ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 1 December 2006
A weekly electronic newsletter from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
São Paulo Remote Participation Website
30 November 2006
Approval of .com Registry Agreement
30 November 2006
ICANN Publishes Report on Implementation of the Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) [PDF, 349 KB]
30 November 2006
ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Managers for Czech Republic and Kazakhstan
30 November 2006
President's Strategy Committee Releases Draft Recommendations for Community Consideration and Announces Process for Further Consultations
30 November 2006
ICANN Posts São Paulo Board Meeting Agenda
29 November 2006
ICANN Posts Summary of Comments on Management Operating Principles
29 November 2006
ICANN at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, China, 4-8 December 2006
28 November 2006
Review of ICANN Regions
28 November 2006
ICANN in the News
Listed below are media mentions involving ICANN over the course of the last week:
Opening Up ICANN (Marketplace)
1 December 2006
Commerce Department Extends .com Pact With VeriSign (Computerworld)
1 December 2006
ICANN Says No to .travel Typo Search (BetaNews)
30 November 2006
ICANN Featured Individual: Alejandro Pisanty, Board Member
Alejandro Pisanty is currently Director of Computing Academic Services at UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of CUDI, Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet, the Mexican Internet 2 Consortium, as well as Chairman of the Board of ISOC Mexico. He has served UNAM as Coordinator of the Distance Education Project (1995 – 1997), Technical Secretary of the Computing Advisory Council (1991-1997) and Head of the Graduate School in Chemistry (1993 – 1995, as well as Professor in the School of Chemistry. From UNAM he also leads the National Network for Videoconference in Education.
Mr. Pisanty received a bachelors degree in Chemistry, and an M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry from UNAM. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart, Germany (1984 – 1986).
He was selected for the ICANN Board by the Domain Name Supporting Organization and was seated at the 1999 annual meeting. He served until mid-2003, when he was again selected by the DNSO to a second term that expired mid-2004. Alejandro was then elected to a third term by the DNSO, which expires six months following the 2006 annual meeting.
Major Upcoming Events
2 – 8 December 2006: ICANN Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil
ICANN Bylaws
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 2006 – June 2009
Operating Plan (Draft)
Fiscal Year 2006 – 07
Proposed Budget [PDF, 180 KB]
Fiscal Year 2006 – 2007
2 – 8 December 2006 — ICANN Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil
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