[council] ICANN Board Selects ISOC Proposal for .org Successor Operator

[Louis Touton <touton@icann.org>]

To the Names Council:

Today the ICANN Board selected Public Interest Registry (PIR), a
not-for-profit organization established by the Internet Society, to
enter into contract negotiations with ICANN to become the successor
operator for .org.  The annoucement is posted at
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct02.htm>; the
preliminary report of the Board meeting is posted at
<http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14oct02.htm>.

ICANN thanks the applicants for their committment in the long and
arduous evaluation process, which resulted in many excellent proposals.

Best regards,

Louis Touton