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December 2000
December 1, 2000	IANA Report on Request for .ca Redelegation Issued
November 2000
November 27, 2000	Comments Requested on Recommendation on At Large Study Implementation
November 16, 2000	Consumer Alert from US Federal Trade Commission: "Domain Name Registration Scams"
November 16, 2000	ICANN Announces Selections of New Top Level Domains
November 13, 2000	Second Advisory Concerning ESI Litigation
November 10, 2000	Evaluation Report on New TLD Applications Posted
November 10, 2000	Staff Working Paper on ICANN Cost Recovery Structure for Domain Name Registries Posted
November 10, 2000	New Accredited Registrars Announced
November 10, 2000	Update on ICANN Meetings in Marina del Rey (13-16 November)
November 10, 2000	Advisory Concerning ESI Litigation
November 10, 2000	ICANN Releases Report of Independent Auditors
November 8, 2000	TLD Application Review Update: Staff Report to Be Posted 9 November 2000; Constituency Comments Posted
November 3, 2000	Internationalized Domain Names: Workshop Announcement and Verisign Testbed
November 3, 2000	Advisory Concerning Regland Litigation
November 1, 2000	TLD Application Review Update
October 2000
October 27, 2000	ICANN Announces Names of Directors to Serve Extended Term
October 23, 2000	TLD Application Review Update
October 13, 2000	TLD Application Review Update
October 5, 2000	TLD Application Review Update
September 2000
September 29, 2000	ICANN Update - Names Council Warns Pre-Registration of Speculative New Domain Names Is Premature
September 26, 2000	Recent ICANN Postings: November 2000 Annual Meeting; election.com to Conduct At-Large Vote; ICANN Seeking Administrative Assistant and Second Registrar Liaison
September 24, 2000	Advisory Concerning Register.com v. Verio Litigation
September 21, 2000	ICANN Selects election.com for At Large Vote
September 10, 2000	UPDATE: Nominations Period Ends; Voter Education/Dialogue Begins
September 7, 2000	UPDATE: ICANN At Large Nominations Period Nears Conclusion
September 4, 2000	ICANN and U.S. Government Agree to Extend Agreements
August 2000
August 25, 2000	ICANN Comment on NSI Registry Multilingual Domain Name Testbed
August 16, 2000	ICANN Posts Application and Assessment Criteria Information for New Top-Level Domain Proposals
August 3, 2000	ICANN Issues New TLD Application Process Overview
July 2000
July 31, 2000	ICANN At Large Membership Registration Exceeds 158,000 Internet Users Worldwide
July 16, 2000	ICANN Concludes Board Meeting in Yokohama
July 10, 2000	New Accredited Registrars Announced
July 8, 2000	ICANN Update: Yokohama Meetings and At Large Elections
July 7, 2000	ICANN Welcomes Positive Report from U.S. General Accounting Office
July 7, 2000	Afternic.com Drops Lawsuit, Agrees to ICANN's Terms
July 6, 2000	Call for Proposals for 2001 Meeting Locations
June 2000
June 20, 2000	Advisory Concerning Afternic Litigation
June 14, 2000	ICANN Posts Materials for Yokohama Meeting
June 3, 2000	Update on ICANN Meetings in Yokohama (13-17 June)
May 2000
May 24, 2000	Comments due by June 1 on ICANN Budget for FY00-01
May 22, 2000	At Large Election: Update 1.1
May 19, 2000	At Large Election: Proposed Rules for Self-Nomination Process
May 15, 2000	ICANN Announces CPR Institute as New Dispute Resolution Provider
May 11, 2000	New Accredited Registrars Announced; Public Comments Invited on Proposed ICANN 2000-2001 Budget
May 10, 2000	Proposed Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Budget Posted for Public Comment
May 9, 2000	ICANN Creates At Large Election and Nominating Committees
May 3, 2000	ICANN Launches CEO Search, Retains Christopher Mill to Assist
April 2000
April 29, 2000	ICANN - Yokohama Meetings, 14-17 July 2000
April 20, 2000	Names Council Solicits Comments on Working Group B Report; Consideration of Introducing New Generic Top-Level Domains
April 2, 2000	Public Comments on New gTLDs/Famous Names Invited; Search Tool Implemented for UDRP Proceedings
March 2000
March 22, 2000	IANA Report on Request for .ps Delegation
March 10, 2000	Results of 10 March 2000 ICANN Board Meeting in Cairo
March 7-10, 2000	Multimedia Archive of ICANN Cairo Meetings
March 1, 2000	IETF-ICANN Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
February 2000
February 25, 2000	ICANN Launches Membership Web Site for Individual Internet Users
February 17, 2000	ICANN Announces ASO General Assembly for 2000 and Calls for ICANN Board Nominations
February 17, 2000	ICANN Begins Posting Issue Papers for Cairo Meeting
February 15, 2000	ICANN Launches Public Forum for Ad Hoc Group on Numbering and Addressing
February 11, 2000	IANA Report on Request for .pn Redelegation Issued
February 10, 2000	ASO Website and Discussion Lists Announced
February 9, 2000	Contract Between ICANN and the United States Government for Performance of the IANA Function
February 7, 2000	Update on Cairo Meeting & Call for Sponsors
January 2000
January 25, 2000	ICANN Accredits Twelve New Domain Name Registrars
January 7, 2000	Comment Concerning Trailing-Hyphen Domain Names Issued
