Tag Archives: rod beckstrom

Mon 11th June 2012
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ICANN pays tighten to $1 million for CEO in 2011. Here’s remuneration for 18 other ICANN employees. - Rod Beckstrom’s total compensation and benefits nearly $1 million last fiscal year; many other highly paid employees at non-profit. ICANN has published its Form 990 tax return for the financial year ending June, 2011. Here’s what top employees earned (including non-taxable benefits): Rod Beckstrom, CEO $998,230 Akram Atallah, COO $133,812 Doug Brent, COO $348,628 John Jeffrey General Counsel Secretary $338,475 Kurt Pritz, SVP Services $399,747 Kevin Wilson, CFO ... read more ...
Mon 12th December 2011
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Want to be ICANN’s subsequent CEO? - Non-profit publishes profile of desired CEO. Want to be the CEO of an organization launching a highly controversial expansion of the internet namespace and seeing its budget double or triple your first year on the job? ICANN has a job for you. Today ICANN announced it has selected search firm Odgers Berndtson of Brussels to help it find a new CEO to replace Rod Beckstrom. ICANN has used the same firm previously. It also published a candidate profile (pdf). Among the ... read more ...
Tue 16th August 2011
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Rod Beckstrom To Leave ICANN After End of Term - CEO to step down at end of three year tenure. ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom will step down at the end of his three year term, the non-profit announced this afternoon. He has been at the helm of the company since July 2009 and will finish his three year contract at the end of June 2012. It’s been an interesting couple years since he joined the organization. Shortly after he started ICANN gained some independence from the U.S. government. But the relationship ... read more ...
Wed 10th August 2011
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ICANN CEO Snaps Back during ANA Over New TLDs - Beckstrom responds to advertising group with strongly worded letter. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded (pdf) to a letter (pdf) from Association of National Advertisers (ANA) that had demanded ICANN suspend its plans for the new top level domain name program. Beckstrom informs IANA that “The assertions in your letter are either incorrect or problematic in several respects.” He stresses that the program is the culmination of work with every stakeholder in the ... read more ...
Mon 8th March 2010
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ICA Requests Action on Czech Arbitration Court Policy Changes - Internet Commerce Association wants ICANN to act quickly on move by UDRP provider. Internet Commerce Association counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush asking it to act on Czech Arbitration Court’s new UDRP policy. Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), one of the newest UDRP providers, proposed a new scheme in which it would charge only 500 EUR to file a domain name complaint and arbitrators ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2009
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Interview: Rod Beckstrom on Affirmation of Commitments - Domain Name Wire interviews ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. We have a new acronym to add to the domain name lexicon: AOC, for Affirmation of Commitments. Earlier today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally announced its new agreement to replace the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the U.S. Government. On the surface, the AOC (pdf) sounds like a wish list of everything a domain owner could want: explanations from ICANN about how it makes ... read more ...
Wed 23rd September 2009
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ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Responds to Congress - ICANN responds to Congress. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to Lamar Smith and Howard Coble’s letter and questions. A copy of Beckstrom’s response is available here. Here are some highlights: Implementation Recommendation Team proposals: “The Board has not yet formally considered the proposals from the IRT… “After this extensive consultation, ICANN is recommending the implementation of versions of the IRT’s recommendations, such as a post-delegation ... read more ...
Thu 17th September 2009
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Update: Lamar Smith and Howard Coble Letter to ICANN - Details of letter sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. Yesterday DNW wrote about a letter that House Judiciary Committee members Lamar Smith and Howard Coble sent to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom. This letter covers the roll out of new gTLDs and the expiration of ICANN’s joint project agreement with the U.S. Government. Domain Name Wire has obtained a copy of the letter (pdf) and its detailed questions of ICANN. The letter is dated September 15, and requests a response ... read more ...
Thu 16th July 2009
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ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Talks about Domainers - Beckstrom gives initial comments about domainers. In an article about new top level domains and trademarks in today’s Financial Times, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom is quoted saying: “You can look at domainers in many ways. Some see them as cybersquatters, some look at them as entrepreneurs. I think there is a rich and healthy debate to be had.” Most domainers will view this as a positive statement. I e-mailed Beckstrom to make sure he was quoted in context and get ... read more ...
Thu 9th July 2009
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Follow ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom on Twitter - Keep up-to-date on new CEO via Twitter. New ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom is certainly a different type of businessman than former CEO Paul Twomey. As an entrepreneur and having published his own book, Beckstrom is a marketing guy. That means he’s more visible in cyberspace than his predecessor. One example is Twitter, where Beckstrom provides updates as @RodBeckstrom. Earlier today he tweeted: Attending #ICANN operational management meeting. Amazing range of projects ... read more ...
Mon 29th June 2009
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An Open Letter to Rod Beckstrom - An open letter to the new CEO of ICANN. Congratulations, Rod. You’ll be the new CEO of ICANN. You have your work cut out for you. Rightly or wrongly, ICANN is a punching bag for many grievances. As Michael Palage pointed out at the last ICANN meeting, ICANN will likely be subject to many lawsuits over the next couple years. Here are a few suggestions as you prepare to take over the reins. 1. Remember that domain owners ultimately fund your organization. ... read more ...