasso who was in the role since 2017. Tomasso took on the role in addition to being in charge of ICANN's meetings team.The appointment of Baher Esmat is quite logical. He's been with ICANN for … [Read more...] about ICANN Appoints New Chief to Istanbul Office

Olivier Crépin-Leblond Awarded by ICANN

June 23, 2020 by Michele Neylon

The ICANN meeting taking place this week is "virtual" so several of the more formal ceremonies which would normally be part of the event are not taking place, or at least not in their normal format. While if the meeting was being held face to face there would have been a short ceremony to announce the awarding of the "Community Excellence Award" that couldn't happen this time … [Read more...] about Olivier Crépin-Leblond Awarded by ICANN

No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year

June 12, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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ICANN normally holds in person meetings three times a year, with the locations rotating between the global regions, as defined by ICANN.In 2020 the organisation was meant to be meeting in Cancun, Kuala Lumpur and Hamburg. However due to COVID-19 the meeting in Cancun was cancelled a few weeks before it was meant to take place and a cutdown version of the meeting took place … [Read more...] about No ICANN Meeting in Person This Year

ICANN and the Risk of Lobbying

April 28, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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The sale of .org was made public back in November of last year. ISOC probably thought that selling off PIR and the .org domain registry would be relatively simple and I sincerely doubt they expect the backlash that the announcement triggered.There have been thousands of articles written about the proposed sale. If you made the mistake of setting up an alert for mentions of … [Read more...] about ICANN and the Risk of Lobbying

ICANN’s Government Group Wants to Slow Whois Work

April 10, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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Since ICANN woke up to the very large conflicts between its policies and contracts and privacy law there have been some groups that have been pushing for ICANN to find a swift resolution.One of the more vocal among them was the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), which is made up of representative of governments from around the world.Now, however, it's clear that … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Government Group Wants to Slow Whois Work

ICANN 68 Goes Virtual

April 9, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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Under normal circumstances ICANN holds three public face to face meetings per year. This year, as we all know, is not a normal year and the circumstances are anything but normal.So I sincerely doubt anyone will be surprised that the next ICANN meeting will not be held "in person" but solely online.ICANN's Board met yesterday and made the decision that many had been … [Read more...] about ICANN 68 Goes Virtual

Staff Changes in ICANN Executive Team

March 31, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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ICANN announced earlier today that there has been a change in their Executive team.Cyrus Namazi who headed up the Global Domains Division (GDD) has left the organisation.Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Multistakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives, will be in charge of GDD for the interim.That sounds like they'll either be promoting someone … [Read more...] about Staff Changes in ICANN Executive Team

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