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Nominet Publish Lyons Report And Board Response

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Nominet have published the Lyons report. The report was prepared by Sir Michael Lyons at Nominet's request to investigate the registry's operations. While the report was delivered to Nominet's Board late last year the registry decided to wait until they had formulated responses to the recommendations prior to publishing it or their response. What will probably meet … [Read more...] about Nominet Publish Lyons Report And Board Response

GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl

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According to an article over on Market Watch GoDaddy will not be advertising during Super Bowl 50 next February. GoDaddy had been running ads during the Super Bowl for the last 10 years with several of its adverts attracting plenty of controversy. Some of the earlier ads they ran featured the GoDaddy girls, like this one: https://youtu.be/3vWu8SAzQPE Over the years … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl

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

WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced

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World Hosting Days, or as it's better known, WHD, will be held again next year. In 2016 the "global" event will return to Rust, Germany, as it has done for the last few years, with the event taking place between March 15 - 17. Due to the events location most people tend to arrive on the Monday and leave on the Friday, so it's essentially a full week event. The event venue is, … [Read more...] about WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced

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

IEDR Hire New Staff

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IEDR have announced via an email to their registrars two new hires: Customer Operations Manager Financial Controller The roles were previously held by one person, Angela Butler, who not only ran both areas of the IEDR's business, but also acted as the organisation's number 2. Ms Butler announced her departure from IEDR a couple of months ago, which led to IEDR … [Read more...] about IEDR Hire New Staff

Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway

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The .london domain registry has been working hard over the past year to build on its "local" roots. As you can expect the .london domain name is meant to be for people and businesses in London, so their site is full of examples and testimonies of London based businesses and people and how they use their .london domain name. Earlier this year the registry launched the .london … [Read more...] about Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway

DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names

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The guys over at the .global registry are doing something a little different for Christmas. They've giving away premium domain name every day of advent! Every day from December 1st until December 24th you can enter a draw to win a premium .global domain name: We will be giving away one valuable premium domain name every day up to December 24th.  We have 24 .GLOBAL premium … [Read more...] about DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names