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* It had previously been decided that supporting organizations with expertise in [[Domain Name|domain names]] would be needed, and that ICANN should create its own group rather than rely on existing techincal and professional organizations to report to its [[ICANN Board|board]]. Thus, at ICANN 1 in Singapore seven constituencies of Internet stakeholders were self-organized through the adoption of the Statement of Domain Name Supporting Organization Formation Concepts resolution. Later that year the [[DNSO]] would be officially recognized as the larger umbrella for all of these [[Supporting Organizations]].<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2000/second-status-report-department-commerce-icann NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>
* It had previously been decided that supporting organizations with expertise in [[Domain Name|domain names]] would be needed, and that ICANN should create its own group rather than rely on existing techincal and professional organizations to report to its [[ICANN Board|board]]. Thus, at ICANN 1 in Singapore seven constituencies of Internet stakeholders were self-organized through the adoption of the Statement of Domain Name Supporting Organization Formation Concepts resolution. Later that year the [[DNSO]] would be officially recognized as the larger umbrella for all of these [[Supporting Organizations]].<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2000/second-status-report-department-commerce-icann NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>
===Other Notes===
===Other Notes===
* At that time the [[GAC]] was chaired by future ICANN CEO, [[Paul Twomey]].<re>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FoU7zsFSPv8J:singapore41.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/transcript-welcome-20jun11-en.txt+first+ICANN+meeting+singapore+1999&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com WebCache.GoogleUserContent.com ICANN 41 Opening Transcript]</ref>
* At that time the [[GAC]] was chaired by future ICANN CEO, [[Paul Twomey]].<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:FoU7zsFSPv8J:singapore41.icann.org/meetings/singapore2011/transcript-welcome-20jun11-en.txt+first+ICANN+meeting+singapore+1999&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com WebCache.GoogleUserContent.com ICANN 41 Opening Transcript]</ref>
* At the time of the first ICANN meeting the DNS had a completely different makeup:
* There were 171 million total Internet users, compared to 2 billion in 2011.
* 56% of those Internet users were from the United States or Canada. 15% from the Asia Pacific. Today, fewer than 14% of Internet users come from North America, 44% are from Asia.
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