ICANN: Weekend Round-Up
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers meeting began in Lisbon, Portugal over the weekend. Here are a few noteworthy items:
• ICANN signed an accountability framework with the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) managers for .ly -- Libya. Read more about it here and here.
• ICANN's contractual compliance program has been updated to provide clear, transparent information regarding contractual compliance expectations and concerns.
• The President's Strategy Committee report was released. The advisory group was created after ICANN's December 2005 summit and previously publicized a series of draft recommendations. Learn more about the committee here.
• There were two interesting tutorials on Sunday: (1) How the marketplace for expiring names has changed: Why names aren't released and what is the impact on consumers and other interests? (2) Domain name secondary market: What makes a name worth thousands of dollars and how does this market work? Transcripts are available here and here.
• ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie marveled at the devotion of his organization's staff despite starting off the week in Lisbon with sleeplessness, jet-lag and lost luggage. On Sunday, employees' first meeting started at 7:30 a.m. and the last event of the day ended at 10 p.m. "Long days, dedicated staff, and lots of interesting things going on," he mused on his blog.
• An interesting pre-meeting interview with ICANN President Paul Twomey has been posted on the organization's blog.
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