Tag Archives: icann governance

October, 2009

• 8 October

  ICANN: "We have always been independent."

  Now that the JPA has expired and ICANN’s ties with the government have essentially been cut, the organization has declared that nothing has changed and that it will continue to operate exactly as it has in the past. Brad White, director of media affairs at ICANN, stated that while many …

July, 2009

• 1 July

  Is the media jumping to conclusions about ICANN's future?

  At the Sydney ICANN meeting this week, new CEO Rod Beckstrom faced a number of tough questions about the future of the Internet. Discussing the future of ICANN governance, he stated he did not have a “fixed form opinion,” but that he was “optimistic” that a resolution would go through. …

June, 2009

• 30 June

  3 months of JPA remaining

  Mark your calendars. On September 30- exactly three months from today- the Joint Project Agreement between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce will expire. Peter Thrush, the Chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors, stated earlier this month that the California organisation has no intention of renewing this agreement. Besides …