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Calendar & Events - last update March 16, 1998

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Calendar & Events

Listed below are key events/timelines related to gTLD-MoU activities:

September 30, 1998: End of optional ramp-down period for NSF/NSI Cooperative Agreement
May 14-15, 1998 (Newport Beach, California): CORE Plenary Meeting
March 31, 1998: Normal end of NSF/NSI Cooperative Agreement
January 22, 1997 (Washington, D.C): Internet Domain Name System - gTLD-MoU Information Session - An Opportunity to Meet Members of the Policy Oversight Committee (POC) and Council of Registrars (CORE) to Discuss Policy, Legal and Technical Aspects of the new Top Level Domains.
January 21, 23, 24, 1997 (Washington, D.C): CORE Plenary Meeting.
November 25, 1997 (Brussels): Internet domain name system - European information meeting on the gTLD-MoU (sponsored by the European Commission, DG XIII).
November 8, 1997 (Tokyo): Annual CORE Meeting (only open to CORE members)
November 7, 1997 (Tokyo): New Developments in the Domain Name System - An Opportunity to Meet Members of the interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC) to Discuss Policy and Legal Aspects of the new Top Level Domains - (with English/Japanese Interpretation) - sponsored by the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)
September 4-5, 1997 (New York City): Technical meeting of qualified Registrars under the gTLD-MoU and other parties interested in the CORE shared database/repository design and technology.

May 14-15, 1998 (Newport Beach, California)

Title	CORE Plenary Meeting
Date & Times	Thursday, Friday, 14-15 May 1998
Venue	Balboa Bay Club 1221 W. Coast Highway Newport Beach California USA +1 (714) 645-5000
Registration	CORE Members Only through CORE members web site
Hotels	Embassy Suites 2120 Main Street Irvine, CA 92714 TEL: 714-553-8332 FAX: 714-261-5301 Marriott Hotel Irvine 18000 Von Karman Irvine, CA 92715 TEL: 714-553-0100 FAX: 714-261-7059 Both of these hotels run shuttles to the Airport. Taxi fares from the airport area to the Club should be in the rang of US$10 to US$15.

January 22, 1998 (Washington, D.C.)

Title	Internet Domain Name System - gTLD-MoU Information Session - An Opportunity to Meet Members of the Policy Oversight Committee (POC) and Council of Registrars (CORE) to Discuss Policy, Legal and Technical Aspects of the new Top Level Domains.
Date & Times	Thursday, 22 January 1998 Registration 8:30 - Meeting 9.00-15.30
Venue	The Army and Navy Club of Washington D.C. 901 Seventeenth Street NW, on Farragut Square Washington, DC 20006-2503 TEL: 202-628-8400 FAX: 202-296-8787
Dress Code	The Army and Navy Club is a club which has the following dress code: "Coat and tie for gentlemen and appropriate attire for ladies applies to all members and their guests."
Fees	Entrance free for Congressional Representatives and Aides, United States Administration officials and the Press. All others US $ 60.00, including luncheon, to be paid on site at registration.
Capacity	Limited to 175
Agenda	Under Preparation
Registration	Please fill in the registration form and fax it to: Internet Society Attention: Mary Burger FAX: +1 703 648 9887
More Info	See Washington DC Visitors Bulletin Board
Hotels	The Carlton Hotel 16th & K Streets NW Washington, DC 202-638-2626 The Jefferson Hotel 1200 16th Street NW Washington, DC 202-347-2200 The Captiol Hilton Hotel 1001 l6th Street NW Washington, DC 202-393-1000 The Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 202-347-3000 Embassy Inn 1627 16th Street NW Washington, DC 202-234-7800 The Madison Motel 1177 l5th Street NW 202-862-1600 Hotel Sofitel 1914 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 202-797-2000 Willard Inter-Continental Hotel 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 202-628-9100

January 21, 23-24, 1998 (Washington, D.C.)

Title	Plenary Meeting of CORE (Council of Registrars) - CORE Members Only
Date & Times	Wednesday, 21 January 1998 Friday, 23 January 1998 Saturday, 24 January 1998
Venue	University Club of Washington D.C. 1135 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, DC, 20006 TEL: 202-862-8800 FAX: 202-628-1236
More Info	See Washington DC Visitors Bulletin Board
Hotels	The Carlton Hotel 16th & K Streets NW Washington, DC 202-638-2626 The Jefferson Hotel 1200 16th Street NW Washington, DC 202-347-2200 The Captiol Hilton Hotel 1001 l6th Street NW Washington, DC 202-393-1000 The Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 202-347-3000 Embassy Inn 1627 16th Street NW Washington, DC 202-234-7800 The Madison Motel 1177 l5th Street NW 202-862-1600 Hotel Sofitel 1914 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 202-797-2000 Willard Inter-Continental Hotel 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 202-628-9100

