ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 12 June 2009
Announcements This Week
New gTLD Global Events Start Soon
Starting this month, ICANN will be hosting a series of global New
generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) events in various locations around the
world. These events have been designed in a wide range of formats to
address different community needs for those that have an interest in
the Program and in the development of the Applicant Guidebook.
12 June 2009
ICANN Sends Notice of Breach to Registrar
ICANN sent a notice of breach to ICANN-accredited registrar Lead Networks Domains Pvt. Ltd. based on Lead Networks Domains Pvt. Ltd.'s failure to comply with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP") and Registrar Accreditation Agreement ("RAA").
11 June 2009
New gTLD Program Updates
ICANN offers a set of announcements for public discussion as meeting in Sydney nears.
10 June 2009
Public Comment: One & Two-Character Names in dot-travel
A new public comment period opens for 30 days on a proposed
amendment from Tralliance to Appendix 6 and 7 of the dot-travel
Registry Agreement.
10 June 2009
Publication of the Final ALAC Review Working Group Report on ALAC Improvements
ICANN appointed Westlake Consulting Limited for the external review of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The WG, taking into consideration the various comments received from the Community, publishes now its Final Report on ALAC improvements, which will be submitted to the Structural Improvements Committee for consideration and submission to the Board for decision.
10 June 2009
Presentation of the Second Interim Report of the Board Review Working Group, and Public Comment Period
ICANN appointed the Boston Consulting Group/Colin Carter & Associates to perform the external review of its Board of Directors. Following this second round of consultation the Board review WG continued its activity and presents now its second Interim Report.
9 June 2009
Public Comments: Proposal for the Systematization of the Organizational Review Processes
The Structural Improvements Committee of the Board has — among other
duties — the responsibility of 'Reviewing, and suggesting changes as
warranted to, ICANN's policies and processes governing organizational
review'.
9 June 2009
Clarified Technical Name Server Checks Published
ICANN has published a revised procedure, entitled "Technical requirements for authoritative name servers", on the IANA website.
8 June 2009
Two-Week Countdown to Sydney!
A full schedule for the meeting, including a synopsis of each session
being held throughout the week, is available on the ICANN Sydney
Meeting website at http://syd.icann.org.
8 June 2009
New gTLDs – Final Reports Available on Competition and Pricing
ICANN posted two reports relating to the introduction of new gTLDs, both by Dr. Dennis Carlton.
6 June 2009
Upcoming Events
21 - 26 June 2009: 35th International Public ICANN Meeting - Sydney, Australia
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