CORE
| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Registrar Association |
| Founded: | 1996 |
| Headquarters: | World Trade Center II 29, route de Pré-Bois CH-1215 |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Website: | Corenic.org |
CORE is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: .firm, .shop, .web, .arts, .rec, .info and .nom. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, ISOC, and IANA in the fall 1996.[1] It is an ICANN accredited registrar.
History
CORE grew out of the Memorandum of Understanding, or MoU, which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation. CORE is funded by its registrars, 85 in international markets and 23 in the U.S., all of whom are dedicated to fairness and competition on the internet.[2]
Executive Committee
The latest CORE Executive Committee elections happened in July, 2007, via electronic vote. Current Members include:
Marcus Faure, Chair, Global Village GmbH, Germany. Iliya Bazlyankov, Unicart Ltd., Bulgaria. Jordi Hinojosa, external. Roland Irle, Kamp Netzwerkdienste GmbH, Germany. Werner Staub, Axone SA, Switzerland.[3]