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Commission, EURid to sign '.eu' domain name contract
The European Commission and EURid – the organisation
that has been selected by the European Commission to
run the ".eu" domain name - are expected to sign a
contract shortly, making the domain name finally
usable.
 http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?articleID=3606

.eu Domain Name Contract Signed: Registration Could
Begin in Six to Nine Months
The long awaited Service Concession Contract to
operate the .eu registry was signed yesterday (Oct.
12). Now the European Commission will formally notify
ICANN of the selected registry operator allowing
official negotiations to commence between EURid and
ICANN to have .eu put in the root.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/782_0_1_0_C

Commission concludes contract to begin registering .eu
domain names
The Commission signed an agreement on 12 October with
the EURid consortium to act as the Registry for the
.eu top-level domain (TLD), opening the way for the
introduction of new domain names by 2005.

http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:22763

http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=1383

.eu Registry Contract Signed - The Waiting is Over
(news release)
Yesterday the European Commission and EurID signed the
contract signalizing the important next step towards
making the .eu TLD a reality, it is an historical
event. There is still a lot to be done, but now is an
excellent time to review your preparations for
registering your .eu domain name(s).

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=132035

au: Rogue domain registrar to challenge regulator
again
A Canberra-based domain registrar with a trail of
angry customers will take the domain regulator back to
court in November to contest the extent of its powers.

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1517075552;fp;2;fpid;1

Icann signs off controversial budget
Icann, the non-profit agency in charge of the
internet's address system has gained approval for its
controversial 2004 to 2005 budget, following months of
acrimony between large registrars and their smaller
competitors.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39124977,00.htm

http://news.com.com/ICANN+breaks+budget+impasse/2100-1028_3-5408626.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20041013/tc_zd/137140

Registrars Approve Fee Structure in Fiscal Year
2004–05 Budget
As of this date, ICANN has received the requisite
two-thirds vote from registrars approving the
registrar fee structure defined in the fiscal year
2004–05 ICANN budget. As described in the Registrar
Accreditation Agreement, the vote percentage was
calculated by projecting fees paid by each registrar
for the upcoming fiscal year and weighting the
individual votes by those fees. The fee structure will
become effective 1 November 2004. The fees are defined
in the current version of the adopted ICANN budget for
fiscal year 2004–2005:

http://www.icann.org/financials/budget-fy04-05-06oct04.html

ICANN planning seven more global offices
ICANN plans to open seven offices outside the US over
the next couple of years, and hopes to have four of
them running before the end of June 2005, an executive
said yesterday.

http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=6BF1348B-BA04-485C-B1F9-EBDFB207A847

ICANN Bulks Up Board in Face of UN Moves
ICANN has selected two people to join its board of
directors, both of whom appear to be strategic picks
aimed at helping ICANN fight off moves by the UN in
internet governance.

http://cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=4A23F2D4-8864-49F0-93B8-B82CBD4A25C0
 http://au.news.yahoo.com/041012/20/r6j5.html

Nominating Committee Announces Final Selections For
Key Leadership Positions within ICANN
After an intense period of outreach, consultation,
recruitment, and evaluation, the Nominating Committee
(NomCom) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today its final
selection of four 'slates' of Nominees for four of
ICANN's leadership bodies: the Board of Directors, the
Council of the Country Code Names Supporting
organisation (ccNSO),  the Council of the Generic
Names Supporting organisation (GNSO) and the Interim
At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). The Nominees will
join the already seated members of these bodies at the
conclusion of the ICANN Meeting in Cape Town, South
Africa, December 1 - 5.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-11oct04.htm

uk: New guidance document: How to register a .gov.uk
domain name
The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit has produced a
new Guidance document for those needing to register or
manage their .gov.uk web domain names.

http://publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1893

in: Some squatters won't move
YOU never expect Coke and Pepsi to be on the same
side, but that's what happened when they had a common
enemy in William S. Purdy, an abortion activist in the
US. Purdy's pranks started in July 2002 when he
registered Internet domain names such as
drinkcoke.org, mycoca-cola.com, mymcdonalds.com,
mypepsi.org, and my-washingtonpost.com.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2004/10/11/stories/2004101100310400.htm

More happenings at WTSA
James Seng's personal notes from WTSA - WTSA is the
meeting to layout workplans for ITU-T for the next
four years. So even though ITU-T is supposing a
technical group in ITU, the issues discussed here are
more politically, like elections of chairs for various
SGs, telco issues like callback and also several
Internet issues.

http://james.seng.cc/archives/2004/10/10/more_happenings_at_wtsa.html

Advocating Ratio Model for Deleting Domains
To date, end-users (of all levels of technical
ability) who are trying to find a good domain name to
establish an online identity have been endlessly
frustrated by the lack of a method to fairly
re-allocate "used" domain names. A full resolution to
that problem is a separate (and much bigger)
discussion.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/777_0_1_0_C/

An Open Letter to NTIA, ICANN, and IANA
I am writing this note in order to express my concern
about an impending change in the root of the Domain
Name System (DNS) and two of the largest Top Level
Domains (TLDs). I am concerned that there is a risk of
disruption to the net that has not been adequately
evaluated and I am concerned that this change is being
deployed without adequate monitoring or safeguards.
 http://www.circleid.com/article/773_0_1_0_C

us: A no-name in Chicago protects Web names
Lunching at Chicago's Atwood Cafe, David Maher looks
like any customer. No one knows his name. You wouldn't
expect the 70-year-old Maher, born and raised in
Kenwood, to be an Internet legend who jets across
continents to settle controversies and establish
policies surrounding Internet names.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/krauss/cst-fin-krauss111.html

us: CONFERENCE: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2004 in Delray Beach,
Florida
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2004 will cover the art and science of
the online traffic produced by effective domains and
how they generate tens of millions of dollars to their
owners. As the first trade show of its kind,
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2004 will bring together domain owners,
sponsors and search engine companies along with
registrars and experts on creating, driving and
targeting traffic.
 http://targetedtraffic.com/about.html

us: Van Hollen Is Caught Off Guard; Name Is Used by
Foe's Web Sites
The GOP candidate for Congress from Maryland's 8th
District says it was an opportunity he couldn't let
pass. But incumbent Rep. Chris Van Hollen said Charles
R. Floyd's Web sites represent "a new low for politics
in this area." Repeating a tactic he used against his
Republican primary opponent this year, Floyd bought
three Internet domain names with Van Hollen's name and
turned them into Web sites carrying unflattering
comments about the freshman congressman's record.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25345-2004Oct11.html

GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda 21 October 2004

http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-gnso-21oct04.htm

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Nations Plan for Net's Future 
National governments, with input from nongovernmental
organizations, are laying the groundwork for a new
internet governance structure. Hosted by the
Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union, a
United Nations agency, the World Summit on the
Information Society, to conclude next year, is an
effort to find a common vision for the information
society.
 http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65254,00.html

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Sources include Quicklinks (www.qlinks.net) and BNA
Internet Law News (www.bna.com/ilaw)".

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