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The struggles of remote working during unsociable hours and the possibility of a return to partially in-person meetings for Seattle in October were the subject of lots of well-deserved debate at the virtual ICANN 71 public meeting last week, but in rea...
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June 22, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic
The next round of new gTLDs should be less focused on the English-speaking world, ICANN CEO Göran Marby said yesterday. Talking to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee in a bilateral session at ICANN 71 yesterday, Marby said he believed the 20...
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June 16, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, icann 71
What’s better than a flabby, bearded, middle-aged man lecturing you about DNS policy in a Zoom window? Why, up to 25 flabby, bearded, middle-aged men lecturing you about DNS policy in the same Zoom window, of course! That appears to be an added b...
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June 3, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, icann 71, zoom
The odds of a return to in-person ICANN meetings this year is “fifty-fifty”, but the Org has no plans to introduce so-called “vaccine passports” to hasten the process. That’s what emerged during a session at ICANN 70, the ...
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March 24, 2021 Kevin Murphy
coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic, zoom
ICANN has called off plans to conduct its 71st public meeting in the Netherlands this June. Blaming the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the risk to safety and travel restrictions, ICANN confirmed last week that the venue will again be Zoom, rather than T...
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March 15, 2021 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 71, pandemic, The Hague, zoom
It may not make up for the lack of sun, sea, sand and sexual abstinence, but the ICANN 70 meeting, taking place this month on Zoom instead of Cancun, Mexico, does have a few new enticements that may tickle your fancy. It’s also beginning to look ...
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March 10, 2021 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, pandemic, schwag, The Hague, zoom
ICANN still hasn’t formally cancelled its public meeting in Cancun, Mexico next March, but it appears to be planning for scheduled in-person gatherings to not resume until the fourth quarter of next year. While nobody in their right mind seems to...
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December 22, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cancun, coronavirus, covid-19, Domain Policy, icann 70, icann 71, icann 72, pandemic, The Hague
ICANN has named the locations of two of its 2021 public meetings. Notably, it will return to Cancun, Mexico, in the March for ICANN 70, just one year after hosting ICANN 67 there. In both years, the dates appear to coincide with some US universities...
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May 7, 2019 Kevin Murphy
cancun, Domain Policy, hague, icann 67, icann 70, icann 71