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- Brands answer the call to the 2nd ‘Cercle des .marque’ event
- Analysis of the .RE
- About the attack on French ISPs’ DNS resolvers
- Using Afnic open data : example with the term COVID
- Hosting a domain name with compound characters
- Eligibility of a holder located in the United Kingdom post Brexit
- Can compound characters be used in a domain name?
- Functioning of Afnic during lockdown
- Which Top Level Domains have an IP address?
- Lala Andriamampianina, may you rest in peace
- Resolutions for 2020: Afnic goes elliptic
- 6 tips to prevent your website from being hacked
- In search of low-cost nTLDs
- Exploring the city through the .paris community
- .org - an alternative perspective
- Looking back on the success of the first meeting of the Cercle des .marque
- Key success factors for Internet extensions: an evaluation grid
- [Video] Conclusions on the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) France 2019
- A brief example of using Afnic Open Data
- Food for thought on the "new TLD" business models
- 30 years of success and danger: the Web, URLs and the future
- [Success stories] Strengthen your infrastructure to suit your ambitions
- February 1, 2019: is the DNS going to shake?
- [Success stories] They chose to have their own TLD
- [Success stories] .museum, how a historic Internet suffix was revived
- The main steps in effectively launching your .brand
- 6 secrets on how to improve the renewal of domain names
- [Video] Back to IGF 2018 in Paris
- A .BRAND to enhance customer experience
- Afnic commits to DNS security at the international level
- Replacement of the KSK of the root zone: Are you ready?
- How the SNCF implemented its new digital strategy with oui.sncf
- Franco-Dutch research project on automatic classification of domain name abuse
- The auditive memorization of domain names
- What are the possible actions against domain name abuses?
- Identity theft by domain name: what Afnic does
- Cybersquatting, Spam, Phishing… the different types of domain name abuses
- [Video] Review of the French Internet Governance Forum 2018
- Custom Internet extensions: the opportunities for brands
- How to avoid inadmissibility in the SYRELI procedure
- Which English terms are most used in .FR domain names?
- Domain name security, the example of cryptocurrencies
- What are the terms most used in .fr domain names?
- Personality test: Are you ready for GDPR?
- Do GeoTLDs like .alsace have an effect on local SEO?
- The 11 vital locations to display your domain name!
- What means of action for a Right-holder ineligible under the Naming Policy?
- Domain name litigation: the recognition of an AOC rights in the SYRELI procedure
- Why choose a domain name under a geoTLD?
- Afnic, a community first and foremost!
- The defense of personality rights in the SYRELI procedure
- When will the next round of the new gTLDs take place?
- A million good reasons for coming to the Afnic Forum...
- Yeti DNS-over-TLS public resolver
- 2016, the beginning of a new cycle for Afnic
- .fr has just passed the 3 million domain names milestone
- My experience inside the Afnic Legal Department
- Future of ICANN Privatization? Internationalization? Supervision?
- Excellence at Afnic - Our coming-out
- Speech at the transmittal of the IANA Stewardship Transition Plan
- Exclusive offer: 100% money back on your domain name*!
- 8 tips for choosing the right domain name
- IPv6 and DNSSEC are respectively 20 and 19 years old. Same fight and challenges?
- L.45-2 paragraph 1 of the CPCE: When a domain name disrupts the French law
- How to avoid getting your domain name stolen by email?
- Accountability and IANA transition: behind the scenes
- Stop selling domain names!
- abc.xyz : erratum.xyz
- A comprehensive approach to French regional branding
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- abc.xyz: Why not alphabet.com? (The conspiracy theory version)
- abc.xyz : The controversial success of .xyz
- Corporate Communications, Constant Crisis
- abc.xyz : Why not alphabet.com ?
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- abc.xyz : Don't worry, we're still getting used to the name too!
- IANA transition crosses a major milestone in Buenos Aires
- A day in the life of the Icann empowered community
- IANA transition : the machine is moving, but the deadline is approaching
- Corporate Social Responsibility and the DNA of ccTLDs
- China Changing in Leaps and Bounds
- Towards a less intrusive DNS
- ICANN: what does accountability stand for?
- ICANN Singapore. A debate at the other end of the world
- ICANN Reform, or opening Pandora's box
- Internet Governance Forum: What is to be done?
- Slam spam!
- Icann : freeze !
- Scams and identity theft, the experience of a SYRELI reporter
- French Regional Reform Does Not Mean the End of GeoTLDs
- Lessons Learnt from NETmundial
- Suggestions for a successful IANA transition
- Wind of change at Afnic!
- Back to the future of the Afnic Legal Service
- The US Backs ICANN for Internet Governance
- Should the registrars streamline their gTLD strategy?
- The IANA elephant in the room
- 2014 : change of course for the naming system
- Why do regions want a place online?
- What can Afnic do?
- Internet governance: let’s get to work!
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Afnic, a community first and foremost!
28 April 2017 - By Mathieu Weill
After a little less than 12 years at Afnic, as my term of office comes to an end, I can say without hesitation that there are many ways of describing Afnic: a registration office as seen by the law, an association as defined by its articles of association, a non-profit SME in practice, a registry operator from the customer's point of view...
But what actually summarizes Afnic best is the richness and diversity of its community.
That community consists first and foremost of its members and various stakeholders, with whom it interacts on a daily basis. As an open association, Afnic values the diversity of its members' points of view, and must remain attentive to one and all, be they big or small, companies, corporations or individuals alike. For the Chief Executive Officer, that diversity is a constant source of enrichment, and a constant challenge to continually try to understand all their expectations, and to seek in those expectations the options that can serve as a basis for compromise and consensus.
At the international level, Afnic has the immense privilege to be one of a network of extremely close communities, through the Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) for its relations with our European counterparts in the broad sense, and the worldwide ICANN community on the other hand. The members of these communities are more than colleagues, they are partners with whom, over the years, ties of friendship have developed, based on sharing, trust and sometimes sheer hard work, as was the case with the transfer of the IANA function in 2014-2016.
Finally, Afnic's teams are characterized by their dedication to the service of that community at large, and through it, to the common good. I can testify to their constant commitment, their tenacity, and their extraordinary competence and capacity to adapt to the many changes in our business lines. I have had the honor of serving alongside them, and of achieving with them a number of extraordinary challenges, such as the .fr tenders, the submission of our 17 technical registry operation files to ICANN, or the successive go-lives of the upgrades in our information system, each time to make it more automatic and simpler to use. Even the crises and inevitable conflicts we have faced have strengthened our ties, and have always been seen as opportunities to progress.
In fact, what has most impressed and attracted me about Afnic, and which every new employee has always confirmed, is the common good it represents. Individuals serve the group, the community. As a result, its objectives and assignments do not depend on any one individual, whatever their position in the organization.
Since 2005, Afnic has considerably grown and has considerably changed, but its values have remained equally sound and strong. Its executive committee is experienced and united, and I have every confidence in Pierre Bonis' capacity to manage the interim period: I know that he will continue the association's efforts to serve the common good, and that Afnic will continue to strive for an Internet that is secure, stable, open to innovation, and in which French stakeholders will continue to play a leading role.
It is with great emotion that I wish every success to the Afnic community as a whole, and to each of its employees. I feel privileged to have worked within such an unusual but highly efficient organizational model, and to have helped to make it so exemplary. I feel confident I shall continue to help Afnic achieve its assignments in other ways, and that our paths will continue to regularly cross.
So see you soon!
Mathieu Weill
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