La propuesta de principios sobre transparencia y rendición de cuentas incluye una sección sobre traducción, la cual se discutirá durante la reunión de San Juan en junio de 2007. Dichos principios de traducción presentan un marco amplio para traducir los documentos de ICANN, pero no llega a establecer soluciones prácticas. El propósito de esta nota [...]

Internet history – the Latin American experience Se presenta el primero de una serie de podcasts que cubren la historia de Internet, contada por las personas que ayudaron a desarrollar la red, entrevistadas por Pablo Hinojosa, enlace de ICANN para América Latina, quien pregunta a los administradores de los ccTLDs regionales cómo fue la primera [...]

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ICANN has been invited to participate in the XIth St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Both myself (Veni Markovski) and CEO and President Paul Twomey will be attending. Paul will speak at the Round Table entitled: “Knowledge based economy” where the moderator is Andrei Fursenko, Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and other [...]

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There’s a new law on data protection in Russia, and under its provisions, information for web site owners should not be accessible online. The .ru WHOIS database has almost three years to fulfill the law requirements (until January 1, 2010), but Ru-Center, (largest registrar for .ru), says they have discussed the issue with RIPN (the [...]

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On April 5-6 several of us were in Moscow, at the international conference on security and trust. The conference was organized by RANS – The Russian Association for Networks and Services.

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Varios documentos que se están discutiendo esta semana en la reunión de Lisboa están disponibles en español. Por ejemplo: Una útil descripción de la organización de apoyo de nombres genéricos (GNSO) y el proceso de desarrollo de políticas. Un documento que describe las políticas en materia de condiciones contractuales para los gTLDs existentes. El informe [...]

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Having just arrived in Lisbon, I’d like to share some useful information for all ICANN meeting participants. When you land at the airport, you may be asked by the taxi drivers that you need to pay up to Euro 20 for transport to the hotel. In reality, the price should be below Euro 10 – [...]

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(Ver traducción al Español más abajo) ICANN has launched a network of liaisons, each with a regional focus, to enhance ICANN’s worlwide response and outreach capacity. While the regional focus of the liaisons is primary, the network is sharing expertise along dimensions such as language, experience and skillsets. The network is actively working with the [...]

Being a new Regional Liaison is a challenging task (esp. when there are Regional Liaisons like Giovanni Seppia, who have served longer;-). My region is fascinating: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. I know many people in many of those countries, but I am looking forward to meet many [...]

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