Come and mingle courtesty of WHIR with web businesspersons, industry executives, and corporate decision makers from Atlanta and surrounding area at no cost to you!

As part of WHIR’s goal to provide a place and opportunity for people from the web hosting community to come together, it has launched series of WHIR events throughout the year in different cities. This time around it will be held in Montreal, Quebec.

Attendees should never miss this chance to meet face to face various personalities from the web hosting industry, as well as experience the cozy ambience of Koko Restaurant and Bar. Exciting prizes — game tickets, iPods, a Roku player, and iPads — are to be given to lucky guests with business cards (so don’t forget yours).

For those who shall be staying in a hotel, WHIR has secured a group rate of $189 CDN at the W Montreal Hotel. This deal is available until July 6, 2011 – first come, first serve.

This event is absolutely one of the most-exciting web get-togethers of the year.

For more information, please visit the following links:

• WHIR Site
• RSVP
• Koko Restaurant + Bar
• Hotel - The W Montreal
• Contact WHIR

As part of WHIR’s goal to provide a place and opportunity for people from the web hosting community to come together, it has launched a series of WHIR events held throughout the year in different cities.  This time around, it is Toronto’s turn. Courtesy of WHIR and its sponsors, web business persons, industry executives, and corporate decision makers from the GTA, are  being given the chance to come together and mingle  – for free!

Attendees should not pass up the chance to meet with various personalities from the web hosting industry, all within the spa-like atmosphere of the C Lounge bar.  A raffle will be held with some exciting prizes to win, so be sure to bring a business card along to enter the draw.

For those who shall be staying in a hotel, WHIR has secured a group rate of $175.00 CDN at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. This deal is available until May 5, 2011 – first come, first serve.

This event is absolutely one of the most-exciting web gatherings of the year.

For more information, please visit the following links:

• WHIR Site
• RSVP
• C Lounge
• Hotel – Sheraton Centre
• Contact WHIR

The Ottawa IPv6 Summit in Canada, hosted by the Telefer School of Management, at the University of Ottawa, is set to be held this April 29, 2011. The main purpose of this event is to prepare IT workers, their managers, networking engineers, hobbyists and enthusiasts for the upcoming Internet Protocol upgrade.

Focused mainly on the arrival of IPv6, the summit will be opened by a keynote speaker in the person of Owen DeLong from Hurricane Electric. Afterwhich, several relevant topics shall be tackled by representatives from various renowned businesses.

The source site emphasizes the following points as the key reasons why one should attend this event:

learn about the IPv4 exhaustion problem and how it will effect the Internet;

gain insight into how IPv6 makes networking easier;

hear how other organizations have enabled IPv6 on their networks;

meet interesting people and form new connections

For more information about this Summit, please visit the IPv6.ca site.

SMX Toronto offers over 30 sessions, workshops and networking activities delivered by top industry professionals. The tracks, trainings and workshops all take you deep into SEO for 2011, SEO Fundamentals, Paid Search Optimization, Search Analytics, Social Media and Commerce: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as well as Mobile and Location-based Marketing.

It provides a face to face forum where you’ll not only learn the essentials to optimizing paid search, you’ll gain insight into successful search business strategies; learn about search analytics; new media, platforms and technology; and the fundamentals of SEO and getting found in non-paid, organic search engine results.

Also, get exceptional content, invaluable connections and essential conveniences for which SMX events are famous. Fast paced, Q&A-packed, frequently controversial and always informative.

Registration —-> http://www.searchmarketingexpo.ca/toronto2011/register/

This event is Canada’s original meeting of domain name owners, developers, investors as well as entrepreneurs. It’s set up to bring practical advice to all of its participants and to foster an active exchange of ideas and experiences. Topics covered are gTLDs & ccTLDs, monetization & development and so on.

A registration table will be open at the conference hotel on May 11 (Wednesday).

Registration – http://domainconvergence.com/registration
Agenda – http://domainconvergence.com/agenda

Dates for the 2010 Board of Directors Election and Annual General Meeting

Ottawa, March 18, 2010 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is pleased to announce the dates for the 2010 CIRA Board of Directors Election and Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The 2010 CIRA Board of Directors Election process commences May 13, 2010 with a call for nominations and concludes with online voting between September 22, 2010 and September 29, 2010. Voting in CIRA’s Board of Directors Election offers CIRA Members the opportunity to help shape Canada’s Internet by deciding who will join the leaders of the .CA domain namespace. For 2010, CIRA Members will be electing five Board Members.

CIRA’s 2010 AGM will be held on September 21, 2010 (host city will be announced at a later date). The AGM offers CIRA Members an opportunity to directly participate in the governance of Canada’s Internet domain, voice their opinions to CIRA’s management, and network with other .CA domain name holders.

All CIRA Members will be notified by email to pre-register for the AGM and to participate in the Election.  Further details will be posted on CIRA’s website, www.cira.ca, as they become available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Vancouver or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

Food and Drink: Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be available. Enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers, including vegetarian options. Thanks to our sponsors, an open bar will be available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Toronto or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

The 9th Toronto Domainer Dinner will once again take place at the Rosewater Supper Club. Tickets are $90 + evenbrite fee and include food and two drinks. The amount of seats is limited. Please register for the event at Eventbrite.

More information coming soon…