ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 6 June 2008
Announcements This Week
ICANN Opens Public Comment Period for Draft/Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure
In consultation with the community, ICANN has developed this
draft/interim procedure for managing transition of gTLD domain name
registrations from a de-accredited registrar to an accredited gaining
registrar.
6 June 2008
ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Names from Two De-Accredited Registrars
ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrars Best Registration Services, Inc. dba Bestregistrar.com and DotForce Corp. dba DotForce.com.
6 June 2008
RSTEP Report on PIR's Request to Implement DNSSEC in .ORG
The RSTEP Review Team completed its report that can be found at http://icann.org/registries/rsep/rstep-report-pir-dnssec-04jun08.pdf [PDF, 481K].
5 June 2008
Internationalized Domain Name Program Adds Two Languages
This draft FY09 Operating Plan and Budget is being posted for community
review with the support of the Board Finance Committee.
5 June 2008
ICANN Posts Draft Community Travel Support Document
At the February Delhi meeting, there was a public consultation
regarding ICANN's approach to travel support funding for the community.
After the public consultation in Delhi, a public comment period was
held, and the feedback was analyzed and noted on-line.
3 June 2008
ICANN in the News
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ICANN Makes Urdu Available (Netxpress Online)
“As of today, June 5, 2008,” writes Khalil Ahmad, CEO & Chairman PakNIC Limited, “we are proud to let you know that ICANN has officially announced the availability of URDU on the ICANN wikipages setup for global testing of IDNs today.”
6 June 2008
UNESCO encourages Governments to participate in the next meeting of ICANN (UNESCO.ORG)
UNESCO encourages Governments to participate in the next meeting of the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN to be held in Paris from 22 to 26 June 2008.
6 June 2008
Upcoming Events
20 June 2008 - EGENI Europe 2008 - Paris, France
22 - 27 June 2008: 32nd International Public ICANN Meeting -
Paris, France
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Proposed FY09 Operating Plan and Budget [PDF, 476K]
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