Coalition calls out ICANN for apparent lack of progress in dealing with Employ Media. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, a group of job boards opposed to expansion of the .jobs namespace, has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN’s CEO and Board of Directors asking it to hurry up, open up, and get a spine. Hurry [...]
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Sorry Beckstrom, You Should Have Voted on .XXX
ICANN CEO’s abstention from .xxx vote is weak. During ICANN’s meeting in San Francisco last month a number of board members gave their rationale for or against .xxx. Some members abstained and stated their reason. So it was a little odd when ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom didn’t vote. He whispered something away from the microphone [...]
ICANN Slashes Meeting Sponsorship Prices Up to 50%
Non-profit reverses course and lowers price to sponsor meetings. Currying favor with the ICANN crowd just got a lot cheaper. Well, at least compared to last week. In advance of its meeting in San Francisco next month, ICANN doubled the cost of many of its sponsorship packages. It also added a new level at $500,000. [...]
.nxt Conference Inspires and Informs New gTLD Debate
Source:CircleID: Domain Names
The first-ever .nxt conference recently concluded in San Francisco. The conference featured two days of productive, educational, and passionate discussion about the business of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
While ICANN’s public meetings have…
