[ALAC-Announce] ICANN Newsletter -- 12 July 2013

[At-Large Staff]

 <http://www.icann.org/>
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/ Week ending 12 July 2013

 

Announcements This Week
Call for Generation Panels to Develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11jul13-en.htm>
Today, ICANN takes the next step in the implementation of the IDN Root Zone
Label Generation Rules Procedure by publishing the Call for Generation
Panels to develop Root Zone Label Generation Rules.
11 July 2013

Internet Pioneer to Speak About Internet Growth in Africa
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/advisories/advisory-10jul13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 123 KB]
Dr. Nii Quaynor, often referred to as the "Father of the Internet in
Africa," will join ICANN CEO and President Fadi Chehadé, Board Chair Dr.
Stephen Crocker, and Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement for Africa
Pierre Dandjinou at a news conference on Monday, 15 July ­ the first day of
ICANN's 47th public meeting in Durban, South Africa.
10 July 2013

Expert Volunteers Needed to Define Requirements for Internationalized
Registration Data and Corresponding Data Model for gTLD Registries
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08jul13-en.htm>
As part of the process to implement WHOIS review team recommendations
related to Internationalized Domain Name registration data requirements,
ICANN seeks volunteers who are community representatives with expertise in
linguistics, IDNA, policy and registry/registrar operations to participate
in a working group to determine appropriate Internationalized Domain Name
registration data requirements and data model for Registration Data
Directory Services (aka WHOIS services).
8 July 2013

Upcoming Events
 <http://durban47.icann.org/>   14 - 18 July 2013: 47th International Public
ICANN Meeting - Durban <http://durban47.icann.org/>
 
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