Tag: Country code top-level domain

4th International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe

The .ru registry is organising the 4th International Conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern Europe. This year it’s being held in Novi Sad, Serbia. Full agenda and other details will be made available in the coming weeks, but the current information is on the site

George Sadowsky’s Explanation of His No Vote

George Sadowsky voted against the launch of new TLDs in last Monday’s ICANN board meeting. I’d been meaning to re-read the transcript, as I found a lot of what he said was very well thought out and logical. Here it is: >>GEORGE SADOWSKY:   Thank you, Peter. This is one of the most important votes in… Continue reading George Sadowsky’s Explanation of His No Vote

AFNIC To Hold Webcast On Registry Changes

AFNIC’s CEO Mathieu Wiell and Isabel Toutaud will be holding a webcast this Friday from 11am to 12 (CET). The session will cover a number of topics including: the change in procedure for registering listed terms (banned words, reserved words), the new dispute resolution procedure, access to the list of domain names registered under the… Continue reading AFNIC To Hold Webcast On Registry Changes

CloudRegistry Save The Day – Again!

If you attend ICANN meetings, or even just peruse the meeting schedule, you’ll realise that it’s a very full schedule. Trying to be in all the correct meetings on the timetable, combined with all the “unofficial” ones can be a nightmare to organise And ICANN’s meeting schedule is still not available in a “sane” format.… Continue reading CloudRegistry Save The Day – Again!

Only 6 ICANN Comment Periods Open

  Normally in the weeks prior to an ICANN public meeting there is a buzz of activity as documents need to be submitted to meet the deadlines before the public meeting.   While this has happened as usual and the deadline is still open until Tuesday for the GNSO council meeting on 22nd June, there… Continue reading Only 6 ICANN Comment Periods Open

Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective

The “hot topic” at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they’ll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years… Continue reading Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective

Why Won’t ICANN Answer Questions?

During the last public ICANN meeting in San Francisco there was a public forum. This is quite normal. Several people asked questions of the ICANN board, some were answered, others weren’t. Why not? Nigel Roberts from the Channel Isles registry asked the following (for the sake of clarity I’m republishing the entire section of the… Continue reading Why Won’t ICANN Answer Questions?

Big Changes Chez AFNIC

Image via Wikipedia The .fr domain name registry (AFNIC) will be making changes to its modus operandi in the coming months as a result of legislative changes in France. From July 1st 2011 AFNIC will be publishing a full list of the previous day’s domain name registrations, while they are also making significant changes to… Continue reading Big Changes Chez AFNIC

ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?

ICANN’s meeting in June 2011 was scheduled to be held in Jordan. They have since cancelled it due to concerns about the region’s stability and a new location has not been formally announced. One of the locations rumoured to be playing host is Singapore, so this tweet from the ccTLD operator of Jordan this evening… Continue reading ICANN 41 To Go To Singapore?

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