From the monthly archives:
One of the most consistent complaints I receive as general manager of public participation is that it is hard to follow what ICANN is doing, particularly with respect to navigating the main website and finding material. So, we have embarked on a usability survey in which you, the community, will be asked about your use [...]
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Following a very successful experiment at the last meeting in Mexico City with remote participation, we have expanded its use to the main room for the Sydney meeting. We are using Adobe’s Connect software which will allow people to see everything going on in a particular session in one screen: live video, live audio, a [...]
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In managing the root zone, recently we clarified some of the technical conformance criteria for the name servers top-level domain operators use. Before we put the adjusted criteria in place, we did some research to find out real world compliance against some of the metrics. One of the more interesting insights involved looking at network [...]
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En los últimos meses han sido publicados en el sitio web de ICANN una cantidad considerable de documentos. Muchos de ellos están abiertos a comentarios públicos y también serán objeto de discusión durante la próxima reunión de ICANN, comenzando los próximos días en Sydney, Australia. Información y propuestas que avanzan en el proceso de implementación [...]
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The Public Participation Board Committee (PPC) is holding a public meeting on Wednesday in Sydney at 9am. In order to get the most out of that session, a backgrounder documents covering the topics that the Committee has been working on has been published. Those topics are: Status reports Document deadlines Language Calendar of meetings For [...]
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La séance ACSO prévue le lundi 22 juin 2009 à Sydney se concentrera sur le thème suivant : ————– Améliorations institutionnelles Les rôles et les responsabilités des comités consultatifs (AC), des organisations de soutien (SO), du personnel chargé des politiques et du Conseil d’administration dans le cadre des processus de l’ICANN : la situation actuelle [...]
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La sesión de Comités Asesores y Organizaciones Auxiliares (ACSO) que se celebrará el lunes 22 de junio de 2009 en Sídney, se enfocará sobre el siguiente tema: ————– Mejoras Institucionales Los roles y responsabilidades de los Comités Asesores (ACs), Organizaciones Auxiliares (SOs), Personal de Políticas y Junta Directiva, en los procesos de la Corporación para [...]
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In just a few days, hundreds of people from all over the world will reach Sydney to participate in the upcoming 35th ICANN Meeting. Many interesting discussions and important decisions will involve people with many different backgrounds, areas of expertise, opinions and expectations. Probably one of the few things they will all have in common [...]
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Each meeting, we provide a guide that provides basic information for all attendees. The guide features information about the venue, the main topics of the conference, information about how to participate, the lowdown on social events, pictures of the Board and chairs, emergency details, and lots more. The meeting guide is printed and included into [...]
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As part of my job at ICANN… I have to read a lot of news clips. This morning, one headline in particular caught my eye: “Domain changes coming”. It was from Reuters and started: “Two thirds of businesses are unaware they will be able to use their own name in place of domain extensions such [...]
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