Tucows/OpenSRS CEO Elliot Noss has posted a passionate plea that ICANN choose its next CEO based on what he considers three very important criteria:
We believe that choosing someone with these qualities will best reflect our Resellers’ interests. Read the full article and then let us know your thoughts.
Tucows/OpenSRS CEO Elliot Noss has posted a passionate plea that ICANN choose its next CEO based on what he considers three very important criteria:
We believe that choosing someone with these qualities will best reflect our Resellers’ interests. Read the full article and then let us know your thoughts.
Earlier this month I travelled to Cairo to attend ICANN‘s 33rd international public meeting, which brought together Internet policy makers, registries and registrars to talk about key issues. More than 1,700 people from 144 countries attended the conference, which was significantly more than I was expecting, given the travel time for many attendees based in North America and Europe.
The talk of the conference was definitely new gTLDs. Many meetings, workshops and discussions were held on the topic, buoyed by the release of a draft applicant guidebook right before the meeting. The guidebook describes the proposed process for applying for and securing a new gTLD. The process is still up for review and input but expect developments on this front to come fast and furious in 2009.
Other issues discussed at length included “fast-tracking” a set of Internationalized Domain Names for ccTLDs, and DNS security. As usual, a day-long Registrar Constituency session touched on a variety of topics, ranging from recent policy developments involving the Constituency to a meeting with several ICANN staffers. I also spent a great deal of time meeting with registries, existing and potential vendors, and spending time with customers who made the trip as well.
To read more about ICANN’s Cairo meeting and for some on-site video, visit: http://cai.icann.org/en/video
ICANN’s 34th international public meeting will take place March 1-6 in Mexico City.
(image courtesy of icannphotos)
Next week in Cairo, ICANN will hold its 33rd international public meeting, which affords ICANN, registrars, registries and other related organizations an opportunity to get together and talk about important topics related to the Internet.
Some of the hot-button topics sure to be discussed at the conference, which runs from November 2-7:
As usual, we’re headed there to meet with registries, suppliers, and customers, and to participate in meetings with supporting organizations like the Registrar Constituency, which is comprised of registrars from around the world. ICANN meetings are one of the key events where we are able to make our resellers’ voices heard around the world. If you plan to attend, please make sure to get in touch and say hello!
The 32nd International Public Meeting of ICANN has been taking place this week in Paris. As usual, Tucows was an active participant.
The big news out of Paris today was that ICANN approved new guidelines that effectively pave the way for the creation of hundreds, or even thousands of new domain extensions (the part after the ‘dot’). You can read more on the story here.
I gave Adam Eisner, Tucows’ Product Manager, Domains, a ring via Skype to get his take on the news. In addition to talking about the new domain name extensions, and how that whole process will work, Adam touched briefly on the issue of domain tasting and how ICANN is moving to reduce or eliminate the controversial practice.
Click the play button to have a listen:
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ICANN’s 32nd Meeting wrapped up today. You can read the official news release here.
