ICANN Public Comment Forum

Welcome to the ICANN Public Comment Forum. Below is a list of topics that are currently open for comment. Your input on these issues is important to us and to the success of the ICANN policy formation process.

The ICANN Public Comment Forum is designed to provide interested Internet users with means to communicate online with each other, and with the ICANN Board of Directors and staff, about pending ICANN issues and activities. ICANN will regularly post proposals and recommendations for public review and comment. The Public Comment Forum provides an open threaded messaging mechanism in which public comments can be posted, reviewed, and responded to.

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Please note this is an experimental interface, built to facilitate thoughtful discussion of the issues currently before the ICANN community. However, the software is under development, and there will undoubtedly be some problems. If you discover any problems or bugs, or have comments on the operation of this forum, please notify us at forum@icann.org.

• Ad Hoc Group on Numbering and Addressing
• At Large Study (until 27 December 2000)
• ICANN Cost-Recovery Structure (November 2000)
• Off-Topic Forum (miscellaneous postings)

• At Large Elections: Proposed Rules for Self-Nomination (Forum closed 7 July 2000)
• At Large Membership (leading up to Cairo meeting) (February-March 2000)
• Bylaw Amendment on Terms of Original SO Directors (February-March 2000)
• ccTLD Delegation and Administration Policies (Cairo) (February-March 2000)
• ccTLD Delegation and Administration Policies (Yokohama) (Forum closed 13 July 2000)
• Definition of ICANN's Geographic Regions (Forum closed 11 July 2000)
• DNSO Working Group C Report on gTLD Expansion (April 2000)
• DNSO Working Group B (Famous Names) Interim Report (April 2000)
• DNSO Working Group B (Famous Names) Formal Report (May 2000)
• Election Committee Recommendations (Forum closed 8 July 2000)
• Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Proposed Budget (May-June 2000)
• Independent Review Policy (February-March 2000)
• Introduction of New Top-Level Domains (Forum closed 11 July 2000)
• New TLD Applications (Forum closed 5 November 2000)
• New TLD Applications II (Forum closed 17 November 2000)
• Proposed Agreements Among ICANN, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Network Solutions, Inc. (November 1999)
• Revisions to ICANN Bylaws on At Large Membership (Forum closed 11 July 2000)
• Revision to ICANN Bylaws on Meeting Minutes (Forum closed 11 July 2000)

• ICANN Community Feedback (comments@icann.org).