ICANN Ripped for Being Slow
The U.S.-based agency that oversees Internet names worldwide was
criticized Sunday for not approving new addresses fast enough as demand
grows among Web surfers from California to China.
 http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,44270,00.html
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6176066.html

ICANN, Meet Gobbledygook.org
The Internet's top naming authority may broadcast its meetings on the
Web, but that's not to say that everyone could have followed the
discussions of the past few days.
 http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,44269,00.html

BOARD ELECTIONS - JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2001
CIRA will hold its first Board of Directors election since taking over
the Registry's operation, from June 22 to 28, 2001. CIRA's 75,000
members will elect nine of the 12 directors; the other three will be
appointed by the interim Board to represent ISPs, Registrars and the
Internet Users' Community.
 http://www.cira.ca/en/elections.html

EU goes against flow in quest for new Web domains
As the Internet's global standard-setting body met Friday to push for
the creation of seven new Web domain tags, Europe appeared to go against
the flow with plans for a pan-EU geographic domain name.
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/079857.htm

ICANN Sees Revolt On Domain Sovereignty
The operators of the Internet domain names designated for countries
around the world voted Friday to withdraw from a key organization that
helps set policies for the group that manages the Internet's Domain Name
System.
 http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010601/tc/icann_sees_revolt_on_domain_sovereignty_1.html

ICANN Wraps Up Stockholm Meetings
The Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN) wrapped up its
weekend meetings in Stockholm early Monday morning with a variety of
decisions aimed at bringing its version of stability to the Internet.
 http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_777441,00.html

Keywords: The Net's Future Naming Standard?
RealNames Corp. is continuing to spread the gospel of Internet keywords
around the world, but converts remain few. The dominant player in the
commercial keyword business, RealNames recently announced the addition
of 11 new registries and registrars in Asia and Europe to sell keywords.

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