Rod Beckstrom's total compensation and benefits nearly $1 million last fiscal year; many other highly paid employees at non-profit. ICANN has published its Form 990 tax return for the financial year ending June, 2011. Here's what top employees earned ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Want to be ICANN’s next CEO?
· Policy & LawNon-profit publishes profile of desired CEO. Want to be the CEO of an organization launching a highly controversial expansion of the internet namespace and seeing its budget double or triple your first year on the job? ICANN has a job for ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Rod Beckstrom To Leave ICANN After End of Term
· Policy & LawCEO to step down at end of three year tenure. ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom will step down at the end of his three year term, the non-profit announced this afternoon. He has been at the helm of the company since July 2009 and will finish his ... Continue Reading6 Comments
ICANN CEO Snaps Back at ANA Over New TLDs
· Policy & LawBeckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain ... Continue Reading14 Comments
ICA Requests Action on Czech Arbitration Court Policy Changes
· Policy & LawInternet Commerce Association wants ICANN to act quickly on move by UDRP provider. Internet Commerce Association counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush asking it to act on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Interview: Rod Beckstrom on Affirmation of Commitments
· Policy & LawDomain Name Wire interviews ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. We have a new acronym to add to the domain name lexicon: AOC, for Affirmation of Commitments. Earlier today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally announced its ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Responds to Congress
· Policy & LawICANN responds to Congress. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to Lamar Smith and Howard Coble's letter and questions. A copy of Beckstrom's response is available here. Here are some highlights: Implementation Recommendation Team proposals: ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Update: Lamar Smith and Howard Coble Letter to ICANN
· Policy & LawDetails of letter sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. Yesterday DNW wrote about a letter that House Judiciary Committee members Lamar Smith and Howard Coble sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. This letter covers the roll out of new gTLDs and the expiration ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Talks about Domainers
· Policy & LawBeckstrom gives initial comments about domainers. In an article about new top level domains and trademarks in today's Financial Times, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom is quoted saying: "You can look at domainers in many ways. Some see them as ... Continue Reading30 Comments
Follow ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom on Twitter
· UncategorizedKeep up-to-date on new CEO via Twitter. New ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom is certainly a different type of businessman than former CEO Paul Twomey. As an entrepreneur and having published his own book, Beckstrom is a marketing guy. That means he's more ... Continue Reading4 Comments