ICANN has chosen Hanoi, Vietnam as the location for a number of events in 2025. The 2025 edition of the Contracted Parties Summit will be held in Hanoi from May 5th - 7th 2025. The same week will see the APAC DNS Forum being held as well as a "Universal Acceptance" event on 8th and 9th of May. As of right now there are no details on venue or schedule. Full details … [Read more...] about ICANN Chooses Vietnam for 2025 Events
NZ Domain Dispute Rules Consultation Open
The .nz country code top level domain name is that associated with New Zealand. In common with many domain name registries it has its own particular set of rules and procedures for the handling of disputes involving .nz domain names. Earlier this week the New Zealand Domain Name Commission opened a public consultation on the dispute resolution scheme. The consultation … [Read more...] about NZ Domain Dispute Rules Consultation Open
Nominations Open for NRO NC (Number Resource Organization Number Council)
The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) plays an important role within internet governance, as it carries out a number of key functions: The NRO NC is the ASO (address support organization) - remember that the second "N" in ICANN is "numbers". The RIPE region gets to choose 3 members, with 2 being elected by RIPE members and the 3rd being selected by … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for NRO NC (Number Resource Organization Number Council)
APNIC Appoints New DG
APNIC, which is the Regional Internet Registry for Asia Pacific, has announced the appointment of their new Director General. The post became vacant earlier this year when Paul Wilson announced his departure after more than 25 years in the role. The previous DG for APNIC, Paul Wilson, has joined others in congratulating Rong Low on his appointment. Jia Rong Low will be … [Read more...] about APNIC Appoints New DG
Candidates for Nominet Election Named
This years' Nominet Board election is for two seats that are becoming available due to term limits. One of the two sitting non-executive directors, Ashley La Bolle, is running for a second term, while the other, Simon Blackler has decided not to stand again. So who is running for election? There are five candidates this time round: Voting this year will take place … [Read more...] about Candidates for Nominet Election Named
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
Nominations for Nominet’s Registry Advisory Council Close Friday
Nominet, the .uk domain registry, is currently seeking nominations for the .UK Registry Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC's membership is divided into 3 cohorts: large registrars, mid-small and secondary market. This year the elections are for one representative for each segment. The deadline for nomination is 1700 on Friday 19th April. Only Nominet members can be … [Read more...] about Nominations for Nominet’s Registry Advisory Council Close Friday
RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
RIPE NCC's Community Projects Fund is now open for applications. They're providing up to €250k to fund projects that are deemed beneficial to the technical community within RIPE's service region ie. Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. The application deadline is July 31st 2024. While the fund is fairly broad in its remit there are some exclusions: You can … [Read more...] about RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
ICANN has published the full schedule for its first public meeting of 2024. The first meeting of the year will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is a location that the organisation has held meetings at in the past. While the event itself will run from March 2nd until March 7th, there will also be a pre-event series of webinars that ICANN call "prep week" You … [Read more...] about ICANN 79 Schedule Now Available
ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership
Back in June of last year the controversial registrar Epik changed owners. Whether that change was purely on paper or if it was a completely new set of people behind the company or not was unknown. Yesterday, however, ICANN finally granted its approval to the transfer of the accreditation's ownership. Epik put out a press release on the news: [Sheridan, WY. January … [Read more...] about ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership