ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 13 June 2008
Announcements This Week
Draft Final Report of Recommendations for IDN ccTLD Fast Track Mechanism Made Available
13 June 2008
Draft Independent Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee Posted for Discussion
13 June 2008
ICANN Solicits Public Comment on Single Character Name Allocation Framework
In response to community comment and interest, ICANN has developed a
proposed allocation framework and use of funds from the allocation of
single-character second-level domain names in existing gTLDs.
13 June 2008
Update on 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee
Final selections will be confirmed six weeks after the ICANN Paris
meeting. Following the selection of candidates, the Nom Com will
conduct due diligence. The selections will be announced by early
September 2008.
13 June 2008
ICANN Launches Subscription-Based Policy Update
ICANN announced the launch of a new subscription-based ICANN Policy Update that will highlight on a monthly basis key Internet policy issues being addressed by its bottom-up, consensus-based policy development structure.
11 June 2008
Consultation on Proposals to Reform ICANN Meetings
At its meeting on May 29, 2008 the Board agreed to the release of a paper on the reform of ICANN meetings that has been prepared by staff. The paper asks the community to consider changes to the number of meetings that ICANN holds and the location.
9 June 2008
ICANN in the News
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Dot-What? Will_This_Name_Happen.nyc? (The New York Times)
A grass-roots group is trying to build support for a .nyc top-level domain when the naming policies for Internet Web sites are expanded.
9 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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