ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 10 November 2006
A weekly electronic newsletter from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
RSTEP Report on Tralliance Proposal Posted for Public Comment
9 November 2006
ICANN Nominating Committee for 2006 Completes Selections
6 November 2006
ICANN in the News
Listed below are key media mentions involving ICANN over the course of the last week.
Perspective: When Elephants Make Love, The Grass Gets Trampled (CNET)
10 November 2006
Microsoft Becomes Domain Name Registrar (Techworld)
9 November 2006
Africa: The 27th International Public Meeting of ICANN (allAfrica)
7 November 2006
Fast Track for Global Net Names (Australian IT)
6 November 2006
ICANN Featured Individual: Susan P. Crawford, Board Member
Susan Crawford is Associate Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School (http://www.cardozo.yu.edu) in New York City, where she teaches cyberlaw and communications law. Ms. Crawford was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (Washington, D.C., now WilmerHale) until the end of 2002, when she left that firm to enter the legal academy.
Ms. Crawford writes about communications policy, digital copyright issues and Internet governance. She has also published many online essays about ICANN and maintains a website and blog at www.scrawford.net.
Ms. Crawford is a Policy Fellow with the Center for Democracy & Technology (http://www.cdt.org), a Fellow with the Yale Information Society Project, a member of the Board of Directors of Innovation Network (www.innonet.org), and a member of many advisory boards. She is the founder of OneWebDay, a celebration of the Internet that takes place each September 22. Ms. Crawford, a violist, holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale and lives in New York City.
Susan Crawford was selected for the ICANN Board by the Nominating Committee. Her current term, which started after the 2005 annual meeting, will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2008.
ICANN At Work
During the past week, ICANN staff have provided input to the internet community at events such as:
- The Internet Engineering Task Force Meeting in San Diego.
Major Upcoming Events
13-14 November 2006: APTLD Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand
14-15 November 2006: RIPE Regional Meeting, Manama, Bahrain
27 November - 1 December 2006: AFRINIC Meeting, Mauritius
2 – 8 December 2006: ICANN Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil
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
July 2006 – June 2009
Operating Plan (Draft)
Fiscal Year 2006 – 07
Proposed Budget [PDF, 180 KB]
Fiscal Year 2006 – 2007
2 – 8 December 2006 — ICANN Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil
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