Informal Proposals for New Top Level Domains (TLDs) submitted to ICANN (10-Jul-00) To assist the ICANN staff in handling applications, we would appreciate notification by e-mail to when sending an application that exceeds 30 kilograms (66 pounds). - ICANN's New TLD Application Instructions (15-Aug-00) At its July 16, meeting in Yokohama, Japan, the ICANN Board of Directors considered adopting a policy under which new TLDs would be introduced. In anticipation of this meeting, expressions of interest were invited from parties seeking to operate and/or sponsor any new TLD registry. Interest in the following TLDs were submitted by ICANN's July 10, 2000 deadline. Several proposed TLDs received multiple expressions of interest. The formal application process, posted on August 3, 2000, included a non-refundable $50,000 fee. Applications (including all supporting materials and application fees) were accepted from September 5 until October 2, 2000. Related documents: New TLDs Formally Proposed (3-Oct-00) TLD Application Review Procedure (2-Oct-00) New TLD Application Instructions (15-Aug-00) Criteria for Assessing TLD Proposals (15-Aug-00) New TLD Application Forms (Sponsored and Unsponsored TLDs) New TLD Application Process Overview (3-Aug-00) NEW TLD PROPOSED USE INTEREST EXPRESSED BY .800 .888 mapping between 800/888 telephone numbers and the DNS Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .ATM for financial community self-service terminals such as Automated Teller Machines Gene Marsh, Diebold Incorporated .BIZ for any business, organization, or individual looking to establish an Internet presence aprasad@usc.edu Clinton Page, Dotster .CASINO home for online casinos Andrew Shoemaker, Jerky Networking Services .COMPLAINTS to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .COUPONS Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .CRITICS in connection with names that may be protected by trademark James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .CUSTOMERS to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .DDS for dentists Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .ECOLOGY to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .ECOM for any business, organization, or individual looking to establish an Internet presence Clinton Page, Dotster .EVENT .EVENTS single/multiple events and for event producers and organizers Brian Burnett, Virtual Media International. .FAQ to find theanswer to any question Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .FAM for individual families and their members Rüdiger F. Schultz Gary Morell, LanMinds, Inc .FIRM for any business, organization, or individual looking to establish an Internet presence Clinton Page, Dotster .GEO to find data by the geographic location Yvan Leclerc, SRI International .GLOBAL for global use, in a manner similar to .COM and .NET Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated .GNU to ermit Internet users to express their support for the GNU project and financially support the creation of free software dedicated to open-source projects and programming. Richard Stallman, Free Sofware Foundation .HAM for the amateur radio community Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated .HOME generic TLD for personal use Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated .HUMANRIGHTS for domains of human rights organizations and for a system of gateways or portals to information about human rights for specific firms, governments, organization or issues Manon Ress, Debs Jones Douglass Institute .INC generic "catch-all" TLD, similar to .COM Jay Link, Interlink .INFO for any business organization or individual who has plans for an information site and do not intend to develop an e-commerce application Clinton Page, Dotster .IRC catering to the needs of IRC network users Andrew Shoemaker, Jerky Networking Services .ISNOTFAIR to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .ISNOTGREEN to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .KID the premiere provider of kid friendly/safe web service Aimee Correnti, DotKid, Inc. .LAW a commercial registry for business law and legal services Philip James, Juvenile Lawyers Association .LIB for libraries Gilbert Bede, Calgary Public Library .LIST for mailing lists Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .LLB for lawyers Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .MD for use by the research and development community Ged Gasperas, RNDNetwork Incorporated .MOV Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .MUSIC Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .NAA for Indigenous Nations and Peoples of North America Eric Brunner, NAA Registry Group .NEWS Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .NIC for the registry for any domain Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .NGO reserved for use by civil society organizations James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .PRICES consumer information/prices for various things Richard Sexton, VRx Network Services, Inc. .RADIO Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .REBATES Simon Higgs, Higgs Communications .SET for global use, in a manner similar to .COM and .NET Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated .SHAREHOLDER to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .SUCKS to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .SUX for people wishing to express their dislike of anything Andrew Shoemaker, Jerky Networking Services .SYNDICAT .SYNDICATO International Confederation of Free Trade Unions .SYS for use by ASPs, networks and other systems operators, similar to original use of .NET for projects having already subscribed more than 100 domain names in gTLD or ccTLD Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated Jefsey Morfin, UTEL Inc. .TAXPAYER to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .TEL for Internet-telephony applicationsfor use in the resolution of "web phone" listings,"voice-over-the-Internet" applications David Peek, NetNumber Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated .UNION to support free speech for representatives of trade unions which are independent of outside control and have a democratic structure James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI International Confederation of Free Trade Unions .UNITE to support free speech James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .WATCH in connection with names that may be protected by trademark James Love, CPT; John Richard, EI .WEB an alternative to existing (and anticipated) TLD registries for web sites, commercial or personal Christopher Ambler, Image Online Design, Inc. Bryan Lai, Dot WEB Registry Pte Ltd. Gene Marsh, anycastNET incorporated aprasad@usc.edu	.		OTHER TLD RESOURCES IANA CCTLDs ROOTZONE TLDs .US .INT   gRONY TLDs .SHEESH
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