ccTLD meetings are open

Just a short note: The ccTLD meetings are completely open for any attendants. Also, an updated agenda of the meetings is available.

Just a short note: The ccTLD meetings are completely open for any attendants. Also, an updated agenda of the meetings is available.

Unofficial Agenda Addition: The Shanghai Museum.

If you are at the Shanghai meetings and get any chance to escape, you should visit the Shanghai Museum. It’s absolutely amazing.

If you are at the Shanghai meetings and get any chance to escape, you should visit the Shanghai Museum. It’s absolutely amazing.

An ICANN Primer.

The folks at the Center for Democracy and Technology have prepared an ICANN primer – mostly intended for use by those participants in Shanghai who are being sponsored by the Markle and Ford foundations, and new to ICANN, but probably also useful f…

The folks at the Center for Democracy and Technology have prepared an ICANN primer – mostly intended for use by those participants in Shanghai who are being sponsored by the Markle and Ford foundations, and new to ICANN, but probably also useful for others.

Proposed .org registry agreement posted.

ICANN has just posted a proposed .org registry agreement. Unless there is an objection by a board member during the next 7 days, Stuart Lynn will be authorized to sign it.

ICANN has just posted a proposed .org registry agreement. Unless there is an objection by a board member during the next 7 days, Stuart Lynn will be authorized to sign it.

Please have a look at The Notebook.

This weblog won’t be updated in the next week. News from Shanghai will be available through The Notebook and, of course, The Aggregator. The latter will collect information from all the relevant weblogs I know of.

This weblog won’t be updated in the next week. News from Shanghai will be available through The Notebook and, of course, The Aggregator. The latter will collect information from all the relevant weblogs I know of.

ERC posts second supplemental implementation report.

The ERC has posted its Second Supplemental(!) Implementation Report, including new bylaws and (thanks for that!) a redline comparing the new and old bylaws.

The ERC has posted its Second Supplemental(!) Implementation Report, including new bylaws and (thanks for that!) a redline comparing the new and old bylaws.

.de root zone entries updated.

Marc Schneiders has noted that the latest root zone has an updated set of nameservers for .de. It’ll be interesting to learn whether or not IANA was granted access to the zone file. (Note that this is also a topic for the GA in Shanghai.)

Marc Schneiders has noted that the latest root zone has an updated set of nameservers for .de. It’ll be interesting to learn whether or not IANA was granted access to the zone file. (Note that this is also a topic for the GA in Shanghai.)

ccNSO assistance group posts update.

The Evolution and Reform Committee has posted an update on the ccNSO assistance group’s work. A brief summary is in this message from Alexander Svensson to the GA.

The Evolution and Reform Committee has posted an update on the ccNSO assistance group’s work. A brief summary is in this message from Alexander Svensson to the GA.

Shanghai GA: Final Agenda Posted.

The final agenda for the DNSO General Assembly to be held in Shanghai is out, including background information on WHOIS, Deletes, and IANA access to TLDs’ zone files. An additional session which will take place immediately after the GA in the same…

The final agenda for the DNSO General Assembly to be held in Shanghai is out, including background information on WHOIS, Deletes, and IANA access to TLDs’ zone files. An additional session which will take place immediately after the GA in the same place is going to address Transfers of gTLD domain names.

Shanghai: Passports required to enter meeting venue.

New on the official agenda page: For security reasons, meeting participants will be asked to show their passport when picking up their official nametags at the conference registration desk. Name tags will be required to enter the venue for all mee…

New on the official agenda page: For security reasons, meeting participants will be asked to show their passport when picking up their official nametags at the conference registration desk. Name tags will be required to enter the venue for all meetings. Pre-registration is encouraged, although on-site registration will be accepted at the registration desk.