ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 23 February 2007
A weekly electronic newsletter from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
ICANN Opens Comment Period on PIR Amendment to Implement Approved Registry Service
22 February 2007
Final Reports of the 2005 and 2006 Nominating Committee
20 February 2007
ICANN in the News
ICANN May Act Against Registerfly (Slashdot)
23 February 2007
ICANN Rides to the Rescue in Registerfly Meltdown (The Register)
23 February 2007
Registrar Threatened With ICANN Shutdown (Computer Business Review)
22 February 2007
Internet is a Reflection of Society, Cerf Says (PC World)
22 February 2007
Web Name Game Can Pay Off (Baltimore Sun)
20 February 2007
ICANN At Work
During the past week, ICANN staff have provided input to the Internet community at events such as:
- The ccTLD Workshop in Georgetown, Guyana. Staff helped conduct a workshop aimed specifically at ccTLD administrators facing resource and network challenges in the developing world. More details at the ICANN Blog.
ICANN Featured Individual: Baher Esmat, ICANN Global Partnership - Middle East Liaison
Baher Esmat is the Middle East Liaison of ICANN. He joined ICANN in February 2006 from the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), where he served since 2002, most recently as Telecom Planning Manager, where his responsibilities included projects relating to communications infrastructure and service development within the framework of building Egypt's Information Society.
Prior to joining MCIT, Baher served as a Systems Engineer at Egypt's Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC / RITSEC), where he participated in establishing the first Internet Point of Presence in Egypt servicing the public and private sectors; and a Systems Consultant with Newbridge Networks, later acquired by Alcatel.
Baher is a former member of the WSIS Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), and served as Chair of the Egyptian IPv6 Task Force until his joining ICANN.
Baher received a Bachelor Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cairo University in June 1993, and a Master Degree in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo in June 1999.
Upcoming Events
26 February 2007 – 2 March 2007 — APNIC 23, Bali, Indonesia
8 – 9 March 2007 — CENTR General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic
18 – 23 March 2007 — 68th IETF, Prague, Czech Republic
26 – 30 March 2007 — ICANN Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
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Strategic Plan, July 2007 – June 2010 [PDF, 72 KB]
Operating Plan (Draft) Fiscal Year 2006 – 2007
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