WECANN!

Roadmap for an EU-Regional At-Large Organisation (EURALO) as planned by the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN.
Retrospect:
* European Preparatory Meeting (28th of May 2006 in Frankfurt)
- Defining key issues for RALO bylaws to work on
- Decision: EURALO shall have two sorts of memberships: organisational and individual
- Drafting a EU-RALO Roadmap 2006/7
* Online working phase:
- Working on […]

The spirit of Frankfurt:
EURALO-pioneers gathered to strengthen the bottom up structure of ICANN
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 28.05.06: At the first Preperatory Meeting for a European Regional At-Large Organisation (EURALO) which took place in Frankfurt at Sunday about 20 civil society representatives from Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Germany, Italy and Switzerland assembled, committed to start the pioneerwork of an […]

Have a look at these news!
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2006/NOI_DNS_Transition_0506.htm
Those who speak German may want to check out:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/73517

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.

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 […]

“China adds top-level domain names”
That is the title of todays article by People’s Daily Online. It says:
China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has made adjustment to China’s Internet domain name system in accordance with Article 6 of China Internet Domain Names Regulations.
After the adjustment, “.MIL” will be added under the top-level domain (TLD) name of […]