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Dot-xxx approved by ICANN Board

June 25, 2010

As flagged up yesterday, the ICANN Board has approved the dot-xxx Internet extension at its Board meeting just now in Brussels.
It did so almost unanimously (two abstentions) but rather grumpily, however, with several members saying they were “uncomfortable” with the decision and appearing the blame the “process” for forcing them to make a decision. The [...]

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Dot-xxx to be approved tomorrow

June 24, 2010

The domain name system’s overseeing body, ICANN, will approve the controversial Internet extension dot-xxx, designed for online pornography, at its Board meeting tomorrow.
The pre-announcement came in an extraordinary statement read out at the start of the public forum at ICANN’s meeting in Brussels by the organization’s general counsel, John Jeffrey.
The statement said that the [...]

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ICANN Day 3: Good news all around

June 24, 2010

I’ll be honest: I didn’t go to many Wednesday sessions at ICANN Brussels. At least not physically. The remote participation tools mean that, unless you want to actually raise a point at the microphone, you can settle yourself down somewhere more comfortable and follow events on your laptop (and even your iPhone with the Adobe [...]

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Why ICANN doesn’t need to go back to the GAC over dot-xxx

June 23, 2010

This Friday, it looks as though the ICANN Board will follow the clear conclusions drawn by its independent review and approve dot-xxx.
Given the importance of the first use of the review process, the importance of the Board being seen to be accountable and the fact that the community was pretty unanimous in recent public [...]

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ICANN Day 2: The bells! The bells!

June 22, 2010

Nothing aids careful discussion and debate more than loud repetitive ringing. So thank you the Square Meeting Centre in Brussels for introducing not one but two ringing systems that go off every 30 minutes: a fire alarm and the bells from the nearby cathedral.
Despite this auditory assistance, the second (third) day of the ICANN meeting [...]

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ICANN Day 1: Was it – dare we say it – actually fun?

June 21, 2010

After a slumbering, almost tedious, first day, the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) came alive today for its official opening.
Gone were the musical extravaganzas of the previous two meetings (a shame?), but CEO Rod Beckstrom made sure there were fireworks by giving a defiant speech to his organization’s critics. [...]

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Beckstrom: You are not a pipe

June 21, 2010

ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom gave a defiant opening speech at the opening of the organization’s meeting in Brussels.
Answering accusations that the organization is ignoring its own accountability processes, that the staff and Board have insufficient checks on their work, and that he himself had overstepped the mark in comments he made to governments at [...]

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ICANN Day 0: A lot of yakking, a little movement

June 20, 2010

Strolling through Parc de Bruxelles at 8.30am, with barely a soul in sight, and only the occasional car on the road, I couldn’t help but wonder whether to go back to the hotel and have a lie-in. It’s a Sunday after all. Even the outside of the giant see-through jigsaw that is the Mont des [...]

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ATRT Proposal to ICANN

June 18, 2010

I submitted, along with two professional evaluators, a proposal to act as an independent expert for ICANN’s Accountability and Transparency Review Team, following its call for proposals on 2 June.
I have to admit I was a little surprised and disappointed that we were informed that we would not be asked to present to the ATRT [...]

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Accountability and Transparency at ICANN? Not looking good

June 16, 2010

I’ve been keeping schtum about the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) for a while for three reasons:

I submitted a proposal along with a team of professional evaluators to be the review’s “independent expert”
I know nearly all the members of the team and I respect them all
They’re working to a tight timetable so you have [...]

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