ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org Week ending 6 July 2007
Announcements This Week
-- no announcements this week --
ICANN in the News
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Time To Let A Thousand Domains Bloom? (BBC News)
Tight control over domain names will damage the internet, says Bill Thompson.
3 July 2007
ICANN's Next Challenge: Find A New Leader (PC World)
Internet visionary Vint Cerf will retire after years of guiding Internet oversight policies.
1 July 2007
ICANN Featured Individual: Jason Keenan, Media Adviser
Jason brings 15 years experience in media relations, writing, editing, and graphic design. Immediately before joining ICANN he was the Senior Writer and Legislative Support Officer with the Premier of British Columbia. He also worked in issues management, and communications with the Government of B.C. and a Canadian Member of Parliament.
Prior to this public service career, Jason was a reporter, columnist, and editor at newspapers in British Columbia and Alberta in Western Canada where he won various provincial, national, and international awards for his work. One of those publications -- the Rossland Summit -- was the first on-line newspaper in British Columbia in the early 1990s.
Jason has a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario in London.
Upcoming Events
22-27 July 2007 - 69th IETF - Chicago, IL, USA
26-27 July 2007 - Asian ICANN Registrar and Registry Gathering - Hong Kong, China
29 August - 7 September 2007 - APNIC 24 - New Delhi, India
29 August - 7 September 2007 - SANOG 10 - New Delhi, India
23 - 28 September 2007 - AfriNIC 7 - Durban, South Africa
17-19 October 2007 - ARIN XX - Albuquerque, NM, USA
22-26 October 2007 - RIPE 55 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
29 October - 2 November 2007: 30th International Public ICANN Meeting - Los Angeles, CA
About ICANN
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Strategic Plan, July 2007 - June 2010
Operating Plan (Draft) Fiscal Year 2007 - 2008
Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2007 - 2008 [PDF, 426K]
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