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− | * On February 17, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-community-representatives-chosen-to-nominate-the-irp-omnibus-standing-panel-slate-17-2-2022-en released the names of the seven members who would form the Independent Review Process (IRP) Community Representatives Group], who will shepherd the proposal of omnibus standing [[IRP]] panel nominees. | + | * On February 24, [[ICANN 73]] Prep Week [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann73-prep-week-schedule-now-available-7-2-2022-en concluded]. Sessions were dedicated to giving updates on [[IDN]]s, [[Universal Acceptance]] readiness, progress on the implementation of recommendations from the [[Second NomCom Organizational Review]], [[Contractual Compliance]], and the next stages of [[ICANN Organization]]'s [[Prioritization Framework|prioritization]] efforts. |
− | * On February 22, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icanns-annual-iana-customer-survey-demonstrates-consistent-high-performance-22-2-2022-en released] the results of its annual IANA Customer Survey.
| + | * On February 28, [[Elliot Silver]] reported that [[NameCheap]] stopped taking payments from Russia for its products and services and allowed no new Russian customers to buy from them; told its existing Russian customers to remove their services from their platform by March 6, 2022; stopped selling Russian and Belarusian TLDs; and blocked Russian IP addresses from accessing the company’s website. CEO |
− | * [[ICANN 73]] Prep Week [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann73-prep-week-schedule-now-available-7-2-2022-en just concluded]. Sessions were dedicated to giving updates on [[IDN]]s, [[Universal Acceptance]] readiness, progress on the implementation of recommendations from the [[Second NomCom Organizational Review]], [[Contractual Compliance]], and the next stages of [[ICANN Organization]]'s [[Prioritization Framework|prioritization]] efforts.
| + | [[Richard Kirkendall]] [https://twitter.com/NamecheapCEO/status/1497665532081889287 explained that this Russian service termination was in response] to the "Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine." |
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