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Details on June 2003 ICANN Meeting to Be Held in Montr�al,
Canada
ICANN's next round of meetings will be held in 22-26 June
2003 in Montr�al, Canada. The meetings are free to attend
and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad
participation in its bottom-up consensus-development
process.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-21apr03.htm

Fifth Supplemental Implementation Report of the Committee
on ICANN Evolution and Reform
One of the outstanding areas of work for the ERC involves
the recommendations to the Board on the formation of the
Supporting Organization for country-code names. As was
reflected in the President's Report: ICANN The Case for
Reform, the original incorporation of ccTLD registries
under the former Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO)
needed to be rethought. In its Blueprint, the ERC
acknowledged the intense discussion and work of the ccTLD
community, in its diversity of positions and opinions
concerned with what are the responsibilities of ccTLD
administrators that fall strictly under the purview of
national or otherwise local jurisdiction, and those that
lead to the need for global harmonization and coordination.
The country-code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) is
proposed as the forum where this distinction will be
further understood and developed, and from which the global
aspects will continuously emerge.

http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/fifth-supplemental-implementation-report-22apr03.htm

Mynic launches service to resolve domain name disputes
The Malaysian Network Information Centre (Mynic) Thursday
launched its "Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Service
(Mydrp)" to resolve disputes between the registrant of a
.my top-level domain and a third party with regards to
competing rights over the use of a domain name.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2003&dt=0418&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Corporate&pg=co_05.htm

Nominet UK to charge for domain transfers
Nominet UK is to start charging punters �35 a time to
transfer .uk domain names from one person or organisation
to another.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30349.html

.ORG Through Thick and Thin
Confused by queries on .org domain names? Demys explains
what's happened to the .org WHOIS service since January
this year.
 http://www.demys.net/news/2003/04/22_org.htm

European Domain Buyers Face Strain
If recent events are any indication, it promises to be a
frustrating year for domain buyers throughout Europe.
 http://thewhir.com/features/euro-domains.cfm

Governing Law in Domain Name Disputes (from Baker &
McKenzie E-Law Alert-www.bmck.com/elaw/archivehome.asp)
An NAF panel denied an argument that US trademark law
should not be applied to a Hungarian respondent.
 http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/144608.htm

If It Walks Like A Duck And Quacks Like A Duck It’s
Probably A...?
It is time to revisit the old question regarding whether or
not a domain name is actually 'property' and what this
means to domain name registrants, registrations, ISPs and
ICANN itself. What type of rights does a domain name
confer? What responsibilities will the act of registering
domain names suddenly bestow?
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2589.asp

Internet Governance: There Are No Masterplans
It was about midnight when, after flying in from Turin, my
hometown, I had to go through the passport control to reach
my gate for the flight to Rio. The war between the US/UK
and Iraq had started two days before, and even if the
Spanish government was among its supporters, security
checks were apparently proceeding as usual. Passport
controls inside the EU for EU citizens usually take a few
seconds, and the line ahead of me was proceeding quickly.
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2590.asp

Brownian Motion And ICANN's Latest Status Report To The
United States
Brownian motion is the ceaseless random movement of
particles suspended in a warm fluid. The particles move
because they are buffeted by random collisions with
molecules and atoms speeding this way and that under the
impetus of heat. The greater the heat, the greater the
motion. But no matter how much motion and how much heat,
Brownian motion brings no progress.
 http://www.circleid.com/articles/2591.asp

ICANN starts recruitment drive 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is
conducting a global search for candidates to fill senior
posts in the organization.

http://ems.euromoneyplc.com/ems/r.asp?hurl=http%3A//www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp%3FPage%3D1%26SID%3D12385%26CH%3D5%26CN%3D%26CountryName%3D%26Type%3DNews&mIndex=27684020
(reg req'd)

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