Changes

* New [[TLD]] evaluation process began, 2002.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-annual-meeting-15dec02.htm#AmendmentofNewBylaws ICANN 4th Annual Meeting]</ref>

* New [[TLD]] evaluation process began, 2002.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-annual-meeting-15dec02.htm#AmendmentofNewBylaws ICANN 4th Annual Meeting]</ref>

* The [[Board Governance Committee]] was created, 2003.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-27mar03.htm ICANN Rio]</ref>

* The [[Board Governance Committee]] was created, 2003.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-27mar03.htm ICANN Rio]</ref>

* The [[ccNSO]] was created, 2003.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-26jun03.htm ICANN Montreal]</ref>

* The [[ccNSO]] was officially created, 2004.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/rome-resolutions-06mar04.htm ICANN Rome]</ref>

 

=New gTLDs=

=New gTLDs=

The discussion of creating new [[gTLD|Generic Top-Level Domains]] has been around since the inception of ICANN; there was no set number fixed, and the fact that the [[.com]] extension has long been the most widely used and recognizable top-level domain was encouraged by ICANN's slow policy development process. It was underwritten in the 2001 amendments to their [[MoU]] with the U.S.' [[DOC|Department of Commerce]] that ICANN was to "collaborate on the design, development and testing of a plan for creating a process that will consider the possible expansion of the number of gTLDs".<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/icann-memorandum.htm NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>

The discussion of creating new [[gTLD|Generic Top-Level Domains]] has been around since the inception of ICANN; there was no set number fixed, and the fact that the [[.com]] extension has long been the most widely used and recognizable top-level domain was encouraged by ICANN's slow policy development process. It was underwritten in the 2001 amendments to their [[MoU]] with the U.S.' [[DOC|Department of Commerce]] that ICANN was to "collaborate on the design, development and testing of a plan for creating a process that will consider the possible expansion of the number of gTLDs".<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/icann-memorandum.htm NTIA.doc.gov]</ref>