Locus ab auctoritate est infirmissimus. (The argument from authority is the weakest.) --Thomas Aquinas Serious questions arise about the very legitimacy of ICANN as an organization. -- Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont), Chairman, Communications Subcommittee, Senate Commerce Committee (14-Feb-01)
	ICANN INTERNET CORPORATION for ASSIGNED NAMES and NUMBERS BOARD NOTES and MINUTES For minutes of ICANN Board and Committee meetings, see also: http://www.icann.org/minutes/notes-minutes.htm  Special Board Meeting (22-Apr-02) Special Board Meeting (14-Dec-01) Executive Committee Meeting (16-Aug-01) Special Board Meeting (31-Jul-01) Background papers Special Board Meeting (7-May-91) Special Board Meeting (2-Apr-01) Special Board Meeting (22-Jan-01) Special Board Meeting (6-Jan-01) Special Board Meeting (13-Dec-00) Special Board Teleconference (25-Sep-00) Special Board Teleconference (30-Aug-00) Preliminary Yokahama Report (16-Jul-00) Special Board Teleconference (6-June-00) Special Board Teleconference (4-May-00) Special Board Teleconference (6-Apr-00) Cairo Meeting Minutes (10-Mar-00) Special Board Teleconference (10-Feb-00) Special Board Teleconference (12-Jan-00) Special Board Teleconference (9-Dec-99) Annual Board Meeting (04-Nov-99) Special Board Teleconference (18-Oct-99) Special Board Teleconference (9-Sep-99) Special Board Meeting (12-Aug-99) Special Board Meeting (26-Jul-99) Special Board Meeting (16-Jul-99) Special Board Meeting (23-Jun-99) Draft Berlin Minutes (27-May-99) Special Board Meetring (31-Mar-99) Draft Singapore Minutes (4-Mar-99) Special Board Meeting (9-Feb-99) Special Board Meeting (17-Jan-99) Executive Board Meeting (8-Jan-99) Special Board Meeting (6-Nov-98) Teleconference with BWG and ORSC (31-Oct-98)   FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS Proposed Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Budget IRS Form 990 (Fiscal Year 2000) Proposed Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Budget (15-May-02) 6-Month Financial Report for Period Ending December 2001 gTLD Contribution Chart 2001-01 (8-Jan-02) Audited Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending 30 June 2001 (7-Dec-01) An ICANN board member's yearlong quest to review financial info, by Karl Auerbach (4-Dec-01) Pledge Card: Intention to Pay ICANN (24-Nov-01) Payments to Directors FY2000-2001 (9-Nov-01) Application for tax exemption (4-Sep-01) Proposed Budget FY2001-2002 (14-May-01) Approved Application for Tax-Exempt Status (Index to Documents Proposed Budget Y2000-2001 (4-May-00)   TLD APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURE (2-Oct-00) New TLDs Formally Proposed (3-Oct-00) Criteria for Assessing TLD Proposals (15-Aug-00) Application Process (03-Aug-00) Proposed TLDs (10-Jul-00)   Third Status Report Under ICANN/US Government Memorandum of Understanding (3-Jul-01) At-Large Election: Proposed Rules for Self Nomination (19-May-00) Presentations: 1999-2000 ICANN/IANA Contract Between the U.S. Government and ICANN (08-Feb-00) Proposal to the U.S. Government to Perform the IANA Function (02-Feb-00) Loan Agreements (posted 01-Feb-00) 3Com Corp: $175,000 Cisco Systems: $150,000 Deutsche Telekom: $200,000 MCI Worldcom: $500,000   ICANN/NSI Registry Agreement (4-Nov-99) Appendices Comparison of 28-Sep-99 Draft and 4-Nov-99 Adopted Agreement ICANN/NSI Registrar Transition Agreement (4-Nov-99) DOC/ICANN MoU and Appendix 1 4-Nov-99) Task Force on Funding: Draft Final Report: 30-Oct-99) Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (24-Oct-99) Comparison of ICANN UDRP and the U.S. Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act Registry Agreement: Tentative Agreements among ICANN, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Network Solutions, Inc. (28-Sep-99) Analysis of Proposed ICANN 1999 Fall Contracts by the Berkman Center (1-Oct-99) Fact Sheet on Tentative Agreements among ICANN, THE US DOC, and NSI (28-Sep-99) Letter to Chairman Tom Bliley, U.S. House Commerce Committee (4-Aug-99) See also CONGRESS on this website.   