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Update: 8 November 2000 - 📅 - The evaluation team is nearing completion
of its evaluation of the 44 active applications for new TLDs
and the preparation of an extensive report. ICANN now expects
to post the report on Thursday, 9 November 2000.

The Schedule

Here is the current schedule:


Staff ...
Advisory Concerning Regland Litigation - 📅 - ICANN has seen reports that Regland, Inc. has filed
a lawsuit against ICANN in state court in Texas. The lawsuit complains
about ICANN's statements concerning Regland's business practices in
taking money for "pre-registrations" in proposed top-level
domains (TLDs) that do not exist, have not yet been approved by ICANN,
and may never be available on the Internet. Regland's claims are utterly
...
Internationalized Domain Names - 📅 - Workshop at
ICANN Annual Meeting (13 November)

For several months, a working
group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has been
working to develop a standard specifying the requirements for
internationalized access to domain names. This standard, when
it is completed, will extend the operation ...
Update: 1 November 2000 - 📅 - On Monday, 2 October 2000 the application
period for those seeking to sponsor or operate new TLDs ended.
A total of 47
applications were received during the application period.
Forty-four of these applications are still active.

Tasks That Have Been Completed

ICANN has ...
ICANN Announces Names of Directors to Serve Extended Term - 📅 - Marina del Rey, California, USA (27 October
2000) - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) announced today the names of four of its original nine
Directors who will serve extended terms until November 2002.

The Directors with extended terms are Frank
Fitzsimmons, Hans Kraaijenbrink, Jun Murai, and Linda Wilson.
At the conclusion of the ICANN annual meeting on 16 ...
Update 23 October 2000 - 📅 - On Monday, 2 October 2000 the application
period for those seeking to sponsor or operate new TLDs ended.
A total of 47
applications were received during the application period.
Fourty-four of these applications are still active.

Tasks That Have Been Completed

ICANN has ...
Update 13 October 2000 - 📅 - On Monday, 2 October 2000 the application
period for those seeking to sponsor or operate new TLDs ended.
A total of 47
applications were received during the application period.
Fourty-four of these applications are still active.

ICANN has completed the following steps
in its review of ...
Update: 5 October 2000 - 📅 - Update


On Monday, 2 October 2000 the application
period for those seeking to sponsor or operate new TLDs ended.
A total of 47 applications were received during the application
period. ICANN has posted a list
of the applicants and the TLD strings they are ...

ICANN Update - Names Council Warns Pre-Registration of Speculative New Domain Names Is Premature - 📅 - September 29, 2000 -- Commenting on the
process for establishing new top-level domain names (TLDs) the
Names Council of the Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO)
emphasizes that no new TLDs have been selected as of this date
and no one is authorized to pre-register names.

Noting that some companies are claiming
to offer pre-registration services to consumers who may wish
to register ...
Recent ICANN Postings: November 2000 Annual Meeting - 📅 - DETAILS FOR NOVEMBER 2000 ANNUAL
MEETING

ICANN has posted details for its second
annual meeting, to be held 13-16 November 2000 in Marina del
Rey, California, United States of America. The meeting is free
and open to any interested person.


Meeting ...