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ICANN Posts Application and Assessment Criteria Information for New Top-Level Domain Proposals - 📅 - August 16, 2000 - Marina del Rey, CA --
Yesterday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) posted the application forms and assessment criteria
for new top-level domain (TLD) proposals. Applications will
be accepted beginning September 5, 2000 until October 2, 2000,
followed by a two-week public comment period and review by the
ICANN Board of

Directors. An announcement of the Board's ...
ICANN Issues New TLD Application Process Overview - 📅 - Following the ICANN
meetings in Yokohama in mid-July 2000, ICANN has received a very
large number of inquiries regarding the process for applying to sponsor
or operate new TLDs.
The nature and extent of
the inquiries makes clear that there is a significant ...

ICANN AT-LARGE MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION EXCEEDS 158,000 INTERNET USERS WORLDWIDE - 📅 - July 31, 2000 - Marina del Rey, CA
-- The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it had ended its
first At-Large Membership registration period with more than 158,000
Internet users signed up worldwide. The registration period extended
from February 25 - July 31. The ICANN At-Large members will select ...
ICANN Concludes Board Meeting in Yokohama - 📅 - Adopts Policies to Add New Top
Level Domains, Elect At Large Members for the Board of Directors
and Enhance the Stability and Security of the Root-Server System

Yokohama, Japan (July 16, 2000) - Today,
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
held a regular meeting of its Board of Directors. Items on the
agenda included:

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New Accredited Registrars Announced - 📅 - (July 10, 2000) The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that eleven
additional companies have qualified to be accredited as domain
name registrars in the .com, .net and .org domains. They are:


Blueberry
Hill Communications, Inc. dba 4domains.com
(United ...
ICANN Update: Yokohama Meetings and At Large Elections - 📅 - This update collects a number of new and
noteworthy postings on the ICANN website, including info on the
ICANN Yokohama meetings, the At Large election process, and ICANN
2001 meeting schedule.

1. YOKOHAMA MEETINGS (13 - 17 July,
2000)

Now less than one week away from the start
of the ICANN Yokohama meetings, there has ...
Afternic.com Drops Lawsuit, Agrees to ICANN's Terms - 📅 - (July 7, 2000) The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that Afternic.com,
Inc., has agreed to voluntarily
dismiss its lawsuit against ICANN,
and to accept ICANN's terms under which a separate company, eXtraActive,
would be accredited.

Under the agreement, Afternic.com ...
ICANN Welcomes Positive Report from U.S. General Accounting Office - 📅 - (July 7, 2000) The Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) welcomed today's release
of a report by the
United States General Accounting Office that confirms the
legality and propriety of ICANN's formation and its relationship
with the U.S. Department of Commerce.

"After an exhaustive study and ...
Advisory Concerning Afternic Litigation - 📅 - Overview

On June 8, 2000, the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was named in a lawsuit
by Afternic.com, Inc., a New York company that operates a domain-name
auction site. In the lawsuit, which is pending in White Plains,
New York, Afternic claims that ICANN treated Afternic unfairly
in handling its application for accreditation by ICANN as a ...
ICANN Posts Materials for Yokohama Meeting - 📅 - ICANN has posted materials for public comment in
connection with the July 13-17
meeting in Yokohama, Japan. These materials can be accessed through
<https://www.icann.org/yokohama/agenda.htm>.
Topics covered in the posting include:

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