Recent Posts
- Did GMO flunk evaluation on 27 gTLDs? CentralNic takes over the whole lot
- Fly9 offers services to simplify new gTLD sales
- Two failures among latest 44 new gTLD results
- Donuts puts 63 new gTLDs to private auction, but at least 17 are dead on arrival
- ‘Whistleblower’ claims cronyism and fear at ICANN
- Donuts hires the face of the new gTLD program
- Ombudsman probing “late” new gTLD objections
- Healthcare dot-brand drops out of gTLD race
- Afilias dumps .mail bid, and three other new gTLD withdrawals
- Global standards group highlights silliness of GAC’s IGO demands
- Massive internet policy database planned in Europe
- URS providers to get contracts
- Kiss-of-death gTLD applicant asks ICANN to reject “untimely” GAC advice
- TLDH weighs in on “terrifying” GAC advice
- Second .online gTLD bid and third ‘guardian’ dot-brand withdrawn
- New gTLDs applicants should brace for GAC delays
- 56 more new gTLDs pass evaluation
- Will you be too sexy for .sexy?
- This is how stupid the GAC’s new gTLDs advice is
- Demand Media slates GAC’s new gTLDs demands
ICANN directors ruled out of CEO search
ICANN’s directors have been barred from applying for the soon-to-be-vacated CEO position.
The board elected a panel of directors to get the CEO search underway last Tuesday, but noted:
no current or incoming member of the Board or liaisons may be considered as a candidate for the role of the CEO for the current CEO Selection process.
A replacement for Rod Beckstrom, who announced that he will step down when his contract expires next June, will now be overseen by a special CEO Search Process Management Work Committee.
The committee will comprise: Steve Crocker, Bertrand de La Chapelle, Erika Mann Chris Disspain, Cherine Chalaby, Ray Plzak and R. Ramaraj. George Sadowsky will chair.
I had previously put at least three of those on my speculative list of “insiders” who could conceivably apply for the CEO’s job.
Recent Comments
"Multiple registrars, resellers and affiliates" => check on both Tucows and Logic Boxes. I'll ask Fly9 for a services... read more
To my knowledge, Fly9 is the only provider that enables multiple registrars, resellers and affiliates for a given TLD on... read more
GMO Registry probably got their CQS for .Tokyo (priority number 199) circa January 31, which would make their deadline e... read more
@Hiro Tsukahara: Please email me your direct email contact to marekgubala[at]email.cz, as I would like to send you so... read more
Hi Kevin, Let me clarify this -- GMO Registry hasn’t flunked any of its applications. Our IE results have simply been... read more
Tucows, Hexonet and TLD Registrar Solutions goes pretty much in the same direction as well.... read more
Anonymous, above, is correct that I cannot look at staff issues as these are excluded under my bylaw. It says, "the Ombu... read more
According to ICANN's Bylaws: "... the Ombudsman shall have no authority to act in any way with respect to internal admin... read more
I agree something the ombudsman should look into. However I will say sometimes leaders come into new companies and ne... read more
Then they should have withdrawn from the process as soon the risk of failing the evaluation was clear, like when they re... read more