Changes

While ICANN has its roots in the U.S. government, it is now, and continues to strive to be, a community driven, international organization. Their management of an interoperable Internet covers 180 million [[domain names]], the allocation of more than 4 billion network addresses, and the support of a trillion odd [[DNS]] look-ups everyday across 240 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-19feb10-en.pdf ICANN Strategic Plan 2010]</ref>

While ICANN has its roots in the U.S. government, it is now, and continues to strive to be, a community driven, international organization. Their management of an interoperable Internet covers 180 million [[domain names]], the allocation of more than 4 billion network addresses, and the support of a trillion odd [[DNS]] look-ups everyday across 240 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-19feb10-en.pdf ICANN Strategic Plan 2010]</ref>

ICANN collaborates with companies, individuals, and governments to ensure the continued success of the Internet. It holds meetings three times a year, switching its international location for each meeting; one of these serves as the annual general meeting when the new ICANN board members take their seats.<ref>[http://meetings.icann.org/about ICANN About Meetings]</ref>

ICANN collaborates with companies, individuals, and governments to ensure the continued success of the Internet. It holds meetings three times a year, switching the international location for each meeting; one of these serves as the annual general meeting when the new ICANN board members take their seats.<ref>[http://meetings.icann.org/about ICANN About Meetings]</ref>

==The Beginning==

==The Beginning==