mexico Archives

ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event

ICANN’s Board of Directors met yesterday evening and decided to cancel the upcoming meeting in Cancún, Mexico. The meeting will be held instead online, though this has never been done before. “This is a decision that the ICANN Board has been considering since the outbreak was first announced and it is one that we haven’t taken lightly,”… Continue reading ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event

León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Elected to ICANN Board

León Felipe Sánchez Ambía has been elected by ALAC to the ICANN Board. Mr Sánchez Ambía will be seated at ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi in November. The current ALAC appointee to the Board Rinalia Abdul Rahm was seated 3 years ago. León bio is below: León Felipe Sánchez Ambía is an intellectual property attorney graduated from the… Continue reading León Felipe Sánchez Ambía Elected to ICANN Board

IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched

This year’s IGF is being held in Mexico in Guadalajara. While the official site for the IGF is maintained by the UN here and will probably be the main destination of any attendees, the local hosts usually put together a site with pertinent information. This year’s site is now live. At the moment the site provides… Continue reading IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched

Oscar Robles Switches From .Mx Registry To LACNIC

Oscar Robles

The .mx registry announced a couple of days ago that their CEO, Oscar Robles, would be stepping down. This morning LACNIC announced that Robles had been appointed as Executive Director. It’s interesting to see someone like Robles, who has a lot of experience in the “names” space moving to “numbers”. Of course Nic Mexico does… Continue reading Oscar Robles Switches From .Mx Registry To LACNIC

Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division

The .mx registry, Nic MX, has rebranded its registrar division as “Akky” and sports a new logo and corporate image. They’ve adopted the hare as their new image stating that it symbolises agility, speed and warmth (or maybe I messed up the translation!) The new site doesn’t have any additional information on what exactly they’re… Continue reading Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division

Registration Opens For ICANN 35 In Sydney

As the ICANN meeting in Mexico draws to a close, registration has already opened for ICANN 35. ICANN’s next public meeting is being held in Sydney, Australia from June 21st to June 26th 2009. In common with all ICANN public meetings entrance is free and open to pretty much anyone who has an interest in… Continue reading Registration Opens For ICANN 35 In Sydney

Eurid To Keep .EU?

Image via Wikipedia According to a news alert I received last night, Eurid’s contract to manage the .eu namespace has been renewed for a further 5 years. The news, which appears to have either been broken or leaked at the Eurid registrar dinner last night in Mexico city appeared on a French domain news site,… Continue reading Eurid To Keep .EU?

ICANN President and CEO To Step Down

Image via Wikipedia Earlier today saw the official opening of the 34th public ICANN meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. As is common with ICANN meetings there was an opening ceremony at 9am local time. What probably wasn’t expected was for Dr Paul Twomey to announce his departure: “Last year, I told the Board that I… Continue reading ICANN President and CEO To Step Down

Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico

It’s always nice to see new ventures launching, but that is especially true when you know most of the actors involved. Minds and Machines, which launched this weekend during the ICANN meeting in Mexico, is aimed at assisting companies and organisations navigate the new gTLD application process, as well as offering a registry services backend.… Continue reading Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico