[atlarge-discuss] FW: CDT Headline: ICANN Issues Preliminary Selection of New .org Operator

["Bruce Young" <Bruce@barelyadequate.info>]

Good news!  ISOC has a good shot at managing the ORG domain.

Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon
Bruce@barelyadequate.info
http://www.barelyadequate.info
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From: info@cdt.org [mailto:info@cdt.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:23 PM
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Subject: CDT Headline: ICANN Issues Preliminary Selection of New .org
Operator



ICANN Issues Preliminary Selection of New .org Operator

On August 19, staff at ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and
Numbers) released a preliminary report naming the Internet Society (ISOC) as
the
new operator of the .org Internet domain. ICANN is the organization
responsible
for overseeing critical Internet functions such as naming and addressing.
Over
the past several months, ICANN solicited bids from eleven would-be operators
of .org. The August 19 report kicks off a week-long opportunity for public
comment
(comments should be mailed to org-eval@icann.org), and a final selection
from
the ICANN Board of Directors is expected in September, with the new operator
to assume operation of .org January 1. .org is one of the Internet's most
popular
domains, with over 2 million registrations. August 20, 2002


Preliminary ICANN Staff Report on .org
   http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/preliminary-evaluation-report-19aug02.htm

Complete list of ICANN resources on the .org redelegation
   http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/

ICANN Public Comment Forum on the .org redelegation
   http://forum.icann.org/org/

Internet Society:
   http://www.isoc.org/

More Information on ICANN:
   http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/
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