WECANN!

As the management of the website offered by ICANN to the At-Large Advisory (ALAC) was really a hassle, ALAC opened its own new website. Check it out and take part in the discussion fora.

Check out the ICNNwiki, it is a wonderfull tool of getting to know ICANN and its different actors.
Many constituencies and Committees start to use it, to publish their minutes there. Have a look at the minutes the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC).

Finalizing the ICANN meeting in Wellington, the ICANN Board adopts a Strategic Plan.

Right before the begin of the ICANN Meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) elected a new chair (replacing Vittorio Bertola).
Candidates were: Sebastian Ricciardi who received 4 votes, Annette Muehlberg, 9 votes (one abstained).

The next ICANN Meeting will start soon. It will take place in Wellington, New Zealand from March 25th to 31st.

In a nightmare vision worthy of a collapsing Tower of Babel, Gervase Markham, who works for the Mozilla Foundation, suggests that the internet might soon fracture into several pieces.
Check:
Times Online, Focus: China

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) as the registry of .CN ccTLD has issued a statement on recent report that China had created its own Top Level Domains, and might be planning to break away from ICANN and the DNS.
In a statement issued on Friday, CNNIC points out that the report is inaccurate and “the […]