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ICANN Cancels Meeting In Panama City Due To Zika Virus

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Earlier this evening ICANN announced that the scheduled meeting in June 2016 will not be held in Panama City. The cancellation of the meeting and its change of location is due to concerns related to the recent outbreak of the Zika Virus. ICANN will be holding a meeting in June, but where that meeting will be held has not been announced yet. Many ICANN insiders suspect … [Read more...] about ICANN Cancels Meeting In Panama City Due To Zika Virus

ICANN’s Meeting App For ICANN55 Now Available

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ICANN's next public meeting is scheduled for March 5 - 10 in Marrakech, Morocco. While that might be a month away the organisation has already launched their meeting app for the meeting.   At the moment the app is missing the most important element - the event schedule, but other elements are there, such as practical information on getting there. There's … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Meeting App For ICANN55 Now Available

Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th

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ICANN's current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has put out a Christmas greeting on behalf of ICANN. It runs to just over 4 minutes and talks mostly about the IANA transition. However he also declares in the video that his last date at ICANN will be March 12th 2016 (around 2 minutes in): https://youtu.be/mW8p2uSQW9g Who will be replacing him? It's not known yet, though … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehade To Leave ICANN on March 12th

ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Nominations Open

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ICANN is again running their "Multistakeholder Ethos Award" The award, which is now in its 3rd year: seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees, and demonstrated collaboration with different Supporting Organizations and/or Advisory Committees. The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will … [Read more...] about ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Nominations Open

James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO

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GoDaddy's VP of Policy James Bladel has been elected as Chair of ICANN's GNSO Council. The GNSO Council returned Bladel as Chair with a unanimous vote with the results being announced this morning. Last month the GNSO Council Chair elections concluded without the body being able to choose a new Chair. Mr Bladel has been with GoDaddy since 2007 and has been the "face" … [Read more...] about James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO

ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event

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ICANN is hosting a breakfast event entitled "The Evolution of Domain Names" in London next week. The event, which will be held at the Royal Society, will have a firm focus on how big brands plan on using domains. The speakers for the event are: Akram Atallah, President of the Global Domains Division (GDD), ICANN Freida Tallon, Sky Elliot Antrobus-Holder, … [Read more...] about ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event

ICANN Compliance Explained Using Cute Videos

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ICANN's Compliance department is being made that little bit more accessible via a new friendly video: https://youtu.be/nGLD0WCCiAY As domain transfers are the most common source of complaints it's not surprising that they chose an issue with a transfer for "Sarah". And as ICANN is "global" you can also watch the video in French, Spanish, Chinese or Arabic.. What's … [Read more...] about ICANN Compliance Explained Using Cute Videos

Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension

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The battle between ICANN's Compliance team and Freenom has got plenty of in depth coverage by Kevin over the last few weeks. It's been an interesting topic to follow. However ICANN finally prevailed and was able to impose the suspension which is scheduled to run from 26 August 2015 at 00:00 UTC to 24 November 2015 at 00:00 UTC. The terms of the suspension are clearly laid … [Read more...] about Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension

ICANN54 Pre-Event In Dublin September 17th

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With ICANN54 being held in Dublin towards the end of October it's only natural that there would be some excitement locally. It's the first time that ICANN has held a public meeting in Ireland and the meeting is being hosted by the Irish IXP INEX. On September 17th there will be a special event aimed at the local internet community. When? September 17th from 1730 to … [Read more...] about ICANN54 Pre-Event In Dublin September 17th