Prior to the ICANN meeting in The Hague I wrote a couple of times about their insane waiver. I wrote to ICANN's CEO and the Chair of the ICANN Board, but that went nowhere. We even filed a reconsideration request along with the .na domain registry, but that was also rejected. And we were not alone. The ALAC also wrote to ICANN's Board formally about the waiver (full text … [Read more...] about ICANN Still Insisting Their Waiver is “Normal”
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RIPE 85 Registration Now Open
The next RIPE meeting is being held in Belgrade, Serbia. As they've been doing for the last couple of meetings RIPE is offering two options: Onsite in person attendancevirtual online attendance It's 100% free to attend the meeting online, while attending in person for the full week costs €350. Based on past experience with RIPE meetings that's €350 well spent, as they … [Read more...] about RIPE 85 Registration Now Open
NamesCon Agenda Published
NamesCon will be held in Austin, Texas from August 31st to September 3rd. Yesterday the event organisers published the agenda, though it still has a few gaps. So what's on the agenda? There's a combination of keynotes, smaller panels and of course an auction. NamesCon is primarily focussed on domain investors so the schedule reflects topics that you'd … [Read more...] about NamesCon Agenda Published
ICANN Announces GDD Summit Dates & Location
Prior to the Covid pandemic leading to the cancellation of all "in person" events across the globe ICANN had been planning to hold its annual GDD Summit for registrars and registries in Paris, France. That event got cancelled completely and there's no indication if or when the organisation will try to bring the event to Europe again. They will, however, be holding the Summit … [Read more...] about ICANN Announces GDD Summit Dates & Location
OARC 38 Call for Contributions Open
OARC 38 will be held on July 30th and 31st as a "hybrid" event. It's being held alongside the IETF meeting in Philadelphia. They've opened a call for contributions, so if you're a hardcore DNS geek then maybe you should consider it? Topics they're interested in include: All DNS-related subjects and suggestions for discussion topics are welcome. For inspiration, we … [Read more...] about OARC 38 Call for Contributions Open
IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
The IGF for 2022 is to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethopia this year. The event is scheduled to take place at the end of November from 28th November until December 2nd 2022. The event organiser plan to run it as a hybrid event, with a mix of both "on site" and "online" attendees and participants. Further details will be announced on the official IGF website. The call … [Read more...] about IGF 2022 to be Held in Addis Ababa
Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule
Nordic Domain Days is being held in Stockholm next month on May 9th and 10th, with a kick off social event on the evening of May 8th. The event organisers have published the schedule for the two day event. The conference's first day is centred around the theme of "business", while day two has two tracks, one is an anti-abuse workshop, while the other is on the technical … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces Schedule
ICANN Demand You Sign Waiver to Attend Meeting
ICANN's upcoming meeting in June, which I mentioned earlier, is due to be held in person in The Hague. In order to attend you will need to register online in advance. That's not so odd. What is, however, is the very broad sweeping waiver they expect you to agree to. I'm not a lawyer, but I have had to review hundreds of contracts and agreements over the past 20 odd … [Read more...] about ICANN Demand You Sign Waiver to Attend Meeting
Vaccinations & Face Masks Required for ICANN Meeting
ICANN is going ahead with its Hague meeting in June as a "hybrid" event. It'll be the first "in person" ICANN meeting since autumn of 2019, so I suspect it will be quite busy, even though traditionally the "policy forum" meetings aren't the most popular of the three annual meetings. The venue for the meeting is The World Forum in the Hague. Amsterdam's Schipol airport is a … [Read more...] about Vaccinations & Face Masks Required for ICANN Meeting
Namescon Returning to Austin
NamesCon, like so many other industry events, has been running 100% online for the last two years. Now it looks like the event is coming back in an "in person" format. The event organisers are planning an in person event in downtown Austin, Texas for August 31st to September 3rd. They'd held the last in person event in Austin in early 2020 before the pandemic resulted … [Read more...] about Namescon Returning to Austin