[council] ICANN Weekly Newsletter

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

ICANN Weekly Newsletter

News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/> Week ending 11 December 2009



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Announcements This Week

ICANN Signs Two Historic Agreements with UN 
Agencies<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-11dec09-en.htm>
ICANN and the Swiss-based Universal Postal Union (UPU) have signed a historic 
agreement giving the UPU managing authority over .post as a top-level domain. 
In addition to the UPU-ICANN contract, ICANN also entered into another 
important agreement the day before in Paris with another U.N. entity, the 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
11 December 2009

ICANN Continues Reporting on the Selection Process of Independent Evaluators 
for the New gTLD 
Program<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11dec09-en.htm>
Phase one of the selection process (e.g., general criteria scoring grid) has 
been completed and each candidate is being notified of their status and next 
steps.
11 December 2009

ICANN Welcomes 100th Member to the Country Code Names Supporting 
Organization<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08dec09-en.htm>
On 3 December, ICANN's Country Code Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO) 
welcomed the Centro de Informatica da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, operator 
of the country code .MZ (Mozambique), as its 100th member.
8 December 2009

Announcement Regarding Implementation of Modification to Implementation Rules 
for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution 
Policy<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-07dec09-en.htm>
On 30 October 2009, the ICANN Board approved a modification to the 
Implementation Rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy 
("Rules"). The modified Rules now require UDRP claimants and respondents to 
provide documents to UDRP Providers in electronic form. The modified Rules also 
change UDRP Provider obligations in forwarding hard copy notice to respondents 
in UDRP proceedings.
7 December 2009



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Upcoming Events

[cid:~WRD001.jpg]<http://nbo.icann.org/>7 - 12 March 2010: 37th International 
Public ICANN Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya<http://nbo.icann.org/>

20 - 25 June 2010: 38th International Public ICANN Meeting - Brussels, Belgium

About ICANN

ICANN Bylaws<http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm>

Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, 
stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and 
transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org<http://www.icann.org/>.

Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010<http://www.icann.org/en/planning/>

Adopted FY10 Operating Plan and 
Budget<http://www.icann.org/en/financials/budget-opplan.htm> [PDF, 1,470K]

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