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Contributions


List Of Contributors

Contributors to ICANN are encouraged to help defray the costs of starting up the organization and making the transition to full operartional status. Funds received during the startup period were used for expenses such as formatin of supporting organizations, Board and public meetings, drafting and public review of accreditation guidelines, and general business expenses.

In the current fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1999, ICANN activities will continue to be primarily focused on its traditional activities as set forth in the U.S. Government's White Paper and Memorandum of Understanding with ICANN. These include:

- completion of ICANN organizational arrangements, such as the seating of the permanent members of the Board of Directors and recruiting of a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer.

- completion of contractual arrangements with registry-administrators

- continuing accreditation of registrars for the .com, .net and .org domains

- study, recommendations, public comment and implementation of policy decisions concerning domain names, trademarks and related provisions of the WIPO study

- study, recommendations, public comment and implementation of policy decisions concerning expansion of the Top Level Domain (TLD) name space

- study, recommendations, public comment and implementation of updatedd arrangements for Internet root servers

- review and adoption, after public comment and possible revision, of recommendations received from ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees

ICANN is incorporated as a tax-exempt organization, but it has not yet received a determination from the United States Internal Revenue Service that contributions to ICANN are tax-deductible under American tax laws. Donors in and outside the United States should consult with their own tax advisors with regard to tax-deductibility.

Contributions will be publicly acknowledged on the ICANN website. Please send them to:

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Organizations wishing to make contributions by wire transfer of funds may do so by directing them as follows:

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
c/o Bank Of America Branch 09141 Ð Account 04900
Routing Indicator 121000358
4754 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey CA 90292 USA
Telephone +1.310.247.2080

IMPORTANT. In order to ensure accurate receipt, all wire transfers should be accompanied by an email notice to ICANN addressed to contributions@icann.org.

Thank you for your generosity! Please note that your contribution entitles you to nothing other than acknowledgement... and the satisfaction of supporting a vital public resource.


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