ICANN Newsletter | Week ending 1 October 2010
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Announcements This Week
Review Teams for SSR (Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS) and for WHOIS (WhoIs Policy)
30 September 2010 | After careful review of the candidates' documents, the mandated Selectors for the Affirmation of Commitments — Heather Dryden, Interim Chair of the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee and Rod Beckstrom, ICANN President and CEO — have reached a decision on the composition of the Review Teams.
Proposals Sought to Provide Costs and Feasibility to Conduct WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Relay and Reveal Studies
29 September 2010 | The GNSO Council is now exploring several extensive studies of WHOIS and has asked ICANN to estimate the cost and feasibility of conducting several studies proposed by members of the ICANN community and ICANN's Government Advisory Committee.
ACDR Proposal to be Recognized as an Official Dispute Resolution Provider Under the UDRP
28 September 2010 | ICANN has received a proposal from the Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to be recognized as one of the official dispute resolution providers under the UDRP.
Continuing to Move New gTLDs Forward
26 September 2010 | The ICANN Board met in Trondheim Norway on 24-25 September, focusing specifically on new gTLD issues.
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5 - 10 December 2010: 39th International ICANN Meeting - Cartagena, Colombia
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