The preliminary full schedule for the 55th ICANN public meeting has been published. The meeting, which is scheduled from March 5 - 10, will be held at the Palmeraie Conference Centre in Marrakech, Morrocco. ICANN 55 is the first meeting under ICANN's "future meeting strategy". The new way of approaching the meetings means that instead of having 3 large meetings per year … [Read more...] about ICANN 55 Marrakech Schedule Published
Fadi Chehadé
Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
ICANN's current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has announced today that he will be departing the organisation in March 2016. He will be moving back to industry, though it will be outside the domain / DNS industry. On a call this afternoon with members of the ICANN community Chehadé reassured people that he was going to be actively engaged in his current role for the … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
There has been some speculation about the upcoming ICANN meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Yesterday some news sources reported that the meeting was postponed, though there hadn't been any official statement from ICANN. ICANN has now released an official statement on the situation: Statement on ICANN 52 Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco Following Morocco’s recent request to … [Read more...] about ICANN Releases Official Statement on ICANN 52
ICANN Publishes Full Schedule For London Meeting #ICANN50
The full schedule for ICANN's 50th public meeting, which is being held towards the end of the month, was published today. The event runs from Thursday June 19th until Friday June 27th. While that may seem long, in reality most attendees focus on the 4 days between June 22nd and June 26th. On a call with community leaders last week ICANN's CEO Fadi Chehadé said that this … [Read more...] about ICANN Publishes Full Schedule For London Meeting #ICANN50
Fadi Chehadé Is Apparently On Twitter
ICANN's President and CEO Fadi Chehadé is apparently on Twitter. You'd be forgiven for not knowing, as he's only tweeted once at time of writing: https://twitter.com/icann_president/status/354373185065582592 According to what I can see the account was created on April 21st of this year. Chehadé's predecessor was, and still is, a fairly active Twitter … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehadé Is Apparently On Twitter
ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has announced a firm date for new TLD launch. In a video interview, with Brad White, Fadi Chehadé put April 23rd as a date when the first new TLD could be delegated. He admits, however, that the date may "slip", though this time the "slippage" should be days or weeks and not months. You can watch the full video interview below: Kevin … [Read more...] about ICANN Sets Firm Launch Date For New TLDs
Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting
Philip Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association has published an email from Fadi Chehadé that explains this week's "secret" meeting in Brussels. Over the past week or so there had been rumours of a meeting being held in Brussels about the Trademark Clearing House. However it wasn't clear to many either who was organising the meeting, who had been invited or what the … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting
New ICANN Boss Rejigs Management
ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehadé started working full-time for ICANN yesterday. His first order of business? Rejigging the organisation's management structures and bringing in new execs. It's going to take time to fully understand the implications and the impact of the changes that were made in yesterday's announcement, and you can probably expect to see more changes being made … [Read more...] about New ICANN Boss Rejigs Management