Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model Moves into Implementation
Each day, the ICANN community comes together to develop policies that will ultimately impact how the world interacts with the Internet through its system of unique identifiers. At the heart of this important work is the ICANN multistakeholder model –…
Promoting Mutual Respect at Public Meetings
As ICANN69 approaches, the ICANN Office of the Ombudsman would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your commitment to and respect for ICANN’s consensus-based, multistakeholder process of policymaking. ICANN Public Meetings are an important forum…
Preliminary Issue Report on a Policy Development Process to Review the Transfer Policy
Open Date: 12 October 2020 Close Date: 30 November 2020 Originating Organization: Generic Names Support Organization (GNSO) Categories/Tags: Policy Development Top-Level Domains Brief Overview: Purpose: This Public Comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on the Preliminary Issue Report on…
ICANN69: Registration and Meeting Schedule Access
As you may have read in my earlier blog, ICANN69 is rapidly approaching, and we have made several changes to enhance and secure the meeting sessions. One of the new requirements is that everyone must register for ICANN69 in order to view…
ICANN69 Begins 13 October
I am delighted to welcome you to the third and most ambitious ICANN Virtual Public Meeting to date, the ICANN69 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Originally scheduled to take place in Hamburg, Germany, this meeting is now being held virtually in the…
ICANN Board Approves Two-Year Extension of President and CEO’s Term
LOS ANGELES – 9 October 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that the ICANN Board of Directors has approved a two-year extension to President and CEO Göran Marby’s Executive Services Agreement term. It…
Collaboration and Consensus: Understanding the EPDP’s Work
This August, the Expedited Policy Development Process Phase 2 team submitted its Phase 2 Final Report, which outlines 22 recommendations for a System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) for nonpublic generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data, as well as additional recommendations…
DRAFT PTI and IANA FY22 Operating Plan and Budgets
Open Date: 08 October 2020 Close Date: 30 November 2020 Originating Organization: Finance Categories/Tags: Operations/Finance Accountability/Transparency Brief Overview: Focusing on ICANN’s commitment to the multistakeholder model, the ICANN organization seeks Public Comment on the operating plan and budgets for delivering…
IANA Naming Function Review (IFR) Initial Report
Open Date: 8 October 2020 Close Date: 2 December 2020 Originating Organization: Office of the CEO, ICANN organization Categories/Tags: Reviews/Improvements Brief Overview: This Public Comment proceeding is on behalf of the IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT). The team conducted…
ICANN Root Server Cluster in Singapore Now Live
SINGAPORE – 8 October 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced the successful activation of the ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster in Singapore. This cluster, composed of dozens of servers with substantial Internet…