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I’m back from a fascinating, eye-opening week in Vancouver for the 2005 ICANN Annual Meeting. It was a long week, but worth the trip. The results of the meeting are better covered on other websites, but I will direct attention to the captioning from Saturday’s Public Forum and the results of yesterday’s Board Meeting.
Here’s another website interested parties should pay much closer attention to:
gac.icann.org. The GAC Vancouver Communique is available here. The GAC also has a new Public Forum for comments on GAC activities.
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If you’re heading to the ICANN Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, I hope to see you there. Depending on timing & internet access, I may try some light blogging from the meeting. Bret Fausett’s ICANN blog is an excellent source of information on ICANN, and he frequently posts podcasts and audio from the meetings.
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Here’s the agenda for today’s ICANN Board call:
8 November 2005
Special Meeting of the Board
Proposed Agenda
- Consideration of .ASIA sTLD Application
- Review and Consideration of Policy Development Process Results and Public Comments for “Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry”
- Board Governance Committee’s Recommendation for the Creation of a new Board Compensation Committee
- Briefing Regarding Certain Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Budget Items
- Authorization to Bind Professional Liability Insurance Proposal
- Redelegation of .GS (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)
- Approval of Legal Expenses
- Single Letter 2d Level Domain Name Discussion
- Authorization to Enter into Addendum to Marina del Rey Sublease
- Proposed ICANN Bylaws Changes on Interim ALAC’s Certification of At-Large Structures
- Proposed Guidelines for Implementation of IDN’s, v.2.0
- Approval of Board of Director’s Expenses
- Other Business
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Bret Fausett’s internet Pro Radio podcast is always informative. In iProRadio #57, Bret discusses the ICANN-Verisign settlement and public participation in ICANN.
http://blog.lextext.com/_attachments/1343613/iProRadio-2005Nov4.mp3
Keep up the good work Bret.
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The recently approved sponsored TLD .mobi will require registrants to follow strict standards on web development, according to an article in Silicon.com (copy on ZDNet UK available here). For more information, visit www.mtldinfo.com.
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On Monday October 24 ICANN and Verisign announced an end to their long simmering legal dispute and reached a settlement that will allow Verisign to retain maintenance of the .com TLD through 2012. Commenting on the proposed agreement, Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN said: “This proposed agreement settles many of the long-standing points of tension between ICANN and VeriSign. The settlement opens the way for a constructive and productive relationship between ICANN and VeriSign that will benefit the global Internet community, and further illustrates the benefits of a multi-stakeholder approach.”
A copy of the press release from ICANN is available here. A link to the proposed settlement agreements is here. The .com Registry Agreement is here. Link to Bret Fausett’s podcast on the settlement is here.
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First Google becomes an ICANN-accredited registrar, and today itannounced Vint Cerf will join the company as “Chief Internet Evangelist”. Cerf is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Internet and is currently the Chairman of the ICANN Board.
From the press release:
“‘His vision for technology helped create entire industries that have transformed many parts of our lives. We are honored to welcome him to Google.’
Cerf will continue his leadership in the Internet community, and help Google build network infrastructure, architectures, systems, and standards for the next generation of Internet applications.
‘Google has already made tremendous strides in making access to information on the web a reality for users across the globe, but we’re still in the Internet’s early innings,’ he said. ‘This medium will enjoy wider-spread use than television, radio or phones, and will ultimately expand beyond planet Earth. Google has always believed in doing things differently, and I believe that places us in a unique position to help bring even the wildest Internet visions into reality.’”
What will Google do next?
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If it was not a true life event, one would think Directnic’s continuing struggle in New Orleans was a sequel to
Escape from New York or some other Hollywood-scripted thriller. Sadly, it’s the real thing, and worse for those stranded there. Here’s a selection of news articles on Directnic:
Heroic New Orleans Hosting Outfit Battles On (The Register) – Sept. 1
Directnic Stays Online During Katrina (Web Host Industry Review ) – Sept. 1
News Roundup from CNN
Update: The Directnic site is now down. Here’s the most recent statement from the Directnic blog:
“11:50 am Update. My first tactical mistake. We were unprepared to accept the fuel when it arrived. The fuel arrived way too soon for us and we did not have all the empty drums down one ground floor when they got here. The driver had other deliveries to make, so rather than waste his time, I told him we’d recoordinate and be ready for him later today or tomorrow.
That’s the bad news. Here’s the worse news:
All of our providers are dropping. We’re down to one. We have enough fuel to keep us powered for a long time, but we could lose internet access soon if our last provider drops.
So I guess what I’m saying is that any moment could be my last moment online. If we do lose internet, Outpost Crystal might have to be abandoned by all but Sig and Myself. I’ve got to get Crystal out of here safely and relocated to someplace out of this state. I’m working on escape routes now.”
Wow. It goes on, read it here.
