Blogs

Using .ORG Directory to find Haiti relief organizations

Thuy LeDinh - Thu, Jan 14th, 2010

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry extends our deepest condolences to the millions of families, friends and neighbors affected by the horrific tragedy in Haiti. As we learn the extent of the earthquake’s devastation and continue with emergency assistance, the need for our continued support and humanitarian efforts is critical.

How Not to Develop Public Policy

David Maher - Tue, Jan 5th, 2010

Some of ICANN’s current proceedings on the introduction of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) provide a case study on how not to develop public policy. In particular, the Rights Protection Mechanism proceedings, with serious implications for trademark owners, have followed a course that does not correspond to the ideal of ICANN’s bottom-up, consensus-based processes for policy development. More importantly, these proceedings are effectively unilateral developments in international law without the benefit of treaties or international conventions.

Registry Stakeholder Group Comments on Latest ICANN Policies

David Maher - Tue, Dec 8th, 2009

During the past week, PIR has actively participated in several of the most important current policy proceedings at ICANN, and has joined in the comments filed by the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG).

A brief summary of the issues, the comments, and the URLs for the full text, follows:

Of Courage, Loss and Gratitude

Alexa Raad - Sat, Dec 5th, 2009

On Dec 1st, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry experienced a significant loss. Our loss was not one of market share or service; it was one far more significant. We lost Christine Lee -- a precious and compassionate, friend, mother, wife and co-worker -- to breast cancer. I met Christine when I first started in July of 2007. She was the executive assistant and office manager for PIR. Chris greeted me on my first day with a warm smile, and proceeded to take me under her wing to ensure I met everyone and that I was settled in my new office with everything I needed

Home of the Green Movement… Friends of the Earth

Thuy LeDinh - Thu, Nov 19th, 2009

.ORG welcomes you to our new blog series. The .ORG community is home to a very diverse and dynamic group of individuals and industries. Through this series, The Public Interest Registry will highlight .ORG’s from different industry markets, who are making extraordinary strides with their missions, initiatives and have seen a correlation between being a .ORG and their success.

Protecting Against Online Malfeasance at the Nonprofit PR Awards

Crystal Peterson - Fri, Nov 6th, 2009

This week, I had the opportunity to attend PR News’s Nonprofit PR Awards as a winner in the Marketing category for .ORG’s DNSSEC Rollout for promotion, education and awareness around DNS Security Extensions. We beat out some very good campaigns/organizations for this award, including BackBay Communications, Bloomington Hospital, First 5 LA/Hershey Causes, Foundation for Chiropractic, and Goodwill Industries! We were excited to be nominated and chosen for this award as it is a challenge

RECAP: ICANN Conference In Seoul, Korea

David Maher - Thu, Nov 5th, 2009

The recently completed ICANN Conference in Seoul, Korea will be remembered for a unique accomplishment – the first definitive step towards the addition of internationalized domain names (IDNs) to the Internet root. In the words of ICANN’s press release:

ORG Highlighted for Success in Fighting Phishing

Adam Palmer - Thu, Oct 29th, 2009

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Global Phishing trends study for the first half of 2009 and .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), was highlighted for its leadership in significantly reducing online fraud. The APWG study noted that: “A success story in 1H2009 [first half 2009] was the new anti-phishing program put into place by The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the operator of the .ORG TLD. . ..

.ORG Meets the SedoPro Partner Forum

Lance Wolak - Wed, Oct 14th, 2009

I just returned from the 4th Annual SedoPro Partner Forum, which was held at the Casa Marina Resort, located on the island of Key West, Florida. The interactive workshops with Sedo’s management team and special guest speakers gave the attendees lots of opportunities to converse and mingle with domain experts and industry leaders.

One Web Day – One Web. For All.

Crystal Peterson - Tue, Sep 15th, 2009

One Web Day is September 22, 2009. One Web Day celebrates that the Worldwide Web belongs to everyone. Built on a principle of openness and interconnection, every person and institution that goes online to connect and create experiences makes a contribution to the ever growing, evolving One Web that is transforming society.