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Based upon the Board Resolutions resulting from the recent Special Meeting of the Board of Directors held in Amsterdam on 6 May 2012, the adopted 2012-2015 Strategic Plan [PDF, 864 KB] is now posted.

2012-2015 Strategic Plan

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During the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors held in Amsterdam the Board approved the July 2012-June 2015 Strategic Plan, and directed the President and CEO to move forward with the Internationalization survey and community-based operational planning process based on the strategic objectives as set forth in the plan. The aspects of the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan that cover the expansion of ICANN‘s international presence and engagement efforts are deferred pending further direction from the Board.

Rationale for Resolution 2012.05.06.06

To remain accountable to the global Internet community, the Board is taking this action to allow for community input on the further planning for ICANN‘s international presence and engagement. There has been a community survey on these items, and a paper will be produced that will be the subject of public comment and discussion. In addition, continued work towards these efforts as set forth in the 2011-2014 Strategic Plan is not prudent, therefore those portions of the 2011-2014 Strategic Plan are deferred.

After review of these inputs, and as appropriate to respond to inputs, initiatives to expand ICANN‘s international presence and engagement may be updated within the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan, and included within the 2012-2013 Operating Plan. In order to allow for the 2012-2013 operational planning cycle to proceed, the Board approves the 2012-2015 Strategic Plan.

While there will likely be a fiscal impact as a result of this work, the fiscal impact of undertaking the survey and review process is minimal. Further, the deferral of current initiatives within the 2011-2012 Operating Plan regarding the further allocation or reallocation of staff and resources that relate to ICANN‘s international presence and engagement prior to the Prague Meeting will preserve resources from having to be reallocated as necessary after this review is complete.

This action is not expected to have any impact on the security or the stability of the DNS.

This version of the Strategic Plan includes extensive community feedback, including a 45-day Public Comment period (10.3.11 – 11.17.11). Many thanks to the Community for its continued support and input.

ICANN‘s Strategic Plan is a three-year rolling, annually updated strategic planning process and feeds in to the larger ICANN planning process as the adopted Strategic Plan guides the development of the FY13 Operating Plan and Budget.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18may12-en.htm

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-approved-july-2012-june-2015-strategic-plan-posted.html

Purpose (Brief): ICANN Language Services is submitting for public comment the draft Language Services Policy and Procedures.

The purpose of this document, although implicit in its title, is to establish policies and procedures for all services related to languages – translation, simultaneous interpretation, teleconference interpretation, transcription (of recorded sessions) and RTT (real-time-transcription, also known as scribing).

Public Comment Box Link: www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/language-services-policy-18may12-en.htm

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-en.htm

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/draft-icann-language-services-policy-and-procedures.html

A new instance of L-Root has been installed in Odessa, Ukraine, increasing the Domain Name System’s (DNS) overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

The launch of the server node is a joint operation between ICANN and Ukrainian domain registry Hostmaster. DNS Root Servers form a key part of the Internet infrastructure that contribute to the global security and stability of the DNS.

“Odessa is one of the largest Ukrainian cities, with one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the country,” said Dmitry Kohmanyuk, a Hostmaster official. “Moreover, the Internet provider we opted for has quality connections to Western Ukraine, which is precisely why we decided to deploy the node there.”

Hostmaster, the Ukrainian administrator of the .UA domain, supplied the equipment necessary for the installation of the new L-Root node.

“In addition to the newest L-Root server in Odessa, two other L-Root nodes, in Kyiv and Kharkiv, were also deployed through collaboration between ICANN and Hostmaster.” said Joe Abley, Director of DNS Operations at ICANN.”

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18may12-en.htm

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-new-l-root-dns-server-enhances-dns-fault-tolerance-and-resistance-to-ddos-attacks.html

The auction for Reconnect.com is now live on Sedo.Reconnect.com received one bid of $10,000 and has less than six days until the auction will close. Another interesting domain name in the auction is Working.net,which received two bids and hit 5,000 EUR.F-X.com attracted 19 different bidders with the highest bid of $3,100.

Other interesting domain names in the auction include :

Tabletas.com
Festivals.de
Goq.com
Chine.tv
Vinyls.com
Invasion.com
Dipped.com
JewelleryStore.com
QVD.com
Working.net
Gay.co.za
Tila.com
Ie.de
Rente.tv
ComputerCourses.com
1967.com
Tampon.co.uk

You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here .

