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Letter to the ICANN Community
15 November 2012
To the ICANN Community,
Regretfully, I have accepted the resignation of Kurt Pritz, who has served most recently as ICANN’s Chief Strategy Officer.
Kurt has submitted his resignation...
REMINDER - Accountability & Transparency Review Team 2 (ATRT 2): Call for Volunteer ATRT Members: Representing ICANN Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations; and Serving as Independent Experts
14 November 2012
Deadline: 5 December 2012
As prescribed by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), ICANN is to organize a review of its accountability and...
Preliminary Issue Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D
14 November 2012
Pre-Delegation Testing Provider for New gTLDs - RFP Questions & Answers
12 November 2012
Respondents are requested to respond to the Request For Proposals by replying to pre-delegation-testing-bid@icann.org. The period to submit questions about the RFP is now closed. The final response to the RFP is due on 20 November 2012.
The following questions were submitted...
Apply Now for ICANN's Leadership Positions
7 November 2012
ICANN's Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites Statements of Interest and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN's technical and policy...
At-Large In Full Force at Internet Governance Forum
6 November 2012
Demonstrating the power of the multistakeholder model to rally individual Internet users, nearly 30 members of ICANN's At-Large Community are participating in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9...
Pre-Delegation Testing Provider for New gTLDs – Request for Proposals
30 October 2012
ICANN is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) [PDF, 361 KB] to identify one or more providers for the Pre-Delegation testing that is specified in the ...
Expert Recommended Improvements to ICANN's Accountability Structures
26 October 2012
REMINDER: WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Available Until 31 OCT 2012
25 October 2012
Mid-September 2012 ICANN invited the community to participate in a survey about possible Technical WHOIS Requirements. If you have not reviewed the survey, or you have a saved response, the WSWG team asks that you complete the survey on or before 31 October 2012, 23:59 UTC...
IDN Variant TLD Program – Interim Report Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs
23 October 2012
To better understand and address the challenges surrounding the activation of variant...