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Date Correspondence Sender Affiliation Issue Related Correspondence
29 December 2011 Annalisa Roger to Steve Crocker DotGreen Community Inc. Measurable Harm to Applicants Should ICANN Second Guess Its Approved Timeline  
27 December 2011 Chairman Patrick Leahy, Charles E. Grassley, Chairman Lamar Smith and John Conyers, Jr., to Rod Beckstrom United States House and Senate Judiciary Committees Letter Regarding the New gTLD Program  
22 December 2011 Hon. Amy Klobuchar and Hon. Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Senate to Rod Beckstrom and Steve Crocker United States Senate Consumer Protection  
21 December 2011 Josh Bourne to Rod Beckstrom The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) New gTLD Program Recommendations  
21 December 2011 Hon. Fred Upton et al., U.S. House of Representatives to Rod Beckstrom and Steve Crocker House Committee on Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection  
21 December 2011 The Association of National Advertisers to ICANN Board The Association of National Advertisers Answers Needed as Objections Mount  
20 December 2011 Doug Johnson and Paul Smocer to Rod Beckstrom and Steve Crocker American Bankers Association, BITS/The Financial Services Roundtable Security Standards Working Group Proposal  
16 December 2011 Federal Trade Commission to Rod Beckstrom and Steve Crocker Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection Concerns Regarding New gTLDs  
13 December 2011 IGO Counsel to Rod Beckstrom, Steve Crocker and Kurt Pritz Legal Counsels of Public International Intergovernmental Organizations Open Intergovernmental Organizations on the Expansion of Generic Top Level Domains  
30 November 2011 Barbara Ann Clay to Moustapha Guirassy ICANN Senegal Meeting  
28 October 2011 Heather Dryden, GAC Chair to Steve Crocker ICANN-GAC GAC Consensus Advice for New gTLD Applicant Guidebook  
26 October 2011 Steve Crocker to NPOC Leadership ICANN Response to Not-for-Profit Organization Operational Concerns Constituency ("NPOC") Request for ICANN Board Assistance for Membership Approval and Recent Elections  
25 October 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Neelie Kroes ICANN Cross Ownership Between Registries and Registrars  
21 October 2011 Executive Committee of the NCSG and NCUC to the ICANN Board NCSG and NCUC Response to Not-for-Profit Organization Operational Concerns Constituency ("NPOC") Request for ICANN Board Assistance for Membership Approval and Recent Elections  
21 October 2011 African Union Commnuiqué Commission de l'Union Africaine,
Republique du Senegal		 African Union – ICANN Areas for Engagement  
19 October 2011 John Jeffrey to Carlos Dionsio Aguirre ICANN Advice to GNSO and NomCom regarding assignment of NomCom Appointees to GNSO Council  
17 October 2011 NPOC Leadership to Steve Crocker, Rod Beckstrom, and the ICANN Board of Directors Not-for-Profit Organization Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC) Not-for-Profit Organization Operational Concerns Constituency ("NPOC") Request for ICANN Board Assistance for Membership Approval and Recent Elections  
26 August 2011 Message from Kurt Pritz to David Maher and Mason Cole ICANN Process for amending RRA ICANN Procedure for Consideration of Proposed Amendments to gTLD Registry-Registrar Agreements
11 August 2011 Robert Liodice to Rod Beckstrom Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Response to Letter on Generic Top Level Domain Program  
9 August 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Robert Liodice ICANN Generic Top Level Domain Program  
4 August 2011 Robert Liodice to Rod Beckstrom Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Generic Top Level Domain Program  
29 July 2011 Jeffrey J. Neuman to Rod Beckstrom Neustar, Inc. Notice of Fee Increase for .BIZ  
22 July 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Fiona M. Alexander ICANN ICANN Comments on IANA functions contract in response to US Department of Commerce Further Notice of Inquiry  
15 July 2011 Phillip V. Marano, Esq. to Dr. Steve D. Crocker Silverberg Goldman & Bikoff, LLP Correspondence from the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  
12 July 2011 Christophe de Kepper to Dr. Steve D. Crocker International Olympic Committee Protecting Olympic and Olympiad  
8 July 2011 John Bell to Stephen Crocker, Rod Beckstrom and John Jeffrey .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition Change of listed .JOBS Purpose in Root Zone Database  
5 July 2011 John Bell to Stephen Crocker, Rod Beckstrom and John Jeffrey .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition Employ Media's Request for Arbitration  
1 July 2011 Y. S. Mahangade to Steve Crocker and Rod Beckstrom Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai New gTLDs – dot mumbai  
1 July 2011 James L. Bikoff to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos Silverberg Goldman & Bikoff, LLP Protecting the Olympic Words in the New gTLDs  
22 June 2011 Debra Hughes to Peter Dengate Thrush, Rod Beckstrom, and the ICANN Board American Red Cross Request for Board Approval of the NPOC Charter on Friday  
22 June 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Heather Dryden, GAC Chair ICANN Four gTLD Whois Studies Approved  
17 June 2011 Scott Blackmun to Rod Beckstrom US Olympic Committee (USOC) Reserved Names List  
17 June 2011 Gerard de Graaf and Linsey McCallum to Rod Beckstrom and Peter Dengate Thrush European Commission Information Society and Media Directorate-General Removal of vertical separation between registries and registrars for new and existing gTLDs  
16 June 2011 David Meltzer, Peggy Dyer and Mary S. Elcano to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos American Red Cross Reserved Names List  
16 June 2011 Lawrence Strickling to Peter Dengate Thrush United States Department of Commerce Cross Ownership Issues  
