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Correspondence Affiliation Date Issue
Letter from Registrars to Paul Twomey [PDF, 99 KB] Registrars 12 December 2003 Wait-List Service
Speech by Paul Twomey to Plenary of the World Summit for the Information Society World Summit on the Information Society 11 December 2003 World Summit on the Information Society
Letter from Tina Dam to Bruce Beckwith Public Interest Registry 10 December 2003
Message from Registrars to Paul Twomey Registrars 3 December 2003 Wait-List Service
Message from Ben Turner to Paul Twomey VeriSign 17 November 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Message from Ross Wm. Rader to Barbara Roseman Tucows Inc. 14 November 2003 Staff Managers Issues Report for the Development of a Process for the Introduction of New or Modified Registry Services
Message from Mark McFadden to Barbara Roseman Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency 11 November 2003 ISPCP Statement on Issues Report for Proposed Registry Services
Message from Thomas Roessler to ICANN ALAC 7 November 2003 New registry services / constituency statements
Message from Jeff Neuman to Barbara Roseman Chair, gTLD Registries Constituency 7 November 2003 Unsponsored gTLD Registries Statement on Registry Services
Message from J. Scott Evans to Barbara Roseman Intellectual Property Constituency 7 November 2003 New Registry Services Issue Report
Message from RegistryPro Advisory Board to Tina Dam RegistryPro, Inc. 24 October 2003 RegistryPro proposal to amend .pro Registry Agreement
Letter from Paul Twomey to Edward Viltz Public Interest Registry 21 October 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Letter from Paul Twomey to Bruce Tonkin [PDF, 186 KB] GNSO 20 October 2003
Letter from Rusty Lewis to Paul Twomey VeriSign 13 October 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Letter from Geir Rasmussen to Stephen Crocker [PDF, 103 KB] VeriSign 13 October 2003 second level email forwarding service for .name
Letter from EnCirca to ICANN VeriSign, Inc./Network Solutions, Inc. 13 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Global Name Registry (GNR) to SECSAC VeriSign, Inc./Network Solutions, Inc. 13 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from AT&T to ICANN VeriSign 7 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
VeriSign Response to IAB Commentary [PDF, 712 KB] VeriSign 6 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Paul Twomey to VeriSign VeriSign 6 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
VeriSign Response to ICANN's Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove Wildcard [PDF, 213 KB] VeriSign 3 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
VeriSign Response to SECSAC's Recommendations Regarding SiteFinder [PDF, 179 KB] VeriSign 3 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Message from Elliot Noss to Paul Twomey VeriSign 3 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Message from Theo Hnarakis to Paul Twomey VeriSign 2 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Message from AFNIC to ICANN VeriSign 2 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Message from Elana Broitman to Paul Twomey VeriSign 1 October 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Tina Dam to Ram Mohan Afilias 26 September 2003 Preliminary approval of Redemption Grace Period Service
Letter from Lynn St. Amour to Paul Twomey VeriSign 26 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Chris Disspain to Paul Twomey [PDF, 85 KB] VeriSign 25 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Edward G. Viltz to Paul Twomey [PDF, 37 KB] Public Interest Registry 22 September 2003 Public Interest Registry
Message from Security and Stability Advisory Committee to ICANN Board of Directors Security and Stability Advisory Committee 22 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from David Maher to Paul Twomey [PDF, 155 KB] VeriSign 22 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Russell Lewis to Paul Twomey VeriSign 21 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Brian Davis to VeriSign [PDF, 189 KB] VeriSign 19 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Cigref to VeriSign VeriSign 19 September 2003 DNS Wildcard Service
Letter from Tina Dam to Marie Zitkova SITA 12 September 2003
Letter from Paul Twomey to Charles Gomes VeriSign 4 September 2003 VGRS Wait-Listing Service
Letter from Paul Twomey to Ram Mohan Afilias 19 August 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Letter from Tina Dam to Bruce Beckwith Public Interest Registry 7 August 2003 .org transition phase
Letter from A. Cassidy Sehgal to Tina Dam RegistryPro, Inc. 6 August 2003 RegistryPro proposal to amend .pro Registry Agreement
Testimony of Paul Twomey to Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 31 July 2003
Letter from Ram Mohan to Tina Dam [PDF, 196 KB] Afilias 24 July 2003 Request for IDN authorization
Message from Keven E. Brannon to Louis Touton Dotster, Inc. 25 June 2003
Message from Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon Dotster, Inc. 23 June 2003
