ICANN's public meetings are held 3 times a year and rotate geographically. Over the years the number of attendees has mushroomed, but some meetings are more popular than others. That can be due to a number of factors: location time of year topics being discussed So in the run-up to the IANA transition there was a definite influx of "new blood". Some locations … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Detailed Data on Panamá Meeting
Middle East DNS Forum is Looking for Program Committee Members
The Middle East DNS Forum is held every year somewhere in the region. You can read about the previous ones here. In common with pretty much all conferences there is a program committee who work on putting the event together. In order to keep things "fresh" membership of the program committee rotates, with 3 members rotating off every year. So if you'd like to join the … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum is Looking for Program Committee Members
CENTR Hiring a Communications Manager
Do you like domain names? Want to work in Brussels? CENTR is hiring a Communications Manager to be based at their Brussels HQ. The role sounds like it could be an interesting one for the right kind of candidate: Design and implement a communication strategy in line with CENTR’s Strategic Plan Content editing, writing, publication and distribution through … [Read more...] about CENTR Hiring a Communications Manager
IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
This year's IGF is being held in Paris, as previously mentioned. While the event will be shorter than previous years it will still attract a broad range of attendees to the sessions. The event organisers have announced the approved list of "Open Forums". … [Read more...] about IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
Nominet Announces Board Election Results
Nominet has announced the results of their recent board election. This year there were two seats open for non-executive directors who are elected by Nominet members. James Bladel from GoDaddy and David Thornton have both been elected to the board. For Thornton this will be his second term, whereas for Bladel this will be his first term. As usual the turnout for the election … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Board Election Results
Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
Centralnic's merger with KeyDrive SA, parent company to Key Systems, was officially announced this morning. The deal will see Centralnic acquire KeyDrive's entire share capital for a total of $36.5 35.8 million. KeyDrive is the parent company of Key Systems, RRP Proxy and Moniker, as well as corporate registrar Brand Shelter. While the companies, with the exception of … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission Sues DomainTools for Privacy Violation
The New Zealand Domain Name Commission is taking legal action in Seattle against DomainTools. DomainTools, according to the filing, is in breach of the whois terms of use and by collecting and storing the whois data of .nz domains. The filing goes into a lot of detail about how the New Zealand country code operator has developed its whois policy over the years … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission Sues DomainTools for Privacy Violation
Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
NamesCon Europe (formerly known as Domaining Europe) was recently held in Valencia, Spain. Next year's event, however, will be in Lisbon, Portugal. The exact dates and venue for the domain event have not been announced, though it's meant to be held in June. The event organisers are already selling "early bird" tickets for the event, though for some odd reason they're … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion
Web.com, which is a listed company, has announced that it is to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC. The deal is reported to be worth approximately $2 Billion USD. The company will have the ability to seek alternative offers: Web.com may solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties during a "go-shop" period from the date of the agreement … [Read more...] about Web.com to be Acquired for $2 Billion
Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam
An Australian company has been €1.24 million (AU$1.95 million) for duping businesses out of over AU$2.3 million via a domain slamming scam. The case was taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who claim that the company in question had sent out over 300 thousand fake renewal notices to Australian businesses. For those of us who have been in the … [Read more...] about Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam