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ICANN Presentation Bucharest, Romania June 26, 2002
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Overview Who we are Highlights of our bid Supporters of our bid Why ICANN should choose us Questions
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Who we are The.Org Foundation is a nonprofit founded specifically to be the.org registry Our initial team: –Melessa Rogers, Sheila Richardson, Bob Duffy –eNom, Inc –.Org supporters –Microsoft –Terry Drayton
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Highlights of our bid Strong technical and financial capability: –eNom: over 1 million names registered, –Proven performance: 50-100M DNS lookups daily –Improved services (ex: real time zone updates) –Microsoft support: technical and financial Service to the.org community: –Lowest price, superb service at $4.95/name –100% of proceeds plus matching funds to.orgs –100% of Foundation board directly elected by.orgs
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More Highlights of our bid Enhanced competition –New registry –Equivalent access, no cost transfers Differentiation of.org TLD –EPP polling mechanism: by.orgs for.orgs –Innovative opt-in marketing, self identification Matching Funds –Expect to at least double the ICANN endowment –To increase.org access to Internet technologies worldwide
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Our Supporters We believe our bid will become the consensus choice among –Non-commercial.Organizations –Registrars –Governments –Academics –Commercial Enterprises
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Why ICANN should chose us Simply the best bid –Very strong technically –Best price, best service for the.org community –Broad (and growing) spectrum of support –Introduces a stable new registry to ICANN Only bid that provides the.org community with complete control of its own registry
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Questions Our team is here to answer questions or send them via e-mail to admin@theorgfoundation.org Well post this presentation together with the Q&A from this and other sessions at www.theorgfoundation.org We welcome your questions and comments
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Thank You for your time and consideration
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