14 June 2011 Terry Miller to Peter Dengate Thrush The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd. Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
10 June 2011 Michael Vesper to Peter Dengate Thrush Deutscher Olympischer SportBund Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
10 June 2011 Jean-Pierre Mougin to Peter Dengate Thrush Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
10 June 2011 Craig Phillips to Peter Dengate Thrush Australian Olympic Committee Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
9 June 2011 Juan Carlos Cárdenas Gueudinot to Peter Dengate Thrush Comite Olimpico de Chile Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
9 June 2011 Leonardo Gryner to Peter Dengate Thrush Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Reservation of the words OLYMPIC and OLYMPIAD  
9 June 2011 Raja Randhir Singh to Peter Dengate Thrush Indian Olympic Association Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
9 June 2011 Peter Prom to Peter Dengate Thrush Gambia National Olympic Committee Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
9 June 2011 Maxwell de Silva to Peter Dengate Thrush National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka Support for the IOC Reserved Names Proposal  
7 June 2011 Peter Dengate Thrush to Mr. Moustapha Guirassy ICANN ICANN's 42nd Public Meeting in Dakar, 23 – 28 October 2011  
7 June 2011 Kuo-Wei Wu to Dr. Tayfun Acarer ICANN Recent Developments Regarding IPV6 in Turkey  
7 June 2011 Kurt Pritz to Chairman Robert Goodlatte ICANN Additional Questions from the May 4, 2011 Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet  
13 May 2011 Erik Wilbers to Rod Beckstrom WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center observations on ICANN's "April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook"  
12 May 2011 Heather Dryden to Peter Dengate Thrush GAC GAC Statement on IOC and Red Cross Movement  
11 May 2011 John Bell to John Jeffrey .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition Open Letter to ICANN Regarding Employ Media Request for Arbitration  
11 May 2011 Ronald N. Andruff, et al. to Peter Dengate Thrush and Rod Beckstrom Ronald N. Andruff, et al. Packaged Applications for New gTLDs  
10 May 2011 Debra Y. Hughes to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos American Red Cross Reserved Names in New gTLDs  
6 May 2011 Erik Wilbers to ICANN WIPO WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Observations to ICANN for Policy Staff/GNSO Council "Current State of the UDRP Webinar"  
6 May 2011 Eric Enson to Arif Ali Jones Day Arbitration After Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
6 May 2011 GNSO gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group Statement The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group Clarification of Key Distinctions Between the Sponsored and Community-Based TLD Models  
3 May 2011 Arif Ali to Eric Enson Crowell & Moring Initiation of Arbitration after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
28 April 2011 Eric Enson to Gary Anderson Jones Day Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
28 April 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Raúl Echeberría ICANN United Domains Announcement  
26 April 2011 Eric Enson to Arif Ali Jones Day Cooperative Engagement after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
22 April 2011 Arif Ali to Eric Enson Crowell and Moring Cooperative Engagement after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
22 April 2011 Kuo-Wei Wu to Dr. Tayfun Acarer ICANN Recent Developments Regarding IPV6 in Turkey  
20 April 2011 Peter Dengate Thrush to Norbert van den Hove ICANN Delegation of ccTLD .BQ  
18 April 2011 Arif Ali to Eric Enson Crowell & Moring Cooperative Engagement after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
14 April 2011 Eric Enson to Brian Johnson Jones Day Cooperative Engagement after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
11 April 2011 Mr. Moustapha Guirassy to Peter Dengate Thrush Telecommunications and ICT, Republic of Senegal ICANN's 42nd Public Meeting in Dakar, 23 – 28 October 2011  
5 April 2011 Debra Y. Hughes to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos American Red Cross Reserved Names in New gTLDs  
4 April 2011 Howard M. Stupp to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos International Olympic Committee Reserved Names in New gTLDs (Confidential Information Redacted)  
1 April 2011 Brian Winterfeldt to Amy Stathos Steptoe & Johnson Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
27 March 2011 David H. Holtzman to Rod Beckstrom Depository 149.81.0.0 - 149.81.255.255/16  
25 March 2011 Rod Beckstrom to Fiona M. Alexander ICANN Request for Comments on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Functions  
23 March 2011 Eric Enson to Brian Johnson Jones Day Cooperative Engagement after Notice of Breach to Employ Media  
18 March 2011 David Maher to Peter Dengate Thrush and Rod Beckstrom Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) Proposed RySG Breach Notice Procedure  
15 March 2011 David H. Holtzman to Rod Beckstrom Depository, Inc. Bulk Access Denial by the American Registry for Internet Numbers  
14 March 2011 Raul Echeberría to Rod Beckstrom NRO IANA Contract Renewal  
10 March 2011 Jeffrey J. Neuman to Rod Beckstrom Neustar, Inc. Request to Amend the .BIZ Registry Agreement to Enable Neustar to Serve as Both a Registry and Registrar for New gTLDs  
9 March 2011 Erik Wilbers to the ICANN Board World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Observations in Connection with GAC Scorecard on Rights Protection and Corresponding ICANN Board Questions  
8 March 2011 Peter Dengate Thrush to Heather Dryden ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Report Recommendations  
5 March 2011 Peter Dengate Thrush to Heather Dryden ICANN Documenting the Board/GAC Brussels  
2 March 2011 David Holtzman to David Olive Depository Inc. Policy Proposal on IP Address Registration Services

