Tag: Internet governance

ICANN Meeting Gear Destroyed In Shipping Fire

The logistics behind the ICANN public meetings are truly impressive. To hold a meeting with remote participation, simultaneous interpretation and other features requires both skilled staff and literally tonnes of equipment. After every ICANN meeting the equipment is packed up and shipped to the next meeting venue. Unfortunately last month part of ICANN’s meetings equipment… Continue reading ICANN Meeting Gear Destroyed In Shipping Fire

NTIA Gives IANA Transition Plan Green Light

Göran Marby

While August might be a slightly quieter time of the year in some quarters, it most definitely has not been for either ICANN or NTIA. Earlier today NTIA formally notified ICANN that it had accepted the IANA transition plans and that it would (unless something terrible happened) let the contract expire on October 1st. Here’s… Continue reading NTIA Gives IANA Transition Plan Green Light

LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager

LACTLD has announced that the appointment of Andrés Piazza as General Manager. Piazza will take up the post formally from April 1st 2016. He will be working alongside the current General Manage, Carolina Aguerre, from mid-March. Piazza is a well known figure in the Latin American and Spanish speaking internet industry. He’s been with LACNIC since 2011,… Continue reading LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager

James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO

GoDaddy’s VP of Policy James Bladel has been elected as Chair of ICANN’s GNSO Council. The GNSO Council returned Bladel as Chair with a unanimous vote with the results being announced this morning. Last month the GNSO Council Chair elections concluded without the body being able to choose a new Chair. Mr Bladel has been with… Continue reading James Bladel Elected Chair GNSO

Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon

ICANN opened nominations for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award back in December. Nominations close on March 2nd 2015. It’s an interesting idea to provide recognition for people who spend a lot of their days (and nights) working on Internet Governance matters: The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in… Continue reading Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon

IGF 2014 Istanbul Official Site Live

The IGF (Internet Governance Forum) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from September 2 – 5. The local organisers launched the official site on Friday and it provides information on the venue, hotels, travel etc., Registration for the IGF is open until August 15th At present the agenda is still being drafted, but the theme… Continue reading IGF 2014 Istanbul Official Site Live

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… Continue reading ICANN Publishes Full Schedule For London Meeting #ICANN50

#NetMundial Releases Final Statement

Over the past couple of days NetMundial has been taking place in Brazil. From what those of us following the event from afar can gather the meetings ran late into the night. This evening the final statement (document) was released. It’s a compromise, obviously, and has “rough consensus”. Here it is in full: NetMundial Final… Continue reading #NetMundial Releases Final Statement

Tracking #Netmundial via Twitter

If you’re not in Brazil this week for the NetMundial meeting you might be following it remotely. So out of interest I decided to check the stats on the more popular hashtag people are using on Twitter, ie. #netmundial Over the past 24 hours the level of activity has been pretty impressive according to TweetReach:… Continue reading Tracking #Netmundial via Twitter

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