ICANN: CWG-Stewardship Chairs’ Statement – Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting | Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson
The Cross Community Working Group (CWG) on Naming Related Functions held two sessions at the ICANN 52 Meeting in Singapore (8-12 February 2015): a two-hour working session on Wednesday, and a questions and answers session on Thursday. Summary of ICANN 52 Meeting
The Wednesday working session focused primarily on reviewing and refining the CWG-Stewardship’s working methods. These revisions dedicate the group to working in a committee of the whole moving forward, meeting at minimum once per week and, and building out the converging areas of the Proposal towards developing a final Proposal. As needed, the CWG-Stewardship will funnel specific subjects through expertise-based Task Forces. Task Forces will serve the purpose of developing specific aspects of the Proposal as well as demonstrating incremental progress. Drafts from Task Forces will be brought to the group for review and decision making on inclusion within the draft proposal.
The Thursday questions and answers session was focused on receiving community feedback. In preparation for the ICANN 52 Meeting, the CWG-Stewardship created a Discussion Document [PDF, 447 KB] that attempted to capture and summarize the considerable progress made by this group to date and to encourage community input on key and intractable issues that were addressed in detail on Thursday.
The CWG-Stewardship appreciates the high-quality comments and responses received, and expects to devote time in its next meeting on 19 February 2015 to further assess the feedback received. The group remains open to feedback on the specific questions on the Discussion Document, and requests that feedback before the 19 February meeting. Feedback can be provided through a CWG-Stewardship member or participant, or to the support staff (
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) for transmission to the group.
Looking Ahead
The ICANN 52 meeting maintained much needed focus on the work related to the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability. Throughout the meeting the co-Chairs, the members and their chartering organizations, the individual participants of the CWG-Stewardship, and the broader community all dedicated their time to constructive feedback and progress. With the sustained support of the community, the CWG-Stewardship commits to continuing to work at a high-intensity and pace. The group will remain regularly engaged with the community and any interested observers in order to provide updates on its work as well as related elements such as receipt of legal advice, as it did during the Webinars on 3 February.
Coordination with CCWG-Accountability
As agreed to in their Joint Statement on 28 January 2015, the Chairs of both the CWG-Stewardship and the CCWG-Accountability committed to attending and participating in each other’s sessions at ICANN 52. The CWG-Stewardship recognizes that, wherever possible and appropriate, the group will take advantage of the efforts of the CCWG-Accountability to avoid duplication or overlaps in the work to be done. With this robust coordination, the co-Chairs are assured of the effective progress of the CWG-Stewardship.
Work to Date
The CWG-Stewardship began its work in October 2014, with regular weekly virtual meetings and a working meeting at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles, California. In addition to ICANN supported regular weekly CWG-Stewardship virtual meetings, and at the request of the Chairs, ICANN agreed to support a two-full-day face-to-face meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 19-20 November 2014 to advance the work of the group.
On 1 December, the CWG-Stewardship published its draft proposal for a 21-day public comment period. Following the publication of the draft proposal [PDF, 1.7 MB], between 4 – 6 December, the CWG hosted three public webinars to present the draft proposal and engage with the broader community.
At the conclusion of the public comment, the CWG-Stewardship dedicated its time to full review and analysis of the feedback received, in particular during an intensive work weekend on 10-11 January. As part of the outcome, the group began to study a series of alternative models that had not yet been fully considered. These models were presented in two public webinars on 3 February and in a Discussion Document [PDF, 447 KB] that was released for discussion at ICANN 52 in Singapore.
The next CWG-Stewardship working meeting is scheduled for 19 February from 11:00-13:00 UTC.
There are plans for another face to face meeting on 25 – 27 March 2015.
Composition
The CWG consists 138 people, organized as 19 members, appointed by and accountable to chartering organizations, and 119 participants, who participate as individuals. The CWG is an open group: anyone interested in the work of the CWG, can join as a participant. Participants may be from a chartering organization, from a stakeholder group or organization not represented in the CWG or currently active within ICANN , or self-appointed.
Of the 138 CWG members and participants, the regional representation is as follows:
- 47 Asia/Asia Pacific
- 36 Europe
- 31 North America
- 12 Latin America
- 12 Africa
Of the 138 CWG members and participants, the stakeholder group representation is as follows:
- 47 (no affiliation)
- 32 GNSO
- 20 GAC
- 18 ccNSO / ccTLD
- 18 At-Large
- 2 SSAC
- 1 ASO
Also, there are 6 ICG members who participate in the CWG.
1 For a full list of sessions relevant to the IANA Stewardship Transition, please see here.
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2015-02-12-en
Verisign Publishes Top 10 Keywords Registered in .COM and .NET in January,2015
Verisign has recently published the top ten keywords registered in .COM and .NET for January,2015.
Here are the top 10 keyword registrations trends for .COM and .NET in January,2015:
.COM
1. Holo
2. Block
3. Glitter
4. Options
5. Send
6. Option
7. Hemp
8. Guys
9. Remodeling
10. Nursing
.NET
1. Options
2. Now
3. Option
4. Search
5. Find
6. Hemp
7. Stem
8. Degree
9. Loss
10. Adult
Short .FR Domains : Phase 2, Opening to the General Public on February,16
Afnic, the company behind .FR extension, announced that on February 16,2015, it is extending the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisting of only one or two character(s) to the general public.
