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APTLD Bi-monthly e-Newsletter / May 2003 |
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Contents1. What’s New2. Members’ Corner3. Future Meetings |
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=====1. What’s New (1 April 2003 – 31 May 2003) |
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APTLD Inaugural Meeting held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The APTLD held it’s incorporation inaugural
members’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 30th May 2003 with
seven members in attendance. The meeting was chaired by Ramesh Kumar Nadarajah.
APTLD formalisation was largely been completed during the meeting, including
the discussion on constitution and reconfirmation of 2003 Board election and
office bearers. ICANN ccNSO issues were also fully discussed. APTLD’s
position to ERC’s Response to Comment Received on ERC’s ccNSO recommendations
released on 29 May 2003 is to be drafted and sent to REC later. In the
inaugural board meeting chaired by Ramesh, some housekeeping decisions have
been made to follow up APTLD incorporation requirements. (more) APTLD
On-line Meeting to discuss ERC’s 5th Supplemental Report on ccNSO
APTLD has held an urgent on-line meeting to
discuss ICANN REC’s recent report on ccNSO on 6th May 2003. A position statement
was drafted later by Senior Vice Chair Peter Dengate Thrush and sent to ERC.
(more) APTLD’s
New Website went on-line on 30th April
For providing better services that promote
members’ and others’ conveniences, APTLD’s new site officially went on-line
on 30th April 2003. Except some modifications on the existing
structure, some new functions are added into its services. The new site is
focused on the timely update and systematic database, which allow members and
others to get easier access to the information they need. A Asian-Pacific
tone is also added to show APTLD’s geographic features. (more) ICANN Meetings in Montreal,
Canada
The second round of ICANN meetings in 2003 will
be held 22-26 June in Montreal, Canada. The meetings are free to attend, and
open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its
bottom-up consensus-development process. You can take part in these meetings
by attending in person, by taking part in the webcast and remote
participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various
ICANN-related mailing lists. (more) ICANN
ERC’s Recommendations on ccNSO
On 22 April 2003, ICANN ERC posted the 5th
Fifth Supplemental Implementation Report (Recommendations on ccNSO), and
welcome public comments and feedback on the recommendations. ICANN GAC,
CENTR, APTLD, TWNIC, and the ALAC have submitted their comments on the ERC's
recommendations. Reviewing comments, ERC has posted a response to the
comments received on the Public Comment Forum on 29th May. (more) Plan
for Organization of ICANN Staff
ICANN President Paul D. Twomey presented his
plan for organization of ICANN staff. This plan is what ICANN plans to
implement over the next four to six months. (more) ICANN
Posts Report for First Quarter of 2003
In the first quarter of 2003, the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) made significant progress
in several key substantive areas, while continuing towards completion of its
reformed structure begun a year ago. The details are described in the ICANN
Quarterly Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), just posted, for
the first quarter of 2003. (more) NomCom
Formal Call for Recommendations and Statements of Interest
In early June 2003, the Nomination Committee expects
to make its final selection of 8 seats on the ICANN Board of Directors, 5
seats on the Interim ALAC and 3 seats on the GNSO. NomCom has issued the formal call for recommendations
and statements of interest on 4 April 2003 and posted its operating procedures
a week later. The selection result is to be announced on 5th June. (more) IANA
Report on Redelegation of the .uz Top-Level Domain
On 10 April, IANA posted a report on
redelegation of the .uz (Uzbekistan) country-code top-level domain (ccTLD). (more) |
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2. Members’ Corner (1 February 2003 – 31 March 2003) |
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from
.au |
30 May 2003 Notification
of change of operation for the edu.au domain name space In 2002, the
Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
(MCEETYA), the Australian Vice Chancellor𠏋 Committee (AVCC),
and the .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) agreed that the policy and
registrar function for the edu.au domain would be transferred to authorities
representing the interests of the Australian education and training
community. (more) 21 May 2003 AU
domain registrar targets offenders Australia's top domain
name registrar, Melbourne IT, is preparing to release a range of tools
designed to help domain name owners protect their brands, chief executive
Theo Hnarakis said today. (more) 08 April 2003 AU
domain admin moves against dodgy practice The .au domain name
administrator has moved to stop resellers claiming customers must transfer
their domain name registration to their registrar of choice as a
"technical requirement" of the Web-site hosting process. (more) |
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from
.cn |
17 March 2003 Questionaire
on Providing .idv services (Simplified Chinese Version) CNNIC has conducted a
survey on .idv services recently. (more) |
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from
.hk |
05 May 2003 HKIRC
HOLDS THE FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2003 Hong Kong Internet
Registration Corporation Limited (“HKIRC”) is pleased to announce that its
first Annual General Meeting and Election of the HKIRC Board of Directors for
Year 2003 was successfully held on 2nd May 2003. (more) |
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from
.jp |
29 May 2003 Intec NetCore and JPRS Start
Joint Measurement of Next Generation Internet Diffusion Intec NetCore, Inc.
