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During the meeting in Accra, Ghana on March of 2002, the [[ICANN Board]]] resolved the request for proposals from parties interested in taking over the registry operations of the .org TLD from [[Verisign]]<ref>
During the meeting in Accra, Ghana on March of 2002, the [[ICANN Board]]] resolved the request for proposals from parties interested in taking over the registry operations of the .org TLD from [[Verisign]]<ref>
[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm#orgReassignment .org Reassignment]</ref>(acquired Network Solutions in 2000).
[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-14mar02.htm#orgReassignment .org Reassignment]</ref> (acquired Network Solutions in 2000).
ICANN received 11 proposals by June of 2002 and created four teams to evaluate the proposals. The teams include:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/org/preliminary-evaluation-report-19aug02.htm Preliminary Staff Report]</ref>
* [[Gartner, Inc.]]- it was tasked to evaluate the technical aspects of the proposals
* An international team of Chief Information Officers- conducted an independent technical evaluation using a different methodology
* Noncommercial Domain Name Holders Constituency of ICANN's DNSO- responsible in usage evaluation of the proposals
* ICANN's General Counsel- evaluated the procedural aspects of the bids.
After evaluating the proposals, the teams recommended the three proposals as strong candidates to succeed the management of the .org registration services from Verisign which include:
* [[Public Interest Registry]] (PIR)
* [[Neustar]]
* [[Global Name Registry]]
The Department of Commerce approved Public Interest Registry to take over the management of the .org TLD registry.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/doc-to-icann-26nov02.htm Department of Commerce Approval Letter]</ref>
==References==
==References==