ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 25 September 2009
Announcements This Week
Public Comment: Recommended GNSO Council Operating Procedures Available for Review And Comment
The newly-restructured GNSO Council is scheduled to be seated during the upcoming ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Today, a package of recommended
Operating Procedures for the new Council is being made available for public review and comment through 16 October 2009.
25 September 2009
Update on Termination of Red Registrar
This is an update to the advisory posted on 15 September 2009 regarding
the termination of ICANN’s accreditation agreement with registrar Red
Register,
Inc. To protect registrants, ICANN initiated a process to identify a
qualified and accredited registrar to take over management of the
domain names formerly managed by Red Register, Inc. through a bulk
transfer.
25 September 2009
Ombudsman Releases 2009 Report
ICANN's Ombudsman has released his 2009 report, summarizing the
previous 12 months of dispute resolution efforts that he oversees in
his role as an independent officer of the organization.
24 September 2009
Bulk Transfer of Simply Named Domains to Dinahosting
As a result of the de-accreditation of registrar Simply Named Inc., ICANN initiated a process to identify a gaining registrar to receive Simply Named's gTLD names.
Through the procedure, ICANN selected Dinahosting S.L. to receive the bulk transfer from Simply Named.
23 September 2009
Upcoming Events
25 - 30 October 2009: 36th International Public ICANN Meeting - Seoul, South Korea
7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya
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