Letter to J.Beckwith Burr, U.S. Department of Commerce (19-Jul-99) Letter to Rep. Thomas J. Bliley Response to Questions (8-Jul-99) Advisory Committee on Membership Letter to Internet Community from ICANN Chair (6-Nov-98) Transmittal letter to NTIA re:Transition (6-Nov-98) Board members - Biosketches, photos, and links ICANN elects Board and appoints Interim President (26-Oct-98) RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS .   Committee on Reconsideration and Index 1-Feb-02 02-1: Russ Smith 22-Jan-02 .02-1: David Ogden, Interim Secretariat for the Stockholm Convention 4-Dec-01 .01-7: Edward Hasbrouck DENIED: (14-Jan-02) 20-May-00 .01-6: Russ Smith DENIED: (7-Jan-02) 9-Aug-01 .01-5: Michael Froomkin and Jonathan Weinberg DENIED: (18-Jan-02) 15-Jun-01 .01-4: Verio Issues submitted to Names Council; no board action (11-Jan-02) 2-May-01 .01-3: Monsoon Assets Limited (BVI) DENIED and filed too late: (30-Aug-01) 01-Feb-01 .01-2: Kids Domains, Inc.: .KIDS DENIED: (30-Apr-01) 05-Jan-01 01-1: BELTRAIDE - Belize Trade and Investment Development Service: .BIZ DENIED and submitted too late (16-Mar-01) 24-Nov-00 00-16: Telnic, Inc.: .TEL DENIED: (30-Apr-01) 16-Dec-00 00-15: ICM Registry: .XXX DENIED (30-Apr-01) 15-Dec-00 00-14: SRI International: .GEO DENIED (16-Mar-01) 15-Dec-00 00-13: Image Online Design, Inc.: .WEB DENIED (16-Mar-01) 15-Dec-00 00-12: The .TV Corporation: .NOM, .PRO DENIED (16-Mar-01) 15-Dec-00 00-11: Sarnoff Corporation: .III, .I DENIED (16-Mar-01) 15-Dec-00 00-10: Paul Stahura: .ONE DENIED (5-Mar-01) 15-Dec-00 00-9: Roy Goldberg: .TRAVEL DENIED: (30-Apr-01) 28-Nov-00 00-8: Ivan Vachovsky: .BIZ DENIED (5-Mar-01) 13-Nov-00 00-7: D. Alexander Floum: .WEB DENIED (21-Jan-01) 5-Nov-00 00-6: A. J. L. de Breed REJECTED: filed too late (21-Jan-01) 11-May-00 00-5: James Trefil/Adam Corelli: BODYANDSOUL.COM UDRP decision DENIED: (22-May-00) 6-May-00 00-4: Bret Fausett: Timely posting of ICANN minutes Proposed Bylaws Change (22-May-00) 10-Mar-00 00-3: Paul Wilson: APNIC 23-Jan-00 00-2: Nigel Roberts RFR and decision withheld upon request of applicant 6-Jan-00 00-1: Russ Smith DENIED (27-Jan-00) 17-Nov-99 99-4: Karl Auerbach DENIED (2-May-99) 4-Sep-99 99-3: Bruce Perelman DENIED: (27-Jan-00) 2-Aug-99 99-2: Gene Marsh DENIED (11-Jan-00) 25-Jun-99 99-1: Eric Brunner and Bob Gough DENIED (22-May-00) 04-Mar-99 Reconsideration Policy . . ANNOUNCEMENTS 1-Aug-03 Staff Manager's Issues Report on UDRP Review 16-Jun-03 Nominating Committee Announces Nominees to Be Seated at Montréal Meeting - Biographies of Nominees 22-May-03 Louis Touton to Conclude Service to ICANN 3-May-03 Comments on Criteria to Be Used in the Selection of New Sponsored TLDs Due 17 May 2003 8-Jan-03 Fifth Status Report to the United States Department of Commerce Re: Progress Toward Objectives of Memorandum of Understanding &endash; Q4 2002 20-Nov-02 Executive Search: Position Description: President and Chief Executive Officer 23-Sep-02 Final Staff Evaluation Report on the Proposals for Reassignment of the .ORG Registry 3-Sep-02 Steps to Improve Whois Data Accuracy 23-Aug-02 Accountability Framework Assistance Project: Recommendations Regarding Accountability 19-Aug-02 Preliminary Report to ICANN Board: ISOC to Run .ORG? Staff Report Gartner, Inc. Evaluation Report (PDF) Academic CIO Evaluation Report NCDNHC Evaluation Report (PDF) ICANN General Counsel Evaluation Report 15-Aug-02 Fourth Status Report to the US Department of Commerce Under ICANN/US Government Memorandum of Understanding 04-Aug-02 ICANN publishes Nonconfidential Documentation - Documents Provided to Karl Auerbach 31-Jul-02 Final Report of the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force I 26-Jul-02 ICANN-Accredited Registrars Formally Approve ICANN Registrar Fees for 2002-2003 27-May-02 Lynn to Retire in 2003; McLaughlin to Go Half-Time 8-May-02 ICANN Signs .PRO Registry Agreement IANA Report on Establishment of the .pro Top-LevelDomain (6-May-02) 29-Apr-02 At-Large List Names Sought; ALSC Forum Operation Extended 4-Apr-02 ICANN Announces Membership