Rwanda selected for ICANN80. ICANN has announced the location for next year's Policy Forum, which means the locations of the next three ICANN meetings are set. The organization has selected Kigali, Rwanda for the ICANN80 Policy Forum taking ... Continue Reading2 Comments
ICANN general meeting will (unsurprisingly) be virtual
· Policy & LawAll meetings this year will occur virtually. ICANN has decided that its Annual General Meeting in October will be held virtually. ICANN69 was originally scheduled to be held in Hamburg, Germany. But, like the March meeting and this month's Policy ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN policy wonks to meet online rather than Kuala Lumpur
· UncategorizedMalaysia meeting will be moved online due to Covid-19. ICANN has formally canceled its in-person Policy Forum scheduled for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June, due to Covid-19. It will hold the event online instead. The non-profit held its meeting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN loves how they do it down in Puerto Rico
· Policy & LawGroup schedules a 2020 meeting for San Juan. ICANN has selected San Juan, Puerto Rico, for its first meeting of 2022. The meeting will take place March 5-10, 2022. The non-profit domain industry overseer held a meeting in San Juan last year. It ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN selects Cancun, Kuala Lumpur and Hamburg for 2020 meetings
· Policy & LawSpring break in Mexico, anyone? The ICANN board has selected its meeting locations for the group's 2020 meeting slate. The first stop will be the Cancun International Convention Center in Mexico for meeting #67 from March 7-12, 2020. You might ... Continue Reading2 Comments
ICANN selects Panama for June 2016 meeting
· UncategorizedPanama City selected for next summer's meeting. ICANN's summer meeting next year will take place in Panama City, Panama. The decision was made during a board meeting earlier this week. I think this meeting will draw a lot of domain name investors. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Ebola forces ICANN to move meeting from Morocco to Singapore
· ServicesWithout specifically citing Ebola, ICANN moves meeting due to Ebola-inflicted attendance concerns. That "confidential agenda item" at last week's ICANN Board meeting? A decision to move the next ICANN meeting, which was scheduled for Morocco in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Which ICANN sessions domainers should attend
· Policy & LawA quick look at relevant sessions at this week's ICANN conference. ICANN 51 formally kicks off today in Los Angeles. There are a lot of domain name investors in attendance, so I created a quick guide to sessions that might be interesting to them. Even ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Coming to America: Mark your Calendar for March 2011
· Policy & LawICANN meeting coming to America next Spring. For the first time in a long time ICANN will hold its international meeting in the United States March 13-18, 2011. That means U.S. residents won't have to make a trip that involves three plane hops and 12 ... Continue Reading7 Comments
ICANN Travel Survey – Poll FAIL
· Policy & LawICANN wants your feedback on international meetings, but it won't be easy. ICANN is kicking off its "Meetings for the Next Decade" consultation process to figure out how to handle its international meetings. ICANN has been criticized for its large ... Continue Reading6 Comments
