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The IFWP was formed after the National Telecommunications Information Administration ([[NTIA]]) released the [[White Paper]] in 1998 and asked for public comments regarding the governments proposal to improve the technical management of the internet by transferring the management to a new non-government corporation.<ref>[http://www.ifwp.org/press.html Internet Stakeholder Associations to Advance White Paper Process]</ref>

Professor Tamar Frankel of the Boston University of Law chaired the first IFWP meeting held at Reston, Virginia. The meeting discussed the significant issues discussed in the White Paper such as the creation of a new private corporation to manage the DNS, new domain name registry and dispute resolution process and the issues on internet security and privacy. Three other meetings were initiated by IFWP in Geneva Switzerland, Singapore, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were almost one thousand internet stakeholders who participated in the meetings.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/domainname/proposals/bosgrp/submission-letter.html Letter of the Boston Working Group to Ira Magaziner]</ref>

Professor [[Tamar Frankel]] of the Boston University of Law chaired the first IFWP meeting held at Reston, Virginia. The meeting discussed the significant issues discussed in the White Paper such as the creation of a new private corporation to manage the DNS, new domain name registry and dispute resolution process and the issues on internet security and privacy. Three other meetings were initiated by IFWP in Geneva Switzerland, Singapore, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were almost one thousand internet stakeholders who participated in the meetings.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/domainname/proposals/bosgrp/submission-letter.html Letter of the Boston Working Group to Ira Magaziner]</ref>

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 The IFWP was formed after the National Telecommunications Information Administration ([[NTIA]]) released the [[White Paper]] in 1998 and asked for public comments regarding the governments proposal to improve the technical management of the internet by transferring the management to a new non-government corporation.<ref>[http://www.ifwp.org/press.html Internet Stakeholder Associations to Advance White Paper Process]</ref>
-Professor Tamar Frankel of the Boston University of Law chaired the first IFWP meeting held at Reston, Virginia. The meeting discussed the significant issues discussed in the White Paper such as the creation of a new private corporation to manage the DNS, new domain name registry and dispute resolution process and the issues on internet security and privacy. Three other meetings were initiated by IFWP in Geneva Switzerland, Singapore, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were almost one thousand internet stakeholders who participated in the meetings.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/domainname/proposals/bosgrp/submission-letter.html Letter of the Boston Working Group to Ira Magaziner]</ref>
+Professor [[Tamar Frankel]] of the Boston University of Law chaired the first IFWP meeting held at Reston, Virginia. The meeting discussed the significant issues discussed in the White Paper such as the creation of a new private corporation to manage the DNS, new domain name registry and dispute resolution process and the issues on internet security and privacy. Three other meetings were initiated by IFWP in Geneva Switzerland, Singapore, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were almost one thousand internet stakeholders who participated in the meetings.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/ntiahome/domainname/proposals/bosgrp/submission-letter.html Letter of the Boston Working Group to Ira Magaziner]</ref>
 ==IFWP Regional Forums==