November 25, 1997 (Brussels)

Title	Internet domain name system - European information meeting on the gTLD-MoU (sponsored by the European Commission, DG XIII).
Date & Times	Tuesday, 25 November, 1997 10.00-18.00
Venue	Centre Culturel d' Auderghem Boulevard du Souverain 185 1160 Brussels Belgium Tel: 32 2 676 4983 Metro: Herrmann-Debroux (For Brussels Metro map click here)
Local Sponsor	European Commission DG XIII Avenue de Beaulieu 24 1160 Brussels Belgium Contact: <catherine.ayi@bxl.dg13.cec.be> or telephone +32 2 296 8872
Fees	None
Registration	Please fill in the registration form and fax it to +32 2 296 8359
Agenda	Agenda is now available
Presentations	See the list of presentations given
Hotels	Please quote the reference INTERNET-DNS for special rates on these hotels: Eurovillage : BEF 3950 per night plus BEF 550 breakfast. Tel: +32 2 230.85.55, Fax: +32 2 230.56.35 Europa Intercontinental : BEF 4350 per night, breakfast included Tel: +32 2 230.13.33, Fax: +32 2 230.36.82 Hotel Euroflat : BEF 4100 per night, breakfast included Tel: +32 2 230.00.10, Fax: +32 2 230.36.83.

November 8, 1997 (Tokyo)

Title	Annual CORE Meeting (only open to CORE members)
Date	Nov. 8, 1997
Venue	Tokyo American Club
Hotels	See below and http://www.psi-japan.com/hotels.htm

November 7, 1997 (Tokyo)

Title	New Developments in the Domain Name System - An Opportunity to Meet Members of the interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC) to Discuss Policy and Legal Aspects of the new Top Level Domains - (with English/Japanese Interpretation) - sponsored by the Japan Network Information Center(JPNIC)
Date & Times	Nov. 7, 1997 (Fri.) 10:00 - 15:00 (Break 12:00 - 13:00)
Venue	Kudan Kaikan, Shinju no ma (Shinju Room) Kudan Minami 1-6-5, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102, Japan Phone: +81-3-3261-5521 Access: Subways: Tozai Line, Hanzoumon Line, Shinjuku Line, Kudan Station EXT #4, 1 min.
Local Sponsor	Japan Network Information Center(JPNIC) Business Group 2. Mansui Bldg. 3F, 2-9-18 Kanda-Surugadai Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan E-mail: secretariat@nic.ad.jp Telephone: +81-3-3219-1601 FAX(G3,G4): +81-3-5280-7199
Fees	Free (Capacity 200)
Registration	Please see the English announcement or Japanese announcement of the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) Application Deadline: Oct. 31, 1997
Agenda	Contents(draft - please see Registration Links above for latest news): 1. Legal and Policy Aspects of the creation of the International Ad Hoc Committee, the signing of the gTLD-MoU, and the creation of iPOC and CORE. 2. Technical Aspects of the New Top Level Domains 3. Trademark Aspects of the Domain Name System