You can read the announcement after the jump :
“On February 16, 2015, Afnic is extending the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisting of only one or two character(s) to the general public.
Since December 9, 2014, Afnic has allowed the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisting of only one or two character(s).
The first phase in opening these new short domain names, called the “Sunrise” phase, opened on December 9, 2014 and ended on February 9, 2015. During the first registration period, only rights holders could apply to register short domain names under the .fr TLD. 111 short domain names were registered during this phase.
On February 16, 2015, a new period opens, during which any interested person may register a short domain name under the .fr TLD which is still available, as listed below. During this second “Landrush” phase, a sliding scale is applied based on the calendar week in which the domain name is registered (the terms are specified in the registration rules). This system, with high prices for the first three weeks (starting at 15,000 euros per domain name and ending the fourth week at 100 euros), is designed to prevent the (high) value of domain names with 1 or 2 characters being immediately privatized by resellers. Given that a domain name is an intangible asset of a company, its acquisition cost at levels in line with the market is a long-term investment with regard to advertising prices.
Finally, as of March 17, 2015, the general public can purchase the domain names still available at the current rate for all of the .fr namespace.
Profits used to reduce digital inequality in France
The profits generated during this opening phase, as all those resulting from the management of the .fr TLD, will go to the future Afnic Foundation for Digital Solidarity, which is designed to support solidarity actions in the field using digital technology to improve social cohesion and enhance equal opportunities.”
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .FR domain name.
.Work – 3,833 Registrations on Day One of General Availability, .Casa – 1,235 and .LGBT – 404
Three other new gTLDs entered General Availability yesterday. After the first 24 hours of General Availability, there were 3,833 .Worlk domain names registered.
.Casa had 1,235 registrations after the first 24 hours of General Availability,while .LGBT had 404 registrations after the first 24 hours of General Availability.
Afilias is the registry for .LGBT, while Minds + Machines is the registry for .Casa and .Work.Two other new gTLDs enter General Availability today – .Energy and .Delivery.
These numbers also include registrations from Sunrise and Landrush period.
Sedo Reports $1.2 Million in Domain Sales! Response.com Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at $150,000
Response.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales list at $150,000. Higlights also include Galileo.tv, leading the ccTLD category at 18,000 EUR and KINO.info,leading the “Other” category at 10,000 EUR.
Other notable domain name sales include :
.COM
employer.com 60,000 USD
hooq.com 50,000 USD
tapu.com 35,000 USD
lovewars.com 17,500 USD
vetify.com 16,000 USD
fanrewards.com 16,000 USD
alphr.com 15,000 USD
cachaca.com 12,000 USD
bgeo.com 10,000 USD
smartmag.com 9,000 USD
brokervergleich.com 7,990 EUR
publicite.com 7,520 EUR
encounterjesus.com 7,149 USD
galaxyvip.com 6,000 USD
promerch.com 5,000 USD
edistrict.com 5,000 USD
optimes.com 5,000 USD
kcasino.com 4,500 USD
pladia.com 4,375 USD
molabs.com 4,000 USD
nextravel.com 3,999 USD
bdln.com 3,995 USD
affordablemagic.com 3,900 EUR
supernovagame.com 3,244 USD
flintrehab.com 3,200 USD
jolang.com 3,000 USD
convertize.com 3,000 USD
ccTLDs
melitta.co.uk 8,000 EUR
haftpflichtversicherungvergleich.de 7,500 EUR
stocks.us 7,000 USD
ninja.tv 5,850 USD
encontrar.es 5,000 EUR
mama.me 5,000 USD
autoverhuur.be 5,000 EUR
galerialodzka.pl 4,500 EUR
knightsquare.co.uk 4,000 GBP
sim.co 3,550 USD
bolter.co.uk 3,500 GBP
yachts.in 3,000 EUR
stocks.hk 2,500 USD
fitfoods.de 2,400 EUR
goto.tv 2,250 USD
pascia.it 2,200 EUR
fraisdenotaire.fr 2,000 EUR
yachtmarkt.de 2,000 EUR
loi-pinel.fr 2,000 EUR
Other
mine.net 10,000 USD
taut.org 3,377 USD
ihsi.net 3,140 USD
codependency.org 2,199 USD
loterias.org 2,000 USD
kulturgut.bayern 2,000 EUR
activity.club 1,500 USD
us.asia 1,500 USD
employment.pro 1,500 USD
iplayer.net 1,500 USD
math.works 1,200 USD
summit.partners 1,200 USD
mobimax.net 1,000 USD
tapandgive.org 1,000 USD
thins.org 999 USD
dario.org 800 EUR
gramonline.org 790 USD
comunesassodicastalda.org 790 USD
trackback.net 750 USD
cia.biz 700 EUR
Check out Sedo.com for more information .
