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Just a brief message to keep you up to date.
As of 00:00 UTC today – 4 days after the launch of the Fast Track Process we have new requests coming in.
The total number is 10 requests. They spread over 5 different languages.
Details about the process is at: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
Please keep asking questions. Is there is [...]
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The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process was successfully launched, as planned on 16 November 2009. It was done at exactly 00:00UTC with a very joyful count-down by the Fast Track Staff Team – followed by a wooohooo
The launch went smoothly. We have since monitored the system and everything is working.
As of 10pm Pacific [...]
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As we (at ICANN staff) have been preparing for the Fast Track launch, for tomorrow, it was suggested to me that I write a blog post about it. I could have written about all the hard work, the long hours, the aggressive testing of the online system, keeping it simple and yet flexible for all [...]
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The CEO and the Chairman, along with a number of Board members, community members and staff will be present at the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh next week.
Here is a quick rundown of ICANN-related events and information for participating both in person and remotely.
Open Forum
There are two main sessions from the ICANN [...]
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Briefing Note – Overall Summary of the Seoul Meeting
What was it?
ICANN’s 36th international public meeting was the last of three held annually to conduct policy development and outreach. It was hosted by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and KISA(Korea Internet & Security Agency), a public agency that plays a major role [...]
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Just before the Sydney meeting in June we announced we were running a usability study on the main ICANN website at icann.org and opened a survey to the community to provide their feedback. This is an update on that process just prior to the next meeting in Seoul, starting on Monday.
Since June, ICANN staff has [...]
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The public forum in Seoul will take place on Thursday 29 October. You can find the latest information on the session webpage at http://sel.icann.org/public-forum.
Session goals and outcomes:
The public forum is the community’s opportunity to make comments on the main topics in front of ICANN at each meeting directly to the Board and in front of [...]
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An online question box where community members can ask questions directly to the ICANN Board and staff is open.
The question box will take questions until Wednesday 14 October in preparation for the public forum at ICANN’s international public meeting in Sydney on Thursday 29 October.
Questions are limited to two per individual and 50 words in [...]
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If you are a regular ICANN community member, it is likely you are currently feeling overwhelmed by the amount of material that has appeared in the past week. So here is a quick guide to help make sense of it all.
Sections are:
JPA/Affirmation
Applicant Guidebook/new gTLDs
Fast Track/IDNs
Public comment periods
Seoul meeting
And the remainder
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