Category: ICANN Announcements

ICANN’s Nominating Committee seeks applications for six leadership positions

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Nominating Committee for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is looking for volunteers to help it with the global task of coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers.

“The Internet is the most powerful communications tool in human history — and the incredible story is how much of this has been accomplished by dedicated volunteers,” said Hagen Hultzsch, Chair of the Nominating Committee (NomCom). “ICANN’s work coordinating the Internet’s addressing system is at the foundation of the Internet and its future — and we are always looking for people who want to make a contribution.”

First formalization of mutual responsibilities between ISC, F-root server operator, and ICANN

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has formally approved the Mutual Responsibilities Agreement with the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the operators of F-Root.

“The security and stability of the domain name system are at the heart of ICANN’s core mission, and the formal approval of this agreement is a key component in meeting that mission,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s President and CEO. “One of ICANN’s responsibilities under the Joint Project Agreement with the U.S. Government is to work to formalize relationships with root server operators, so this is a real milestone.”

Colorful graphics and a modern design outfit this new-look website with improved functionality and usability for visitors. The site is not only an important resource for on-site meeting participants, but also an essential element for those who wish to participate remotely.

The site, found at http://public.icann.org, went live today in conjunction with the schedule for next month’s meeting in New Delhi in order to provide an estimated 700 physical attendees and several hundred virtual visitors with all the information they need to participate in the event. The meeting will take place from 10-15 February 2008.

The new design, which includes the use of graphics for improved site navigation, also provides easy access to meeting agendas, presentations, and transcripts; as well as links to chatrooms and audiocasts for remote users who want to listen in.

So whether it’s in person, or in one of our meeting chatrooms – we hope to see you in New Delhi.

The new home for everything you need to know about how to participate in ICANN, is found at http://public.icann.org.

The New Delhi Meeting page and schedule are available at http://del.icann.org.
Please send any questions or comments to [email protected].

ICANN is seeking expressions of interest from entities experienced in developing and managing auction processes. ICANN has identified several areas where auctions might be an appropriate tool, such as the efficient disposition of data from terminated registrars and registries, the allocation of single-character second-level domain names, and perhaps, resolution of contention between competing commercial applicants for identical strings in the application process for new generic Top Level Domains.

A number of commenters and academics have recommended auctions as the preferred method of objectively allocating scarce resources such as popular second-level domain names or gTLD strings. Also, ICANN received substantial public comment in the discussion on allocation of single-character second-level names that the names should be allocated through an auction model.