According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past conference the Friday Board meeting have been kind of exciting with voting on .XXX and the new gTLD program hanging in the air. But at the last ICANN … [Read more...]
ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at a couple of weeks away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promised a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and for the Big Reveal Here is what ICANN said a week ago about today April 27th: "“”No later than 27 April 2012 we will provide an update on the reopening … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Public Comment Period On Renewal Of Verisign Contract Closes Thursday
ICANN public comment period for the .com Registry Agreement renewal ends on Thursday April 26th. As you know, under the terms of the renewal contract Verisign will be able to raise their wholesale price on .com registration 7% in 4 out of the next 6 years. You can submit you comments on the contract to com-renewal@icann.org. You will get an email from ICANN acknowledging the comment … [Read more...]
WOW: ICANN Now Pushes UPDATE On TAS & New gTLD Program Off Until April 27th
In a release by ICANN tonight they are now giving themselves until April 27th to give update on when the TAS system will even re-open and an a updated for the date of the "Big Reveal" where ICANN will announce who applied for what. Also in tonight's release is the information that once the TAS system re-opens it will reopen for "at least 5 days", which is more than the 3 day period previously … [Read more...]
Wall Street Journal Incorrectly States That The New gTLD Window Closes Today
Are you confused about what is going on with ICANN, the TAS system and the whole new gTLD process? You're not the only one. The Wall Street Journal just published a post entitled "7 Friday Must Reads" and number 1 on the list, is on the new gTLD program which WSJ.com says: ""Small businesses are facing a big choice when it comes to their Web presence." "The application window for … [Read more...]
ICANN Knew About The TAS Problem On March 19th
In a statement just issued by Akram Atallah, COO of ICANN it appears ICANN was first notified on the problem with the TAS system that allowed users to see other users files on March 19th. As we know ICANN didn't shut the system down until April 12th. Here is the statement: "As we have reported, ICANN has learned of a technical issue with the TLD application system software, or TAS, that … [Read more...]
ICANN FINALLY Issues A Statement on The New gTLD Application System & “Houston We Have A Problem”
Well finally we have a statement from ICANN as to what happened to the TAS system that is used to accept applications for the new gTLD "We have learned of a possible glitch in the TLD application system software that has allowed a limited number of users to view some other users' file names and user names in certain scenarios." said Akram Atallah Chief Operating Officer of ICANN "Out of an … [Read more...]