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ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 6 January 2012

6 January 2012

News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers


Announcements This Week

CEO Announces ICANN Stands Ready for New gTLD Launch

6 January 2012 | ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom affirms that ICANN is ready to begin receiving applications for New gTLDs on 12 January.

Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 44 in Prague, Czech Republic

6 January 2012 | ICANN is now accepting online applications for the 16th round of the Fellowship program. Successful candidates will participate in the ICANN meeting to be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 24-29 June 2012.

Public Comment: Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs

6 January 2012 | The working group is now seeking public comment on its Initial Report and will closely review all submitted comments to revise and assess its prelimanary stocktaking as part of the process to report on identified issues to the ccNSO and GNSO Councils.


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11 - 16 March 2012: 43rd International Public ICANN Meeting - Costa Rica

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