ICANN Weekly Newsletter News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> Week ending 11 December 2009 ________________________________ Announcements This Week ICANN Signs Two Historic Agreements with UN Agencies<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-11dec09-en.htm> ICANN and the Swiss-based Universal Postal Union (UPU) have signed a historic agreement giving the UPU managing authority over .post as a top-level domain. In addition to the UPU-ICANN contract, ICANN also entered into another important agreement the day before in Paris with another U.N. entity, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 11 December 2009 ICANN Continues Reporting on the Selection Process of Independent Evaluators for the New gTLD Program<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11dec09-en.htm> Phase one of the selection process (e.g., general criteria scoring grid) has been completed and each candidate is being notified of their status and next steps. 11 December 2009 ICANN Welcomes 100th Member to the Country Code Names Supporting Organization<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08dec09-en.htm> On 3 December, ICANN's Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO) welcomed the Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, operator of the country code .MZ (Mozambique), as its 100th member. 8 December 2009 Announcement Regarding Implementation of Modification to Implementation Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07dec09-en.htm> On 30 October 2009, the ICANN Board approved a modification to the Implementation Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("Rules"). The modified Rules now require UDRP claimants and respondents to provide documents to UDRP Providers in electronic form. The modified Rules also change UDRP Provider obligations in forwarding hard copy notice to respondents in UDRP proceedings. 7 December 2009 ________________________________ Upcoming Events [cid:~WRD001.jpg]<http://nbo.icann.org/>7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya<http://nbo.icann.org/> 20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium About ICANN ICANN Bylaws<http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm> Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org<http://www.icann.org/>. Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010<http://www.icann.org/en/planning/> Adopted FY10 Operating Plan and Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm> [PDF, 1,470K] ________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine<http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/>