Proposed Statement of IP Policy

Proposed Statement of IP Policy (Redline)

Proposed Statement of Accreditation Policy

Proposed Statement of Accreditation Policy (removed)
2 March 2011 David Holtzman to John Jeffrey Depository Inc. Policy Proposal on IP Address Registration Services

Proposed Statement of IP Policy

Proposed Statement of IP Policy (Redline)

Proposed Statement of Accreditation Policy

Proposed Statement of Accreditation Policy (removed)
2 March 2011 John Curran to Rod Beckstrom American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Bulk Access Denial by the American Registry for Internet Numbers  
1 March 2011 Rod Beckstrom to John Curran ICANN Bulk Access Denial by the American Registry for Internet Numbers  
1 March 2011 Ieuan Wyn Jones to Peter Dengate Thrush Welsh Assembly Government .cymru  
24 February 2011 Raul Echeberría to Rod Beckstrom The Number Resource Organization (NRO) Implementation of a Global Trust Anchor (GTA) for the RPKI System  
17 February 2011 Norbert van den Hove to Peter Dengate Thrush Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Delegation of ccTLD .BQ  
10 February 2011 John Jeffrey to Heather Dryden ICANN ICM Consultation Resolution  
2 February 2011 Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, State Secretary to Rod Beckstrom Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany Introduction of New gTLDs  
2 February 2011 ALAC Statement ALAC Regarding the Current Situation in Egypt  
1 February 2011 Urs LaCotte and Howard M. Stupp to Kurt Pritz and Amy Stathos International Olympic Committee Reserved Names in New gTLDs  
28 January 2011 Diane Duke to the ICANN Board and the GAC Free Speech Coalition ICM's Registry for the .XXX sTLD  
27 January 2011 David H. Holtzman to Rod Beckstrom The Depository, Inc. Bulk Access Denial by the American Registry for Internet Numbers  
24 January 2011 Stuart Lawley to Peter Dengate Thrush ICM Registry Consultation with GAC regarding ICM Registry and .XXX  
19 January 2011 David Maher to the ICANN Board of Directors GNSO gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group ICANN Board Resolution 2010.12.10.21  
18 January 2011 Sophia Bekele to Peter Dengate Thrush and Rod Beckstrom DotAfrica Open Letter for NITA - A preliminary case for an urgent need for .africa gTLD  
14 January 2011 Message from Olivier Crépin-Leblond to Peter Dengate Thrush ALAC Suggestions on Forthcoming Board Meeting with the GAC  
Domain Name System
Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"". An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, as required by many European languages, or may consist of characters from non-Latin scripts such as Arabic or Chinese. Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"". The basic Latin alphabet together with the European-Arabic digits are, for the purpose of domain names, termed ""ASCII characters"" (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs. The ""hostname rule"" requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the DNS using only the ASCII characters listed above, with the one further addition of the hyphen ""-"". The Unicode form of an IDN therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the DNS. The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" (separated by ""dots""). The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"". All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively. The Unicode form, which a user expects to be displayed, is termed a ""U-label"". The difference may be illustrated with the Hindi word for ""test"" — परीका — appearing here as a U-label would (in the Devanagari script). A special form of ""ASCII compatible encoding"" (abbreviated ACE) is applied to this to produce the corresponding A-label: xn--11b5bs1di. A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"". Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann.org"" is not an IDN."