Hotels	Hotel Grand-Palace 1-1 Iidabashi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan TEL: 03-3264-1111 FAX: 03-3222-6600 NOTES: 4 star. 200 meters to meeting, 15 min to TAC Fairmont Hotel Hotel Fairmont 2-1-17 Kudan Minami Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan TEL: 03-3262-1151 FAX: 03-3264-2476 NOTES: Modest prices, 300 meters from Kudan Kaikan, 15 min to TAC. Beautiful surroundings on the moat, near Olympic Stadium for Marshal Arts and large park. Hotel Jimbocho Sakura 21-4 Jimbo-cho, 2-Chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101 JP Japan TEL: 03-3261-3939 FAX: 03-3264-2777 NOTES: single ?6,800, very near meeting 1/2twin ?4,000 ?3,600ea Hotel Kayukaikan 8-1 Sanban-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan TEL: 03-3230-1111 FAX: 03-3230-2529 NOTES: 1 kilo to meeting, 15 min to TAC modest prices, half block from PSI-Japan's office. Diamond Hotel 25 Ichiban-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan TEL: 03-3263-2211 FAX: 03-3263-2222 NOTES: Modest prices, walk or subway to meeting, 15 min to TAC Hotel Akasaka Prince Japan TEL: 03-3234-1111 FAX: 03-3262-5163 NOTES: Pricey but beautiful, between meeting and TAC 10 min each way Hotel ANA Tokyo 1-12-33 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo JP 10600 Japan TEL: 03-3505-1111 FAX: 03-3505-1155 NOTES: 5 min to TAC, 12 min to meeting Capitol Tokyu Hotel 2-10-3 Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JP 10600 Japan TEL: 03-3581-4511 FAX: 03-3581-5822 NOTES: 10 min to TAC, 10 min to meeting. This is the old Tokyo Hilton Hotel. Imperial Hotel (Tekoku Hoteru in Japanese) 1-1-1 Uchisaiwaicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 JP Japan TEL: 03-3504-1111 FAX: 03-3581-9146 NOTES: 5 star, 15 min to meeting, 8 min to TAC Palace Hotel 1-1-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan TEL: 03-3211-5211 FAX: 03-3211-6987 NOTES: 5 star in front of Imperial Pal. 10 min to meeting 10 min to TAC Hotel New Otani 4-1 Kioicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 JP Japan TEL: 03-3265-1111 FAX: 03-3221-2619 Email: http://www.idm-co.jp/newotani NOTES: 5 star, beautiful gardens, 10 min to TAC 10 min to meeting Hotel Okura 2-10-4 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan TEL: 03-3582-0111 FAX: 03-3582-3707 NOTES: 5 star, across from U.S. Embassy 6 min to TAC, 12 min to meeting Hotel Tokyo Prince Japan TEL: 03-3432-1111 FAX: 03-3434-5551 NOTES: Walking distance to TAC, 15 min to meeting. Hotel Roppongi Prince Japan TEL: 03-3587-1111 FAX: 03-3587-0770 NOTES: 5 min to TAC, 15 min to meeting Hotel Shinjuku Prince Japan TEL: 03-3205-1111 NOTES: 15 min to meeting, 25 min to TAC Century Hyatt Tokyo 2-7-2 Nishi Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo JP 106 Japan TEL: 03-3349-0111 FAX: 03-3349-0111 NOTES: 20 min to meeting, 30 min to TAC Shinjuku Park Hotel Tokyo Japan TEL: 03-3356-0241 Email: NOTES: 20 min to meeting, 30 to TAC Hotel Sunshine City Prince JP 10600 Japan TEL: 03-3998-1111 NOTES: 15 min by subway to meeting, 30 min by taxi to TAC International House or Kokusai Bunka Kaikan 5-11-16 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 Japan TEL: 03-3470-4611 FAX: 03-3479-1738 NOTES: For academics, walking to TAC, 15 min to meeting. Academics often stay here. You need to reserve through a member. If qualified, nice surroundings, low cost. New Sanno Hotel 4-12-20, Minami Azabu Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan TEL: 03-3440-7871 NOTES: active and retired U.S. military 12 min to TAC, 30 min to meeting. Reasonable prices, based upon highest rank or grade.

