ICANN
Weekly Newsletter
News from the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 11 December 2009
Announcements This Week
ICANN Signs Two Historic Agreements
with UN Agencies
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
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
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
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
7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International Public ICANN
Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya
20 - 25 June 2010:
38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium
About ICANN
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.
Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010
Adopted FY10
Operating Plan and Budget
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