December 1999
December 21, 1999	ICANN Accredits Ten New Domain Name Registrars
December 19, 1999	ICANN Announces Cairo to be Site of March 2000 Meetings
December 6, 1999	Updated Registrar Accreditation Materials Posted
December 1, 1999	Membership Implementation Task Force ==> Call for Expressions of Interest
November 1999
November 5, 1999	Preliminary Report on the Annual Meeting of the ICANN Board in Los Angeles (November 4, 1999)
October 1999
October 31, 1999	Task Force on Funding Posts Draft Final Report for Public Review and Comment
October 29, 1999	ICANN Board Approves UDRP Implementation Documents and Bylaws Framework for At Large Membership
October 27, 1999	ICANN Welcomes Nine New Directors to Board
October 26, 1999	ICANN Accredits Eleven New Domain Name Registrars
October 25, 1999	Board Approves Implementation Documents for Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
October 21, 1999	Draft Charter for Ad Hoc Group Posted for Public Review and Comment
October 19, 1999	Preliminary Report on October 18 Special Meeting, including DNSO Resolutions
October 19, 1999	ICANN Board Appoints Louis Touton Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
October 10, 1999	Proposed Amendments to ICANN Bylaws Posted for Public Review and Comment
September 1999
September 29, 1999	ICANN Posts for Public Comment Implementation Documents for Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
September 28, 1999	ICANN, DoC, NSI Announce Tentative Agreements
September 27, 1999	ICANN Boards Approves Amendments to ICANN Bylaws Relating to Supporting Organization Election Processes
September 21, 1999	ICANN Accredits Twelve New Domain Name Registrars
August 1999
August 26, 1999	Results from the Santiago Board Meeting
August 12, 1999	ICANN Clarifies DNSO Constituency Representation
August 11, 1999	ICANN Announces Seven New Post-Testbed Registrars
July 1999
July 27, 1999	Audio Archive of DNSO Names Council Teleconference
July 22, 1999	Testimony of Esther Dyson before the U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee
July 22, 1999	Multimedia Archive of U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee Hearing
July 19, 1999	Response of ICANN to U.S. Department of Commerce Letter of July 8, 1999, Regarding ICANN Progress and Work to be Done
July 16, 1999	Proposed Amendments to the ICANN Bylaws Relating to the Representation of DNSO Constituency Groups on the DNSO Names Council
July 12, 1999	Audio Archive of DNSO Names Council Teleconference
July 8, 1999	Cover Letter and Response of ICANN to Questions Posed by U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee
July 6, 1999	ICANN Names Fifteen New Post-Testbed Registrars
July 2, 1999	ICANN Statement on Hacking of Network Solutions' Servers
June 1999
June 25, 1999	Audio Archive of DNSO Names Council Meetings
June 15, 1999	ICANN Status Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce
June 15, 1999	Response of Esther Dyson to Questions Posted by Ralph Nader and James Love
June 14, 1999	Update #2 on Registrar Competition, Testbed and Accreditation
May 1999
May 29, 1999	Preliminary Report on ICANN Berlin Meetings
May 27, 1999	Multimedia Archive of ICANN Berlin Meetings
May 25, 1999	ICANN Names Eight New Post-Testbed Registrars
April 1999
April 21, 1999	ICANN Names Competitive Domain-Name Registrars
April 19, 1999	ICANN to Announce First Five Competitive Domain Name Registrars
March 1999
March 31, 1999	ICANN Names Advisory Committee on Independent Review
March 25, 1999	New Deadline for Testbed Registrar Accreditation - April 8, 1999
March 3, 1999	Multimedia Archive of ICANN Singapore Meetings
March 2, 1999	Governments Endorse Private Sector Internet
February 1999
February 8, 1999	ICANN Releases Draft Accreditation Guidelines for Domain-Name Registrars
February 3, 1999	ICANN Taps Twomey to Lead its Govt. Advisory Committee
February 3, 1999	ICANN Announces Public Outreach Effort
February 1, 1999	Public Comment Period for Singapore Board meeting agenda
January 1999
December 1998
December 21, 1998	Information Concerning the Formation of ICANN Supporting Organizations
December 17, 1998	ICANN Membership Advisory Committee Appointed
November 1998
November 25, 1998	ICANN Holds First European Open Public Meeting
November 25, 1998	ICANN Executes Agreement with U.S. Government
November 25, 1998	ICANN Membership Advisory Committee - Expressions of Interest Sought by 5 December, 1998
November 23, 1998	ICANN Announces Changes, Requests DNS Transition Begin
November 16, 1998	ICANN Holds First of Many Open Public Meetings
November 6, 1998	ICANN asks Commerce Department to begin DNS transition
November 2, 1998	ICANN Board Announces Details of Public Meeting
October 1998
October 29, 1998	ICANN Board Announces Public Meeting
October 26, 1998	ICANN Elects Board and Appoints Interim President
October 20, 1998	NTIA Letter to ICANN
October 13, 1998	Internet Address Arbiter Proposes Transfer of Function to Private Sector

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