The new gTLD info of the day (Wednesday)

Conference
Impact of the new gTLDs
The fifth Domain Forum will be organized on December 4th, 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Instead of just presentations, the agenda is focused on interaction with the community, and will be composed of discussion panels involving local and international experts. This year Domain Forum will become a regional event with focus on the domain industry in the SEE region.
http://www.domainforum.global/agenda

Adjustment of new gTLD RPMs
The principal question raised by the Report was whether the review and possible adjustment of new gTLD RPMs and the review and potential reform of the UDRP should be combined or separated. On that key decision, our comment letter said that the RPMs should be addressed prior to the UDRP review for these reasons:

http://www.internetcommerce.org/rpm-udrp-review/

Giving Away A Premium Domain Everyday
The daily contest started yesterday and the first domain name won was housing.global and Damon Barnard was the lucky winner In all there are $50,000 worth of .GLOBAL premium names to be won!
http://www.thedomains.com/2015/12/02/global-is-giving-away-a-premium-domain-everyday-until-christmas-housing-global-was-the-1st/

It’s official: new gTLDs didn’t kill anyone
The introduction of new gTLDs posed no risk to human life.
http://domainincite.com/19662-its-official-new-gtlds-didnt-kill-anyone

New gTLD Program Statistics
As of (as of 27 November 2015)

• Total Applications Submitted: 1930
• Delegated: 803
• Withdrawn: 557
• Will Not Proceed/Not Approved: 36
• Currently Proceeding through New gTLD Program: 534

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/statistics

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