Message from Paul Twomey to Koki Higashida Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. 20 June 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Message from Paul Twomey to Vincent W.S. Chen TWNIC 20 June 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Message from Mao Wei to Paul Twomey CNNIC 18 June 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Message from Koki Higashida to Paul Twomey Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. 18 June 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Message from Vincent W.S. Chen to Paul Twomey TWNIC 18 June 2003 Internationalized Domain Names
Letter from Louis Touton to Edward G. Viltz Public Interest Registry 6 June 2003 redemption grace period
Letter from Paul Stahura to Dan Halloran eNom, Inc. 31 May 2003 Reconsideration requests RC 02-5 and RC 02-6
Letter from Charles Gomes to Dan Halloran VeriSign 28 May 2003 VGRS Wait-Listing Service
Message from GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency to Paul Twomey GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency 21 May 2003 WIPO-2 recommendations
Message from Michael Heltzer to Louis Touton GNSO Intellectual Property Interests Constituency 15 May 2003 WIPO-2 IGO recommendation
Message from Vittorio Bertola to Louis Touton At-Large Advisory Committee 12 May 2003 WIPO-2 recommendations
Letter from Robert R. Parsons to Dan Halloran Go Daddy Software, Inc. 8 May 2003 Regarding VeriSign WLS Service
Message from Bruce Tonkin to Louis Touton GNSO Council 7 May 2003 WIPO-2 recommendations
Message from Louis Touton to Kevin E. Brannon Dotster, Inc. 6 May 2003 Reconsideration requests RC 02-5 and RC 02-6
Letter from Jane Mutimear to Louis Touton GNSO Intellectual Property Interests Constituency 1 May 2003 Bulk Whois
Message from Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi to Paul Twomey Governmental Advisory Committee 23 April 2003 Advising of GAC position on GNSO recommendations on transfers
Message from Louis Touton to GNSO Council GNSO Council 11 April 2003 Deletes Task Force report
Letter from Keven E. Brannon to Paul Twomey Dotster, Inc. 9 April 2003
Message from Louis Touton to GNSO Council GNSO Council 8 April 2003 Challenge to NCUC selection of GNSO Council representatives
Letter from Stuart Lynn to Stratton Sclavos VeriSign 31 March 2003 Proposed revisions to ICANN/VeriSign Agreements
Message from Louis Touton to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi Governmental Advisory Committee 30 March 2003 Notifying GAC of Board consideration of GNSO recommendations on transfers
Supplemental Statement GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency to GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency 25 March 2003 Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
Message from Danny Younger to Louis Touton Danny Younger 21 March 2003 Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
Message from Louis Touton to Danny Younger Danny Younger 20 March 2003 Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
Statement Provided by GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency to GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency 20 March 2003 Inquiry on Challenge to Selection of GNSO Council Members
Message from Louis Touton to Harold Feld GNSO Non-Commercial Users Constituency 17 March 2003 Challenge to selection of GNSO Council members
Message from Lim Choon Sai to Louis Touton SGNIC 14 March 2003 Withdrawal of .sg trademark applications
Message from Marilyn Cade to Vint Cerf GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency 25 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Message from Marilyn Cade to Vint Cerf GNSO Commercial and Business Users Constituency 24 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Message from Jeff Neuman to Vint Cerf GNSO gTLD Registries Constituency 24 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Message from Tim Ruiz to Vint Cerf Go Daddy Software, Inc. 24 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Message from Ken Stubbs to Vint Cerf Ken Stubbs 24 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Message from Cary Karp to Vint Cerf MuseDoma 24 February 2003 Proposed clarifications to the bylaws
Letter from Francis Gurry to Vint Cerf World Intellectual Property Organization 21 February 2003 Transmitting WIPO Internet Second Domain Process recommendations
Budget Request from At-Large Advisory Committee to Stuart Lynn At-Large Advisory Committee 10 February 2003 Interim ALAC budget request
Letter from Louis Touton to Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi ICANN 10 February 2003 Request for Advice Concerning Trademark Claims to Top-Level Domain Codes
Letter from Rusty Lewis to Stuart Lynn VeriSign 7 February 2003 IDNs and .com and .net nameserver behavior
Letter from Edward L. Beauchamp to Stuart Lynn [PDF, 40 KB] World Tourism Foundation, Inc. 6 February 2003 .Travel TLD
Message from Louis Touton to Marilyn Cade GNSO Council Whois Task Force 30 January 2003 Whois-accuracy requirements of Registrar Accreditation Agreement
Message from Internet Architecture Board to Stuart Lynn Internet Architecture Board 25 January 2003 Consensus statement rgarding VGRS IDN implementation
Letter from Hansjürgen Garstka to Stuart Lynn International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications 15 January 2003 Whois policy
Message from Steve Crocker to ICANN Board Chair, Security and Stability Committee 14 January 2003 Whois protocol
Message from Stuart Lynn to Internet Architecture Board Internet Architecture Board 6 January 2003 Request for advice regarding VGRS IDN implementation

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