ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 27 February 2009
Announcements This Week
Public Comment: Proposed Registrar Disqualification Procedure
ICANN has developed a draft, proposed Registrar Disqualification Procedure (available at: http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/draft-disqualification-procedure-27feb09-en.pdf [PDF, 124K]) to codify its procedures for registrar disqualification. This proposed procedure is intended to enhance protection of registrants by preventing potential bad actors from causing repeated harm to registrants and other stakeholders in the domain name space.
27 February 2009
Improving Institutional Confidence Plan Published
The results of a lengthy community consultation to improve
institutional confidence in ICANN have been published for
discussion at the Mexico City meeting.
27 February 2009
ICANN Publishes 2009 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Report
ICANN's Contractual Compliance Department published its third Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Report.
27 February 2009
New gTLDs: Call for Applicant Evaluation Panel Expressions of Interest
ICANN is soliciting Expressions of Interest from firms interested in
and capable of performing any number of independent evaluation roles as
part of the new gTLD process.
25 February 2009
RSSAC Review: Independent Consultants' Report and Public Comment Period
Westlake Consulting just released their draft Final Report for public
presentation and discussion with the community, including at the Mexico
City meeting.
24 February 2009
Mexico Meeting Goes Mobile
The Mexico City meeting is now accessible on your phone.
23 February 2009
Upcoming Events
19 March 2009: CENTR General Assembly - Barcelona, Spain 13 - 17 April 2009: AfTLD Meeting - Arusha, Tanzania 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 2007 - June 2010 Adopted FY09 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 489K]
1 - 6 March 2009: 34rd International Public ICANN Meeting - Mexico City, Mexico
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