Californian wine producer Gallo Vineyards Inc., has signed contracts with ICANN for two top level domains: .barefoot .gallo If you are a wine drinker then you'll probably recognise them as being two of the company's more popular brands. A lot of brands have applied for and got their own top level domain name, but what makes this interesting is the wine angle. While … [Read more...] about Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs
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Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
ICANN's current CEO and President Fadi Chehadé has announced today that he will be departing the organisation in March 2016. He will be moving back to industry, though it will be outside the domain / DNS industry. On a call this afternoon with members of the ICANN community Chehadé reassured people that he was going to be actively engaged in his current role for the … [Read more...] about Fadi Chehadé To Step Down From ICANN Role
Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations
Over the past couple of years several ccTLDs have revised their policies to allow registrations at the top level. Now auDA (.au Domain Administration) has opened a consultation process on this question as well. The background material for the consultation process includes a paper prepared by the Names Policy Panel which looks at the history and structure of the .au … [Read more...] about Australian ccTLD Opens Consultation On Direct Registrations
Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
ICANN opened nominations for the 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award back in December. Nominations close on March 2nd 2015. It's an interesting idea to provide recognition for people who spend a lot of their days (and nights) working on Internet Governance matters: The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in … [Read more...] about Nomination Period For 2015 ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award Closing Soon
ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
One of ICANN's core missions is maintaining "security and stability" and a key way that this happens is via the work of the SSAC. SSAC = the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Unless you're a bit of an ICANN "insider" however, you may not be familiar with how they work or what they do, so this new video is helpful: http://youtu.be/dlnPWlJM_1U … [Read more...] about ICANN’s SSAC Explained (sort of)
IANA Explained [Video]
Unless you've been hiding under for the last few months you'll know that the IANA transition is a hot topic in internet governance circles Of course while there has been numerous meetings, thousands of emails, more meetings, media coverage and plenty of conversations about the topic, there are probably still quite a few people who don't fully understand what IANA is and, … [Read more...] about IANA Explained [Video]
ICANN’s New Affirmation of Commitments
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has signed the new "Affirmation of Commitments" which replaces the JPA.More details here including full text and some reactionsFurther updates to follow ... … [Read more...] about ICANN’s New Affirmation of Commitments