The next ICANN meeting will be held from 22-27 June 2008 in Paris, France

All are welcome to attend. There will be sessions on IDN's, the introduction of new Generic Top Level Domains, IPv6 and the transition of domain name system coordination to the ICANN model of multi stakeholder engagement with a strong focus on ensuring security, stability and private sector leadership. We look forward to your participation in the meeting. Information about the next meeting will be on the ICANN website soon at http://www.icann.org/meetings/."

Hot News front from page

-Registry/Registrar Verical Integration, the NEW thing
-China Calls for an End to the Internet Governance Forum. So was a similar comment made by Exec Director of DotAfrica back Decmber 2008, on Network World.
-Africa-India Satellite Links uses internet technologies
-ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history
-VP Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection partner with Dot Eco.
-New Chair of AU calls for United States of Africa
-Demand Media wants to offer new top level domain names using its eNom registrar. (a sea change in the industry)
-Does Google Really Want Net Neutrality (see video on page)
- ITU and ICANN – a loveless forced marriage
-CNN HEROS! (Malawi, Ethiopia, Senegal)

Google - China debacle 2010

fyi ----diggs and follow-up on china/google


http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29667&tag=rbxccnbzd1
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5250&tag=col1;post-5298
also China's reaction.. seems like as the law in China does not have a mirror effect, designed only to fend off outsiders.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-01/19/c_13142941.htm
Clinton: U.S. stands for a single internet where all have equal access to knowledge, ideas
http:://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012100632_pf.html

DNSSEC latest

Updates on IPv6

Domain Tasting

Domain tasting is a practice that uses a contractual 5-day grace period to register and delete names to test the market value of a domain name with no upfront cost.

A proposal to eliminate tasting by charging the ICANN registration fee for names deleted within the grace period was introduced as part of the draft ICANN budget. The budget will be finalized in June 2008. The .BIZ and .INFO registries have separately proposed changes to their contracts (following the existing practice of .ORG) that would eliminate domain tasting.

More information is available at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-initial-report-domain-tasting-07jan08.pdf
[PDF, 293K]."

ICANN | New gTLD Program

ICANN New gTLD Program: "Policy development updates:
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) completed its policy development work on new gTLD and approved a set of recommendations, by a supermajority vote, at its meeting on 6 September 2007.

01 February 2008: CANN | Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs

ICANN Public Comments Requested on Initial Draft Fast-Track Mechanism for Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs.
The Introduction of a Limited Number of IDN ccTLDs Under A Fast Track Mechanism: Draft Initial Report of the IDNC Working Group [PDF, 43K] Public Comments requested by 26 February 2008

11 February 2008 - .Africa's position re:JPA between DOC and ICANN

NTIA: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
pdf: Midterm Review of Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between United States Department of Commerce (DoC) and ICANN.

The JPA is an agreement between the United States government andICANN for the purpose of transitioning the Internet domain name systemto private sector multi-stakeholder leadership. This agreement is inthe process of a mid-term review for which the United StatesDepartment of Commerce's National Telecommunications and InformationAdministration (NTIA) is receiving comments
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