http://www.wecann.de Von ICANN zu WECANN - WE Care about Assigned Namens and Numbers Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:40:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.wecann.de/2006/roadmap-for-european-at-large-organisation/ 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 ... http://www.wecann.de/2006/euralo-pioneers-gathered/ 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 http://www.wecann.de/2006/icann-ready-for-privatization/ 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. http://www.wecann.de/2006/alac-opened-new-website/ 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). http://www.wecann.de/2006/icannwiki-on-wellington-meeting/ Finalizing the ICANN meeting in Wellington, the ICANN Board adopts a Strategic Plan. http://www.wecann.de/2006/icann-adopts-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). http://www.wecann.de/2006/annette-muhlberg-new-alac-chair/ The next ICANN Meeting will start soon. It will take place in Wellington, New Zealand from March 25th to 31st. http://www.wecann.de/2006/next-icann-meeting-in-wellington/ 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 http://www.wecann.de/2006/splitting-the-root/ 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 ... http://www.wecann.de/2006/china-denies-creating-its-own-tlds/