Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent yet another letter to ICANN. This time round the letter is addressed both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as to former CEO Fadi Chehadé. The letter (below) repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN, though the wording is much blunter this time round. Cruz' office … [Read more...] about Cruz And Co Send ICANN Another Letter
ISOC Hiring For Africa
ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa "Manager Chapter Development Africa". Interested? Here's the full spec: Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC Members … [Read more...] about ISOC Hiring For Africa
Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot
The Scottish parliament announced earlier today that it will be switching over to a .scot domain name in May. At the moment they use scottish.parliament.uk From May they will have moved entirely to parliament.scot This is a nice "win" for the .scot registry, which has been gaining popularity with Scottish individuals and businesses. According to nTLD Stats there … [Read more...] about Scottish Parliament Switching Over To .Scot
DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
The guys over at the .me registry have reason to celebrate - they've just announced that they've hit an important milestone. There are now over 1 million .me domain names registered. You can read about the .me 1 million names and how much it means to them over on their blog. In the meanwhile this graphic shows how the zone grew over the past 8 years: There's quite a … [Read more...] about DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
Three Candidates Running In Nominet Elections
Nominet's non-executive director elections are currently in progress. The final slate of candidates and voting details were made available yesterday. The three candidates for the 2016 election are (in alphabetical order): Phil Buckingham Volker Greimann Kelly Salter So who are the three candidates? You can find quite a lot of detail in the candidate … [Read more...] about Three Candidates Running In Nominet Elections
Nominet To Make Zone File Available
Nominet are planning to make their zone file available from May. In an email to Nominet members yesterday Nominet CEO Russell Haworth stated: We have also taken a decision to make the .UK zone file available free to our members in May. The team are working out the finer technical and operational points and will keep you posted as we firm things up. There aren't any details … [Read more...] about Nominet To Make Zone File Available
Chris Disspain To Leave auDA
The .au (Australia) country code authority auDA announced today that they would not be renewing their contract with CEO Chris Disspain. Disspain has been with auDA since October 2000, being their first CEO and also being involved in the re-delegation of .au to auDA. Here's the full announcement: The Board of auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) announced today that it … [Read more...] about Chris Disspain To Leave auDA
Middle East DNS Forum 2016 Venue and Dates Updated
The Middle East DNS Forum is being held in Tunisia this year. The event will be held on May 4th and May 5th at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Tunis in Gammrath. A provisional schedule has been posted on the event site. Previous years have featured a mixture of global and regional focussed sessions covering legal, policy and business aspects of the domain name industry. If … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum 2016 Venue and Dates Updated
DotAfrica Gets Green Light From ICANN Board
ICANN 55 is ramping up here in Marrakech. Yesterday the ICANN Board met and gave the ZACR bid for .africa the green light. Resolved (2016.03.03.01), the Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to proceed with the delegation of .AFRICA to be operated by ZACR pursuant to the Registry Agreement that ZACR has entered with ICANN. The .africa saga has been long … [Read more...] about DotAfrica Gets Green Light From ICANN Board
Over 19 Thousand Welsh Domains Registered
The first .wales and .cymru domains went live back in September 2014. Just over a year later there are now over 19 thousand .wales and .cymru domains registered. The .wales domain extension appears to have been significantly more popular than the Welsh language version .cymru, with approximately twice as many registrations so far. In terms of registrar spread, it looks like … [Read more...] about Over 19 Thousand Welsh Domains Registered