ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 17 April 2009
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Jobs Website Goes Live
17 April 2009 | A new careers website for ICANN has gone live, providing those interested in working for the organization with a simple and effective way to view current vacancies as well as apply for jobs online.
Community Comment Invited on Petition To Form A New GNSO Consumers Constituency
15 April 2009 | The ongoing GNSO Improvements process has created significant community interest in the formation of new GNSO constituencies and several groups have stepped forward to begin the process of forming a new GNSO constituency. The ICANN Board has now received its second formal petition - from the prospective Consumers Constituency.
Initiation of IDN ccPDP by ccNSO Council
13 April 2009 | The purpose of the IDN ccPDP is to develop and recommend to the ICANN Board a policy for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs and identify, and if any recommend such, changes needed to Article IX and annexes in connection with such policy. The IDN ccPDP Issue Report, including the PDP timeline is available here [PDF, 109 KB].
Upcoming Events
13 - 17 April 2009: AfTLD Meeting - Arusha, Tanzania
21 - 26 June 2009: 35th International Public ICANN Meeting - Sydney, Australia
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