Image by Scottish Government via Flickr The campaign for a TLD for Scotland announced a small change of tack earlier today on their facebook presence. While previously the campaign had been focussed on setting up the .sco tld for Scottish culture etc., they are now pressing ahead with .scot instead. Davie Hutchinson, one of the… Continue reading New gTLD Update – Scottish Users Prefer .scot
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Registration Opens For ICANN 35 In Sydney
As the ICANN meeting in Mexico draws to a close, registration has already opened for ICANN 35. ICANN’s next public meeting is being held in Sydney, Australia from June 21st to June 26th 2009. In common with all ICANN public meetings entrance is free and open to pretty much anyone who has an interest in… Continue reading Registration Opens For ICANN 35 In Sydney
ICANN President and CEO To Step Down
Image via Wikipedia Earlier today saw the official opening of the 34th public ICANN meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. As is common with ICANN meetings there was an opening ceremony at 9am local time. What probably wasn’t expected was for Dr Paul Twomey to announce his departure: “Last year, I told the Board that I… Continue reading ICANN President and CEO To Step Down
ICANN Seeking Feedback on Registrar Disqualification Process
ICANN is looking for public feedback and comment on a proposed policy / process for disqualifying registrars. The idea behind the process is to put in place a policy to deal with “bad actors”, however in its current form the document is far from ready. You can download the document here (pdf) and see existing… Continue reading ICANN Seeking Feedback on Registrar Disqualification Process
Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
It’s always nice to see new ventures launching, but that is especially true when you know most of the actors involved. Minds and Machines, which launched this weekend during the ICANN meeting in Mexico, is aimed at assisting companies and organisations navigate the new gTLD application process, as well as offering a registry services backend.… Continue reading Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico
Keep Track of ICANN Mexico via Twitter
Image via Wikipedia If like me you cannot attend the ICANN meeting in Mexico City, then you are probably looking for other methods for keeping track of goings on. Twitter, which has become one of the most popular social networks, has been adopted by both ICANN staff and many of the meeting delegates. You can… Continue reading Keep Track of ICANN Mexico via Twitter
ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
ICANN announced their new mobile site earlier today just in time for the upcoming public meeting in Mexico city. The new ICANN mobile site which has been setup with the assistance of dotMobi, contains information of relevance to delegates attending the public meeting in Mexico. I know from previous ICANN meetings that I can never… Continue reading ICANN Goes Mobile For Mexico Meeting
ICANN Mexico Schedule Available
The schedule for the next ICANN meeting, which is being held in Mexico city, has been published. New gTLDs obviously feature on the meeting agenda, as does IPv6
WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
WIPO, which manages domain disputes on behalf of the gTLDs and a lot of the ccTLDs, has put forward a proposal to ICANN for a paperless UDRP process. In a very interesting and insightful article on CircleID George Kirikos looks at the implications of such a process. If you have an interest in domains then… Continue reading WIPO Paperless Process Proposal
Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade
ICANN have upgraded the system used for reporting inaccuracies in WHOIS. According to the announcement: The Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS) has a number of advantages over the previous system, which was first introduced in 2002. Among them are: * More detailed information is captured from complainants to assist registrars in investigating Whois… Continue reading Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade