Rod Beckstrom in the opening ceremony at the ICANN conference this morning gave what I guess would be fair to call his farewell address as CEO of ICANN. In pointing out the…
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New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”
The new CEO of ICANN gave an motivating and impressive speech in the ICANN opening Session. Here are some of the more memorable quotes from Mr. Chehade: “The Internet is the Greatest…
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale…
ICANN Officially Names Beijing, China For ICANN Meeting #46 From April 7th-12th 2013
The ICANN Board has named Beijing, China as host for ICANN meeting number 46 which will be held from April 7th-12th 2013. Here is the resolution: “Whereas, ICANN intends to hold its…
30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; “Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace” Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory…
Replacement For Digital Archery: How About Carnival Games?
Now that ICANN has suspended the Digital Archery program, to batch applications, the question becomes what other alternatives can ICANN use to batch applications. The issue is that ICANN believes that a…
ICANN: Batching to Be Done in 3 Batches of 5 Months Each Or In One Batch Which Will Take A Year
Out of the ICANN Session this morning on the issue of batching, ICANN is now saying they will either go with 3 batches each taking 5 months or a total of 15…