Recientemente, la Junta Directiva de ICANN ha pasado una resolución solicitando que un Grupo de Trabajo desarrolle una estrategia perdurable para apoyar a los postulantes que necesiten asistencia en el pedido y manejo de nuevos gTLDs. ( http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20 ) El Grupo de Trabajo ha trazado cinco objetivos, dos de los cuales son: Objetivo 3: Identificar [...]

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Le conseil d’administration de l’ICANN a récemment adopté une résolution demandant qu’un groupe de travail développe une approche viable pour fournir un soutient au candidats à l’opération de nouveaux gTLD. ( http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20) Le groupe de travail a souligné cinq objectifs, deux d’entre eux sont les suivants: Objectif 3: Identifier quel types de soutient (par exemple [...]

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The ICANN board recently passed a resolution requesting that a Working Group develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs. (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20) The Working Group has outlined five objectives, two of which are: Objective 3: To identify what kinds of support (e.g. technical assistance, organizational assistance, [...]

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Following yesterday’s big news [http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05may10-en.htm] with the introduction of the first IDN ccTLDs we thought it was a good time to provide an update to where the Fast Track Process is. IDN ccTLDs in the DNS root zone: Egypt: مصر (Egypt) Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah) United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat) – in addition Russian Federation: [...]

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This is a very brief blog post with quite the big content. Last week was a special week at ICANN, with several IDN milestones meet. Many were included in the 22 April 2010 ICANN Board meeting. The ICANN Board approved the first IDN ccTLD delegation requests for four countries. These countries are: Egypt, the Russian [...]

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Just about a month ago, I blogged about the launch of ICANN Start, the audio podcast that helps newcomers to our community start understanding key issues. As of this week, ICANN Start episodes have been downloaded one thousand times! All of us involved with producing the podcast are grateful for that robust welcome (which, candidly, [...]

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One area of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process about which questions have arisen is community support for the IDN ccTLD and how such support can be demonstrated. I have provided some clarification here that I hope is helpful to present and future IDN ccTLD Fast Track participants. None of this information replaces or changes [...]

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The first four IDN ccTLD requests has just been announced as having completed the String Evaulation portion of the Fast Track Process. These are associated with: Egypt, the Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. See the full announcement here: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm So what does that mean? It means that these may now initiate the [...]

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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. [...]

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