2010 ICANN Annual Report
ICANN released its 2010 Annual Report this morning (JST). New gTLD applicants and users looking to take advantage of a plethora of new domain name extensions might be wondering what the report said about the topic. Well, not much but Chairman of the ICANN Board, Peter Dengate Thrush has this to say:
Enormous progress on ICANN’s biggest project, the introduction of new generic top-level domains.
Since the Board began the implementation phase in June 2008, the New gTLD Program has been the subject of at least 13 Board resolutions and a special workshop in Trondheim in August where a further 13 decisions were made. Many issues remain to be resolved, but conclusion of the implementation phase, expected in 2011, will mean substantial changes to the face of the Internet.
.SiTE can attest to the the work completed in the past year on the New gTLD program, as we attended all ICANN meetings and witnessed the process developing. We feel like 2011 will be the year when SiTE and other applicants can finally submit their applications to ICANN.
The report goes on to point out that the ICANN team successfully resolved trademark issues to enable the program to move forward.
Of course...then there are the numbers.