September 4-5, 1997 (New York City)

Technical meeting of qualified Registrars under the gTLD-MoU and other parties interested in the CORE shared database/repository design and technology.

Venue	Cornell Club (midtown Manhattan) 6 East 44th Street (between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue) New York, New York 10017 Tel: +01 212 986-0300
Local Sponsor	NetNames USA c/o Antony Van Couvering 430 West 14th Street, Suite 401 New York, NY 10014 212-627-4599 or Toll Free 888-NETNAMES \| 212-627-5744 Fax
Airports	LaGuardia, Newark, JFK
Fees	US$ 86.00 for two days including buffet lunch
RSVP	Antony Van Couvering <avc@netnamesusa.com>
Agenda	AGENDA for Technical Meeting, Cornell Club, New York City, Sept. 4 and 5 Thursday, 4th Sept. 8:30 am - Sign in. NetNames will have someone to greet latecomers. 9 am. - Antony Van Couvering gives a short presentation setting out what the meeting is supposed to accomplish. Also, to focus us, to present what constraints and guidelines the CORE-MoU presents us with. 9:15 am - Presentations by vendors and/or interested parties who wish to "pitch" an idea. Limit: 30 minutes - 20 for presentation, 10 for questions. The presentations should be short overviews of the issues, not necessarily the solutions to problems. So far we have: 1. Alan Sullivan 2. Nominet (?) Noon - lunch 1:30 pm. - A panel consisting of not more than six people sets out what our "action items" are. These would be the major areas, some of them problematical, that we need to solve before we can come up with an RFP. This would build upon work done at the Munich meeting and by panelists/participants between now and the meeting. Panelists to be decided, but probably to include: Kent Crispin, Perry Metzger, Rob Austein (the new iPOC member from IAB), Javier Sola. 4:30 pm - Antony Van Couvering gives a summary of the day's accomplishments. Evening - We all go out somewhere. NetNames will book a space. Cash bar, sorry. Friday, 5th Sept. 9 a.m. - Antony Van Couvering gives very short introduction. 9:15 am - Continuation of discussion of action items. 11 am - Election and formation of group to go off and write RFP based on this event's discussions. Group should be blessed by iPOC and PAB Chairs. Noon - lunch. RFP Group should have lunch together to discuss their concerns and plans. 1:30 - RFP Group holds floor and presents its concerns and solicits comments from the rest of the attendess. To be achieved in this session: a. Deliverable date of RFP for internal circulation b. Deliverable date for vendors c. Open discussion on questions still unanswerered to RFP group's satisfaction. d. Discussion on any points of contention e. Compilation of list of policy items that need to be resolved in order for technical work to continue to be sent to iPOC/PAB for quickest possible resolution. 4:30 pm - Summary and further action. For instance: is another meeting warranted? Wrap up by Antony Van Couvering. Evening - Those of us left go out and drink and do our post-mortem on the event.
Final List of Attendees	September 4 & 5, 1997 Attendees * Member of RFP drafting group ** Vendor or Potential vendor 1. Rob Austein, Integrated Systems 2. Steve Avvisati, NetRegistration 3. Jordi Duran Batidor, Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca 4. Mike Cheng, Internet Gateway 5. Randy Clark, Center for Information Law and Policy 6. William Connelly, PSI-Japan 7. Kevin Connolly, attorney for PSI-Japan 8. Bridget Cosgrave, European Telecommunications Standards Institute 9. Kent Crispin, Songbird 10. Dave Crocker, Internet Mail Consortium 11. Rosa Delgado, SITA 12. Jim Dixon, Internet Service Providers Association, UK 13. Robert Frank, Corsearch 14. Jim Fulton 15. Steven Getzoff 16. Christopher Gibson, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center 17. John Gilmore, Top Level Registries Pty Ltd 18. Henning Grote, Deutsche Telekom 19. Trevor Hales, Melbourne IT 20. Alan Hanson, First Identity Net 21. Bob Helfant, Globecomm 22. Rick Huber, AT&T 23. Marylee Jenkins 24. Vivian Kornegay, Internet Research and Consulting 25. Siegfried Langenbach, CSL GmbH 26. Eric Leinberg, Votiv Systems 27. David Maher, iPOC 28. *Curt Mayer, Emergent Corp. 29. Leni Mayo, Top Level Registries Pty Ltd 30. Mark Measday, Josmarian SA 31. Perry Metzger, Piermont Information Systems 32. Ivan Pope, NetNames Ltd 33. Bill Semich, Internet Users Society 34. Javier Sola, Spanish Internet Users Society 35. Art Smoot, AES Consulting 36. Kristin Staley, Dun and Bradstreet 37. Alan Sullivan, Votiv Systems 38. Tom Thornbury, Dun and Bradstreet 39. Antony Van Couvering, NetNames USA 40. Michael Wang, Internet Gateway 41. *Rick Wesson, Organic Systems 42. Eric Woodward, Globecomm
Internet Connectivity	Phone lines available
Hotels	Crowne Plaza Hotel - Manhattan 1605 Broadway (49th Street & Broadway) 212.977.4000 Doral Court 130 East 39th Street (39th Street & Lexington Avenue) 212.685.1100 Doral Inn 541 Lexington Avenue (Lexington Avenue & 49th Street) 212.755.1200 800.223.6725 Doral Park Avenue 70 Park Avenue (38th Street & Park Avenue) 212.687.7050 Doubletree Guest Suites 1568 Broadway (47th Street & 7th Avenue) 212.719.1600 Grand Hyatt New York Park Avenue at Grand Central (42nd Street) 212.883.1234 800.233.1234 Jolly Madison Towers 22 East 38th Street (38th Street & Madison Avenue) 212.802.0600 The Kimberly 145 East 50th Street (50th Street & Lexington) 212.755.0400 800.683.0400 Millennium Broadway 145 West 44th Street (44th Street & Broadway) 212.768.4400 800.622.5569 New York Marriot Marquis 1535 Broadway (44th Street & Broadway) 212.398.1900 800.228.9290 The New York Palace 455 Madison Avenue (50th Street & Madison Avenue) 212.888.7000 Omni Berkshire Place 21 East 52nd Street (52nd Street & Madison Avenue) 212.753.5800 Quality Hotel 5th Avenue 3 East 40th Street (40th Street & 5th Avenue) 212.447.1500 Royalton 44 West 44th Street (44th Street & 6th Avenue) 212.869.4400 Sheraton Manhattan Hotel 790 7th Avenue (7th Avenue & 51st Street) 212.581.3300 800.325.3535 Some related links with hotel information: [Antony Van Couvering has recommended the Algonquin and Royalton as good hotels, quite close] http://www.reservation-services.com/newyork.html http://www.t-mark.com/other/hotels/ny.html http://www.allny.com/hotel/index.html http://www.newyorknet.com/hotel1.htm

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