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<big>'''Welcome to ICANNWiki'''</big>, a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable guide to the world of [[ICANN]].  It is intended for use by people attending [[ICANN]] conferences as well as those following what's happening from afar.  So far we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles written and, of course, have plenty more [[ICANNWiki:Community portal|to do]]!
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We are in the process of migrating content from [http://www.icannwiki.org the original site] to the new site, here at '''ICANNWiki.com'''.
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You are more than welcome to help ...  well actually, we really need your help editing the information being added!  If you're interested, please just make a login and [[Getting Started|get started]] if you're familiar with Wiki and if not, send any one of us ([[Raymond King|Ray]], [[Andrew Merriam|Andrew]] or [[Caterina Purves|Caterina]]) an e-mail and we'll get you going!
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'''Andrzej Bartosiewicz''' is CEO at Yonita Inc., an offshoot of Yon Consulting, which he co-founded in 2010. He was previously a Member of the Board of [[CENTR]], having served as Chair from 2006 to 2010. From 2001 to 2010, he was Director of the [[.pl]] [[registry]], [[NASK]]. He is a Member of [[ICANN]]'s Incident Response Working Group, and has been a part of [[ISOC]] Poland since 2000. Bartosiewicz served as Head of Delegation of the Polish Government to the International Telecommunication Union ([[ITU]]) and Chairman and Rapporteur of the ITU-T Study Group from 2005 to 2009. He was also a Member of the Domain Arbitration Committee at the Polish Chamber of Informatics and Telecommunication ([[PIIT]]) from 2002 until 2003...[[Andrzej Bartosiewicz|read more]]
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'''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. '''1993''' Tucows began in Flint, Michigan. It was originally started by [[Scott Swedorski]] as a website to offer software on a freeware or shareware basis. '''1995''' Tucows is aquired by Toronto-based ISP Internet Direct. '''1999''' Tucows is accredited by [[ICANN]] as a domain name registrar. '''2000''' Tucows launches an Open[[SRS]] platform and began accepting domain name registrations from [[ISP]]s and web hosting companies. '''2001''' Tucows merges with Infonautics, Inc., an internet information services company.  '''2006''' Tucows acquires [[NetIdentity]]. At the time, [[NetIdentity]] owned 68% of all US and European surname domain names. '''2007''' Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com,, a privately held [[ICANN]]-accredited wholesale registrar offering domain services through a network of over 2,500 affiliates with over 700,000 domains under management. '''2008''' Tucows launches [[Hover.com]]. Tucows discontinues ItsYourDomain.com, NetIdentity, and DomainDirect, merges them, and forms Hover. '''2008''' Tucows announces the launch of [[Butterscotch.com]], an online video network with video tutorials to explain internet technology. '''2010''' Tucows announces that it has undertaken a "Dutch auction" to purchase 3.9 million shares of its stock for a $.70 per share.....[[Tucows|read more]]
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<center><table style="background-color:transparent"><tr><td>[[Image:BillAndHill.jpg|thumb|250px|Bill and Hill in San Francisco]]</td><td>[[Image:Maori_Mural.jpg|thumb|345px|Vint Cerf dancing with the Maori]]</td><td>[[Image:Vint_farewell_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Vint Cerf says farewell to LA]]</td></tr></table></center>
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