of Security Committee ICANN Convenes Redemption Grace Period Technical Steering Group 27-Mar-02 Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public Submissions 23-Mar-02 Model ICANN-ccTLD Manager Memorandum of Understanding - Legacy Situation 24-Feb-02 ICANN President Recommends a Roadmap for Reform and President's Report: ICANN - The Case for Reform 12-Feb-02 Registrar Advisory Concerning Inappropriate Lending of Registry Access 11-Feb-02 ICANN Appoints Security Committee Chair 19-Dec-01 IANA Report on Establishment of .AERO 3-Dec-01 ICANN Announces New Dispute Resolution Provider in the Asia Pacific Region 25-Nov-01 Status of .AERO Agreement. See also Consumer Advocate objectionsand Response from ICANN's General Counsel 19-Nov-01 Redelegation of .US Country-Code Top-Level Domain 18-Oct-01 ICANN Completes First Sponsored TLD Agreement; .MUSEUM to Go Live in November 12-Oct-01 Advisory Concerning Smiley Litigation 9-Oct-01 Proposed Action Plan on .INFO Country Names 25-Sep-01 ICANN Meeting in Marina del Rey 23-Aug-01 Third Advisory Concerning Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources 16-Aug-01 IANA Report on Establishment of the .NAME Top-Level Domain 10-Aug-01 Second Advisory Concerning Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources 31-Jul-01 .NAME Registry Agreement Approved for Signature 16-Jul-01 Advisory: Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration System Resources 9-Jul-01 Keeping the Internet a Reliable Global Public Resource: Response to New.net "Policy Paper" See also: 8-Jul-01 InterNIC FAQs -The Domain Name System: A Non-Technical Explanation &endash; Why Universal Resolvabilty Is Important 26-Jun-01 Two New Top-Level Domains for the Internet:.BIZ and .INFO to be Activated Tomorrow 21-Jun-01 ICANN Names Theresa Swinehart Counsel for International Legal Affairs 1-Jun-01 Status Report of the Internationalized Domain Names Internal Working Group 25-May-01 ICANN and VeriSign Sign on the Dotted Line .COM Registry Agreement Redlined changes from proposedagreement .NET Registry Agreement .ORG Registry Agreement Termination of November 1999 Registry Agreement 15-May-01 ICANN Accredits New Top-Level Domain: .BIZ and .INFO Registration Process to Begin This Summer 26-Apr-01 New TLD Program: .BIZ and .INFO proposals Unsponsored Agreement Appendix A: Nameserver Changes Appendix B: TLD Contact Changes Appendix K: ICANN's Reserved Names Appendix N: Zone File Access Agreement Appendix Q: WHOIS Access Specification Appendix S: Registry Data Escrow Agreement Appendix T: Registry's Monthly Report Appendix V: Consensus Policies Appendix Y: Unsponsored TLD Sanctions Program 16-Apr-01 Revised .COM/.NET/,ORG Agreements Forwarded to Commerce Department Commerce Department Letter to ICANN (14-Apr-01) Revised VeriSign Registry Agreements Cover letter from Lynn to Karen Rose, DOC (16-Apr-01) ICANN Agreement for Restructured Relationship with VeriSign 02-Apr-01 Preliminary Report: Approval of VeriSign Agreement Sclavos to Lynn, Proposed Additional Revisions (1-Apr-01) Lynn to Sclavos, Proposed Additional Revisions (1-Apr-01) Technical Corrections to Proposed .COM Agreement (31-Mar-01) Rep Billy Tauzin Calls for Review (30-Mar-01) Names Council Resolution on VeriSign Agreement (28-Mar-01) 01-Mar-01 Proposed Revisions to VeriSign Agreements 27-Feb-01 Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names 23-Jan-01 ICANN Elects Dr. M. Stuart Lynn as New President & CEO 3-Nov-00 Internationalized Domain Names Workshop at ICANN Annual Meeting 29-Sep-00 Names Council Warns Pre-Registration of Speculative New Domain Names Is Premature 4-Sep-00 ICANN and U.S. Government Agree to Extend Agreements 28-Aug-00 IRS Letter Granting Tax Exemption to ICANN 31-Jul-00 ICANN At Large Membership registration exceeds 158,000 Internet users worldwide 11-May-00 New Accredited Registrars Announced; Public Comments Invited on Proposed ICANN 2000-2001 Budget 09-May-00 ICANN Creates At Large Election and Nominating Committees 25-Feb-00 ICANN Launches Membership Web Site for Individual Internet Users 11-Feb-00 IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .PN Top-Level Domain 25-Jan-00 ICANN Accredits 12 New Domain Name Registrars 7-Jan-00 Comment Concerning Trailing-Hyphen Domain Names 21-Dec-99 ICANN Accredits Ten New Registrars 26-Oct-99 ICANN Accredits Eleven New Registrars 19-Oct-99 ICANN Board Appoints Louis Touton Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 21-Sep-99 ICANN Accredits 12 New Domain Name Registrars. Complete list of ICANN accredited registrars is posted on this website. 