ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 23 October 2009
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Proposals Sought to Provide Costs and Feasibility to Conduct WHOIS Registrant Identification Studies
23 October 2009 | The GNSO is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to gTLDs. The GNSO Council is now exploring several extensive studies of WHOIS and has asked ICANN to estimate the cost and feasibility of conducting several studies proposed by members of the ICANN community and ICANN's Government Advisory Committee. ICANN is now seeking to engage independent research organizations to undertake proposed WHOIS registrant identification studies.
ICANN and the Universal Postal Union Conclude Negotiation for .POST
20 October 2009 | ICANN and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have reached an agreement in principle for the UPU sponsorship of the .POST Top-Level Domain.
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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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