Given one person here seems to need to be reminded that my news is
"international", I will from now on try and remember to put
"international" in the title...

David

ICANN URGED TO BROADEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
An interim report from the NGO & Academic ICANN Study (NAIS)
project states that ICANN will not achieve the long-term
legitimacy and stability it seeks unless it moves quickly to
include more voices in its decision-making process.  The
NAIS project has been studying ICANN's governance structure
for the better part of 2001.  Report at
http://www.naisproject.org/report/interim
Media coverage at
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166288.html

DOT-PRO REGISTRATIONS LIKELY SIX MONTHS AWAY
RegistryPro Ltd., the ICANN-approved registrar of the new
.pro domain suffix, expects to begin offering real-time
registrations by November or December of this year.  The
company expects to get ICANN accreditation by the end of
June.  The .pro suffix will eventually be available only to
accredited professionals in a number of fields.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166277.html

U.S. GOVERNMENT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO RUN DOT-US
The Commerce Department has issued an RFQ for the
coordination and management of the dot-us domain.  More
details will be available early next month.
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=184
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usrfp/cbd52501.txt>

SEX.COM OFFERS REWARD FOR FUGITIVE CYBERSQUATTER
The operators of Sex.com are offering a $50,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest of Stephen Cohen.  Last
month, a US judge ordered Cohen to pay $65 million to the
rightful owner of the Sex.com domain for illegally holding
the domain name for more than five years. Cohen, however
disobeyed the judge's orders, failed to appear in court and
has likely fled the country.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166289.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44177,00.html

ICANN's I Can't Attitude Alienating Internet Community
Advocates and adversaries are cranking up the rhetoric as they get ready
for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers meetings
starting Friday in Stockholm.
ICANN officials have a raft of topics up for debate in a series of
meetings that last until Monday, including the ratification of its
2001-2002 budget, finalizing approval of the .name domain and increasing
the application fee for new registrars to $2,500. Also up for discussion
is the establishment of new regional Internet registries.
 http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,,10_775751,00.html