(iNetCore; Office: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuo Nakao), research
and consulting company of the next generation Internet technology, and Japan
Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS;Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Koki
Higashida), the company responsible for the management and administration of
.JP top-level domain and operation of the domain name system (DNS), have
started joint IPv6 diffusion measurement using JP domain name. IPv6 is the
next generation Internet Protocol standard. (more) 20 May 2003 Service Migration Schedule of Japanese
JP Domain Name JPRS plans to start
employment of the Japanese domain name using Punycode. The schedule will be
determined when JPRS completes the procedure proposed by ICANN, after
concensus is reached in ICANN Rio de Janeiro Meetings. (more) |
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from
.kr |
15 May KRNIC
held Youth and family concert in commemoration of Information and
Communication Day KRNIC (President, Song
Kwan-ho) held Youth and Family concert in commemoration of Information and
Communication Day in a prosperous condition on the last 22nd at Concert hall
in Seoul Arts Center. The concert had 1600 people of families in the
information and communication related industry. (more) 15 May 2003 It
becomes convenient to use wireless Internet search From now on, it becomes
easier to search wireless Internet using cellular phone. KRNIC and mobile
communication 3 companies of SKT, KTF, and LGT reached an agreement to
arrange WINK (Wireless Internet Number contents) search window into Mobile
phone initial display according to Ministry of Information and Communication
(the 25th of April). (more) 15 May 2003 International seminar
(subject: the tendency of Courts about domain name dispute) to commemorate
the first anniversary of the founding of Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Committee (Chairman of the committee: Jang Mun-chul who is the professor of
Korea National Police University) was held in a prosperous condition at Bar
assembly hall in Seocho-dong in last 11th. This seminar had around 200
attendants including judges, lawyers, patent attorneys, and participants of
the learned circles. (more) 15 May 2003 Inauguration
of MIL.KR Domain Registration for National Defense News KRNIC (President, Song
Kwan-ho) is planning to complete the preparation of MIL.KR Domain
registration for national defense organization until coming Mar. 31st.
(Monday) (more) |
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from
.my |
26 May 2003 Public
Comments on MYNIC's Personal Domain Name (PDN) MYNIC is planning to introduce
Personal Domain Names (PDN) for individuals in the “.name.my” category this
July 2003. (more) 05May 2003 More Malaysians are
still lining up to get online access, generating hot competition and revenues
for Internet service providers (ISPs), but statistics reveal that the
appetite for surfing has gone down. (more) 17 April 2003 Launch
of MYNIC’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy MYNIC will be launching
its Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service (MYDRP) today 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. This dispute
resolution is governed by terms set out in MYNIC𠏋
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. Any party wanting to use the MYDRP or
to participate in a domain name dispute resolution proceeding must comply
with these terms. (more) |
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from
.nz |
30 May 2003 Sale
of Domainz - Advertisement in The National Busienss Review (more) 27 May 2003 Programme and Online-registration
for Festival of Technology 2003 are available. (more) 22 May 2003 Nominations are now
open for the positions of President and Vice-President of InternetNZ and 5 Councillors.
(more) 11 April 2003 Release
of Discussion Paper – Electronic Transactions Act Regulations Minister for
Information Technology Paul Swain released a discussion paper called
Electronic Transaction Act Regulations today. (more) 2 April 2003 Domainz
sale: No conflict of interest says InternetNZ InternetNZ is moving to
address concerns about a conflict of interest in its sale of the former
registry company Domainz. (more) 1 April 2003 Domainz
staff may buy the .nz domain name registrar Staff and management of
Domainz want to buy the .nz internet domain name registrar, which is being
sold by InternetNZ as part of the shift to a shared registry system. (more) |
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from
.tw |
30 May 2003 TWNIC
Posted Guideline for IP/Domain Name Registration and Management Services (Traditional Chinese Version) In order to respond the
amendment of Telecommunication Law, TWNIC has posted the relevant guidelines,
which was approved by Domain Name Committee and sent to the Ministry. (more) 30 May 2003 “SIP/ENUM Forum Taiwan” is
held on 24 July 2003 To promote SIP/ENUM development
and applications, “SIP/ENUM Forum Taiwan” was established in October 2002.
The forum also promotes telecommunication and Internet integration to develop
products and service applications to improve Taiwan’s competitive edge for
the IT industry. After six months of preparation, the Forum will hold its
inaugural meeting on July 24, 2003. Combined with fixed network service
providers, ISP, and communication equipment providers, the Association will
also hold a platform testing program workshop and exchange technology and
experience with European, American, Japanese, and Korean SIP/ENUM
associations. TWNIC welcomes SIP/ENUM product R&D and manufacturers, or
related telecommunication/network communication service providers to join the
SIP/ENUM Promotion Association and to create business opportunities. (more) 15 April 2003 TWNIC
planned to release selective service for diversified domain name extension
payment (Traditional Chinese Version) In order for long-term
users to avoid the inconvenience resulting from paying for domain name
extension, TWNIC planned to release the selective solution for diversified
domain name extension payment on April 15th. Now TWNIC is actively performing
tests for payment procedures with cooperative banks to ensure stable online
services for the new solutions. The other registered organizations also
planned to provide this new solution successively. In addition to the
original online credit card payment, this new selective service for extension
payment provides the new type of “System auto-sending remittance account
number to the bank” function. (more) |
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from
.vn |
31 March 2003 VNNIC
and Hi-Tek cooperate to set up online domain name registration process The Vietnam Internet Center
(VNNIC) and the Hi-Tek Company (US) recently signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Hanoi. Accordingly, two sides will
co-operate to set up an online ".vn" domain name registration
process to create favourable conditions for international and domestic
organizations and individuals to take part in Internet activities and provide
Internet services in Vietnam. Two sides will also cooperate to develop
propagation and advertising plans on the important role of domain names and
popularizing utilities of the second level domain name under the high level
".vn" domain name. (more) |
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3.
Future Meetings (in June and
July)
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