ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 29 December 2006
A weekly electronic newsletter from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
— No announcements this week —
ICANN in the News
Listed below are media mentions involving ICANN over the course of the last week:
Selecting a Domain Name (Techworld)
27 December 2006
Mobiles Still Ringing in New Year (BBC News)
23 December 2006
The Closing Window: A Historical Analysis of Domain Tasting (CircleID)
20 December 2006
ICANN Featured Individual: David L. Wodelet, Board Member
Dave Wodelet is the Director of IP Network Engineering for Shaw Communications, a diversified Canadian communications company providing broadband cable television, high-speed Internet, digital phone, satellite direct-to-home and telecommunications services throughout Canada and the U.S.
Wodelet has over 27 years of experience in the industry, holds bachelor and master degrees in diverse fields such as computing, education and genetics, and has published papers on computerized management systems and genetic insect control. He has taught at both the public and university levels and is frequently asked to give talks and keynote presentations throughout the industry to audiences ranging from a few hundred to web-casts viewed by thousands worldwide. He has presented for such notable organizations as Cisco, PAIX, Equinix, NANOG, ARIN, ISPCON, OFC/NFOEC, Big Pipe, Switch & Data, the Global Peering Forum and the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission).
Wodelet is a pioneer in his field. He was the first in Alberta to build a wide area educational network and the first to extend the Internet into the educational school system. He was also the first in Canada to do broadband data-over-cable trails with Shaw and went on to create their first broadband Internet service offering. He was the first in Canada to deploy a national high-speed 10 Gigabyte Internet backbone and the first of the North American MSOs to extend peering into Europe.
A founding member of ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), he has played a central role in the development of many of the early ARIN policies pertaining to MSOs and broadband allocations. He served as the cable MSO representative for many years. As an active ARIN member and supporter, he sponsored a number of ARIN meetings and hosted ARIN's first international meeting outside the USA.
He is a strong supporter and advocate of open Internet and industry standards. His work on obtaining vendor support for open GBIC/SFP standards has resulted in enhanced equipment interoperability as well as billions in savings worldwide for the telecommunications industry.
Wodelet was appointed to the ICANN Board by the Address Supporting Organization in May 2006. His three-year term will end six months after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2009.
ICANN At Work
During the past week, ICANN staff have provided input to the Internet community at events such as:
- No events this week.
Major Upcoming Events
26 – 30 March 2007: ICANN Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
ICANN Bylaws
Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org.
Strategic Plan [PDF, 72 KB]
July 2007 – June 2010
Operating Plan (Draft)
Fiscal Year 2006 – 07
Proposed Budget [PDF, 180 KB]
Fiscal Year 2006 – 2007
26 – 30 March 2007 — ICANN Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
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