The ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites interested individuals to submit an expression of interest and/or recommend candidates for ICANN‘s key leadership positions. Selected individuals will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe to help shape the Internet’s technical coordination and policy development. The deadline to submit your application is…
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Austria’s Internet Celebrating 4 Anniversaries in 2018
30 years ago Austria’s ccTLD was delegated. In 1998, the Austrian Registry nic.at was founded along with the reporting hotline for illegal content, Stopline. And then 10 years later CERT.at (Austria’s Computer Emergency Response Team) was founded. “Who would have thought 30 years ago, that two little letters in a US database would make up…
ICANN: Data Protection/Privacy Update Webinar Scheduled for 2 February
ICANN today [25 Jan] announced that it will hold a webinar on 2 February from 1530 to 1630 UTC to provide an update on data protection/privacy activities related to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The webinar will focus on ICANN‘s three proposed interim models for collecting registration data and implementing registration directory…
Donuts Sells HOME.LOANS In Biggest New gTLD Domain Sale Yet
Donuts announced Tuesday it sold home.loans for $500,000 in what is believed to be the largest sale of any domain name for a new gTLD to date in a sale they brokered themselves. Home.loans was acquired by Home.Loans LLC founder and chief executive officer Blake Janover, a serial entrepreneur, digital media visionary and capital markets…
ICANN Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update
Brief Overview Purpose: Focusing on ICANN‘s commitment to the multistakeholder model, ICANN‘s Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget and the current year update to the Five-Year Operating Plan are provided for community discussion and public comment. ICANN seeks structured feedback on the plans described in these documents. The documents incorporate improvements on previous years based…