11-Aug-99 ICANN Names 7 New Post-Testbed Registrars 06-Jul-99 ICANN Names 15 New Post-Testbed Registrars 15-Jun-99 Status Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce 25-May-99 ICANN Names Eight New Post -Testbed Registrars 21-Apr-99 ICANN Names Competitive Domain Name Registrars - See also links to the accredited registrars 25-Mar-99 New Deadline for Testbed Registrar Accreditation April 8 Shared Registry System Technical Requirements for Registrars Modified Timeline (Amendment 12) 04-Mar-99 Registrar Accreditation Information Summary of Actions Taken In Singapore 03-Feb-99 ICANN Releases Draft Accreditation Guidelines for Domain Name Registrars Comments of Network Solutions, Inc. (26-Feb-99) Response of Ivan Pope, Founder and CEO, NetNames International ICANN Taps Paul Twomey to Develop and Lead its Governmental Advisory Committee 2-Feb-99 ICANN Announces International Education and Public Outreach Effort (2-Feb-99) 21-Dec-98 Information concerning the formation of Supporting Organizations (21-Dec-98) 17-Dec-98 ICANN Membership Committee Appointed (17-Dec-98) 25-Nov-98 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN ICANN Membership Advisory Committee&emdash;Expressions of Interest Sought by 5 December 1998 IICANN Holds First European Open Public Meeting 23-Nov-98 ICANN Announces Changes, Requests DNS Transition Begin 16-Nov-98 ICANN Holds First of Many Open Public Meetings 26-Oct-98 ICANN Elects Board and Appoints Interim President BYLAWS 12-Feb-02 Amended ICANN Bylaws {as restated on October 29, 1999 and amended through February 12, 2002) Iteration 11 16-Jul-00 Amended ICANN Bylaws: {as restated on October 29, 1999 and amended through July 16, 2000), Iteration 10 13-Jun-00 Revision to Bylaws on Meeting Minutes 10-Mar-00 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): {as restated on October 29, 1999), Iteration 9 29-Oct-99 CANN Bylaws (Revised): Amended and restated, Iteration 8 27-Sep-99 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 7 26-Aug-99 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 6 12-Aug-99 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 5 ICANN Preliminary Report - Bylaws Amendment: DNSO Constituency Representation 27-May-99 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 4 09-Apr-99 Report on March 31 Bylaw changes 31-Mar-99 ICANN Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 3 15-Mar-99 ICANN Draft Bylaws DNSO Amendments 04-Mar-99 Conflicts of Interest Policy 21-Nov-98 ICANN's Bylaws (Revised): Iteration 2 06-Nov-98 ICANN's Adopted Bylaws: Initial Bylaws 28-Sep-98 ICANN Draft Bylaws by IANA: Iteration 5 17-Sep-98 ICANN draft bylaws by IANA and NSI: Iteration 4 24-Aug-98 IANA New Proposed Bylaws: Iteration 3 04-Aug-98 Draft Bylaws for a New IANA: Iteration 2 17-Jul-98 Draft Bylaws for a New IANA: Iteration 1 Comparison of White Paper, US MoU and ICANN Bylaws, by Ellen Rony Full-text, side-by-side comparison of bylaws proposals, by Ellen Rony	.	.	BYLAWS BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS MEETINGS COMMITTEES SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS REGISTRARS NEWS REPORTS RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS ESSAYS AND EDITORIALS ICANNT DNS in Congress Policy statements and Congressional testimony on private sector implementation of the U.S. government Internet White Paper. International Forum on the White Paper Meetings in Summer 1998 which culminated with the creation of ICANN.
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