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The ICA has also previously announced plans to effectively shut-down its operations due to funding shortfalls.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/25/big-changes-for-internet-commerce-association/ DomainNameWire]</ref>
The ICA has also previously announced plans to effectively shut-down its operations due to funding shortfalls.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/25/big-changes-for-internet-commerce-association/ DomainNameWire]</ref>
==ICANN==
==ICANN==
*In June, 2011, The ICA urged [[ICANN Board|the board]] to adopt a policy that no incumbent registry seeking to affiliate with a registrar be allowed to simply elect to transition to the new gTLD Registry Agreement.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2011/06/04/exclusive-ica-letter-to-icann-brass-on-variable-pricing-urs-application-to-existing-tlds-including-com/ ICA Letter to ICANN Brass- TheDomains.com]</ref>
* The ICA has long supported initiatives within ICANN to create new [[gTLD]]s, and has chastised those moves that slow down the process, often taking on the [[GAC]], and the U.S. [[DOC|Department of Commerce]] for their oppositional stances.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091001.htm DNJournal.com Daily Posts]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091001.htm DNJournal.com]</ref> However, it has also called for moderation and a balanced approach, notably abstaining from an invitation to sign a 2009 letter urging ICANN to allow new gTLDs.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/ica-refused-sign-letter-urging-initiation-gtlds/6142 ICA Refused to Sign Letter Urging GTLD Initiation- DomainNameNews.com]</ref>
* The ICA has long supported initiatives within ICANN to create new [[gTLD]]s, and has chastised those moves that slow down the process, often taking on the [[GAC]], and the U.S. [[DOC|Department of Commerce]] for their oppositional stances.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091001.htm DNJournal.com Daily Posts]</ref><ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091001.htm DNJournal.com]</ref> However, it has also called for moderation and a balanced approach, notably abstaining from an invitation to sign a 2009 letter urging ICANN to allow new gTLDs.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/ica-refused-sign-letter-urging-initiation-gtlds/6142 ICA Refused to Sign Letter Urging GTLD Initiation- DomainNameNews.com]</ref>