 

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/reconnectcom-hits-10000-in-sedos-greatdomains-auction.html

A company has recently  submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum,asserting legal rights over the domain name TDCanadaTrust.XXX . According to whois records,the domain name was registered on December 10,2011,four days after the ICM Registry made the .XXX extension available for public sale.The owner is Naveen Masade.

The National Arbitration Forum will examine if the domain name is confusingly similar to the trademarked name.Moreover,it will examine if the owner of TDCanadaTrust.XXX domain name has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith.TDCanadaTrust.XXX will be passed over to the company if its falls under all three of these stipulations.

The case is still pending compliance checks at the National Arbitration Forum.

 

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/company-files-complaint-over-tdcanadatrustxxx-domain-name.html

The Following Public Comment periods are approaching their Comment or Reply Period Close dates, May 17-27 2012. As a member of the ICANN community, your timely feedback is critical to our accountability and transparency efforts. For your convenience, we have included direct links below to comments that will soon close. During the Reply period for Public Comments, participants should only address previous comments submitted and new posts concerning the topic should not be introduced. When constructing Replies, contributors are asked to cite the original poster’s name, comment date, and any particular text that is pertinent.

Please note that comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes place once that period ends.

For more information please refer to the ICANN Public Comments page at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment

Title    Comment Period Close Date [UTC Time]    Reply Period Close Date [UTC Time]
Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review    30 April 2012 [23:59]    21 May 2012 [23:59]
ICANN Draft FY13 Operating Plan and Budget    24 May 2012 [23:59]    15 June 2012 [23:59]
IDN Variant TLD Program – Revised Program Plan    25 May 2012 [23:59]    15 June 2012 [23:59]

This announcement was sourced from :

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-17may12-en.htm

 

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-period-of-17-27-may-2012-public-comment-periods-approaching-closing-date.html

Sedo’s GreatDomains auction from May is now underway and will run until May 24,2012.There are some absolutely valuable domain names in the auction,including Tabletas.com,Chine.tc and QVD.com . 34 out of 202 domain names included in the auction already received bids : Reconnect.com,received a bid of $10,000,Working.net received two bids and hit 5,000 EUR and SHX.com received three bids and hit $4,100.

There are lots of opening bids on domain names in the auction. Here are some of the domain names included in the auction :

chine.tv       
myringtones.com   
cdz.com       
tila.com   
shx.com       
qvd.com   
rente.tv   
dxv.com   
working.net   
bqq.com   
ddd.net   
panzerschränke.com   
alojamientos.es   
aventurine.com   
phänomen.com   
topmodel.net   
cave.de

You can see the entire inventory here .

 

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/sedocom-may-greatdomains-auction-is-underway.html

Moniker Premium Spring Auction at Snapnames came to an end.The auction nets $18,822 in domain name sales. Here are the results :

drivinggloves.com    $6,450   
florists.info    $3,050   
loaninterestrates.com    $2,000   
obese.net    $1,650   
scubadivinglessons.com    $1,267   
bearings.net    $770   
alumn.com    $590   
njlawfirms.com    $575   
grilled.net    $500   
32a.com    $470   
attempt.net    $300   
wyvn.com    $300
upcbarcodes.com    $300
joggingshorts.com    $300   
overnightpriority.com    $300

 

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/moniker-premium-spring-auction-results.html

Purpose (Brief): ICANN is seeking community feedback on a draft statement of ICANN’s Role and Remit in Security, Stability Resiliency of the Internet’s Unique Identifier Systems.

This is intended to provide a clear and enduring explanation of ICANN’s role and remit in this area, and also will inform ICANN’s consideration of the Security, Stability Resiliency of the DNS Review Team’s draft Recommendations #1 and #3.

Public Comment Box Link: www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-ssr-role-remit-17may12-en.htm

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17may12-en.htm

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/draft-statement-of-icanns-role-and-remit-in-security-stability-and-resiliency-of-the-internets-unique-identifier-systems.html

ICANN are planning to reopen the TLD Application System (TAS) on 22 May the organisation announced.

If all goes as planned, the TAS will reopen at 19:00 GMT/UTC and be open for a further eight days to allow users to review their applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and complete any remaining activities.

And if there are no glitches, such as the one that forced ICANN to take the TAS offline on 12 April, the application system will remain open until 23:59 GMT/UTC on 30 May 2012.

Article source: http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-targets-22-may-for-tas-reopening.html