ICANN

Although I don’t write all that much about ICANN, I can (pun intended) tell you that ICANN policy and decisions impact domain investing in a big way. ICANN may not govern how we do business as domain investors, but ICANN dictates many of the policies we follow regarding domain names, including transfer and registration, expiration and deletion, domain name disputes, and many other aspects of domain ownership.

In addition to reading various blogs and forums to get

ICANN 48 meeting will be held in the South American city of Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 17-21, 2013. Earlier this month, I posted a poll on my blog asking readers if they have a desire to attend an ICANN meeting. Although there were only 25 votes cast, the vast majority of responders have an interest in attending.

The ICANN meeting website has been launched, and it contains all the information you need to know in order to make plans to attend this meeting. Unfortunately, it looks like the Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center (where the meeting takes place) is already sold out, as is the Park Tower hotel. ICANN lists

While the majority of responders in yesterday’s poll about attending an ICANN meeting have not attended an ICANN meeting before, a majority of responders in the second poll would like to attend an ICANN meeting. ICANN meets tri-annually, in locations throughout the world, with a goal of including as many interested parties as possible.

In the comment section of yesterday’s article, Antony Van Couvering from Minds & Machines shared some information about the ICANN Fellowship program, which gives people the opportunity to attend an ICANN meeting for practically no cost. “The fellowship covers the cost of