http://blog.cira.ca Byron Holland's Perspectives on the Internet and Domain Space. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:12:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Warning: shameless self promotion follows. We’re very excited about our upcoming AGM. For the first time in our 10-year history, we’ve expanded our AGM to include an Internet symposium. We’re calling it Canadians Connected 2010, and it really is going to be a great event. We’ve got some excellent speakers lined up, ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/09/canadians-connected-2010/ You’re probably aware that CIRA is in the middle of an election for our Board of Directors.  It’s probably a good time to explain some of our elections processes and talk about why they exist. The rumours are true: CIRA does have a complicated governance structure, and I’m the first to ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/08/ciras-board-of-directors-election/ Over the summer, I took some time to read many of the submissions to Industry Canada’s Digital Economy consultation. As you know, CIRA participated in the consultation; you can read our submission here. In it, we make 19 recommendations, ranging from developing a Community Emergency Response Team (DNS-CERT) to recommending ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/08/canadas-digital-economy/ Last week India proved that the real driving force for the Internet could be shifting from the developed world to the developing world when the Indian government announced that that it will introduce IPv6 by 2012. All telcos and ISPs in India will have to be IPv6 compliant by the ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/08/india-to-adopt-ipv6-by-2012/ During their June 25, 2010 meeting, the ICANN Board directed staff to proceed with contract negotiations with ICM registry, the infamous registry embroiled with ICANN for years in their attempt to launch the .xxx Sponsored Top-Level Domain (sTLD). Some are heralding this decision as a success for ICM ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/07/xxx-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-internet-governance/ Back in May, the Government of Canada launched a national consultation on the development of a digital economy strategy. Yesterday, I sent in CIRA’s submission to that consultation. In our submission, we make 19 recommendations, ranging from recommending that the government leverage its purchasing power to spur the adoption of IPv6 ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/07/digital-economy-strategy-consultation/ This week, I’m in Brussels at the 38th international meeting of ICANN. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll know that CIRA is an active participant at these meetings. I am the chairperson of the Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group (SOP WG) of the Country Code Names Supporting ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/06/icanns-38th-international-meeting/ Recently, one of our partners received an important award. Ingenium Communications, led by Caroline Kealey, took home the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) 2010 Excel Award for Crisis Communications for work with Francis Moran from inMedia Public Relations Inc. and CIRA on the Confickr C worm. As many of you ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/06/iabc-excel-awards/ On Tuesday, CIRA’s Board of Directors gave the final nod to our Corporate Plan for 2010-2011 (.pdf). This document will guide CIRA’s work for years to come and provides specific activities for the next year.   The plan is the result of many months of hard work on the part of ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/06/cira%e2%80%99s-corporate-plan-for-2011/ Last week, I attended the Mesh Conference with a few of my colleagues. Mesh is billed as Canada’s Web Conference and CIRA has been a proud sponsor for two years in a row now. Aside for the usual conference goodies (interesting swag, some valuable takeaways, interesting sessions, and great networking), there ... http://blog.cira.ca/2010/06/the-future-of-web-browsers/