ICANN Weekly Newsletter

News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

http://www.icann.org/Week ending 22 August 2014

 


Announcements This Week

Have Questions About the ICANN Accountability Process?
On 14 August ICANN posted the Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance: Process and Next Steps. Since posting, we've received some questions that are compiled here together with items perhaps useful to be addressed for the community.
22 August 2014

APAC Webinar: ICANN Participation in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The webinar will provide a brief overview of the ICANN related sessions at the IGF in Istanbul from 1-5 September, and will provide an opportunity for members of the community to discuss collaboration opportunities.
21 August 2014

Reminder: Next Meeting of ICG to follow IGF in Istanbul
The next face-to-face meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) will take place on 6 September 2014 following the Ninth Annual IGF Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.
21 August 2014

Public Comment Invited: Board Working Group Report on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom)
The ICANN Board has directed that the report prepared by the Board Working Group on Nominating Committee (BWG-NomCom) relating to issues of size and composition be posted for public comment.
21 August 2014

Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB
Four (4) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators listed below to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for the below TLDs. In total, the requests concern 4 New gTLDs.
19 August 2014

Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced
As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of the Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps, four respected individuals with backgrounds in academia, governmental relations, global insight, and the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), will form the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group.
19 August 2014

Webinar: ICANN Participation in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
You are invited to participate in an informal webinar about ICANN's participation in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on Friday, 22 August at 16:00 UTC.
18 August 2014


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