[Chapter-delegates] Public Interest Registry Announce Milestone of 4, 000, 000 .ORG Registered Domains

[Veni Markovski]

Good news!
Thanks to Vint for sharing it!


>From: "Vint Cerf" <vint at google.com>
>milestone!
>
>Vinton G Cerf
>Chief Internet Evangelist
>Google/Regus
>Suite 384
>13800 Coppermine Road
>Herndon, VA 20171
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>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Public Interest Registry Announces Milestone of 4,000,000 .ORG Registered
>Domains
>
>Worldwide .ORG usage contributes to continued growth in the .ORG Community
>
>RESTON, VA - November 30, 2005 - Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .ORG
>registry, announced today that over 4,000,000 .ORG domains are registered
>worldwide. The successful growth of the .ORG domain is a direct result of
>the increase in global internet use, the credibility associated with the
>.ORG brand, as well as the success of over 180 .ORG resellers worldwide.
>
>"We have reached a significant milestone within the .ORG community," said
>Edward G. Viltz, President and CEO of PIR. ".ORG is no longer considered to
>be the 'other' domain. It has become the established Internet home of the
>worldwide noncommercial community. The attainment of four million registered
>.ORG domains is a direct reflection of the increased awareness and demand
>for the .ORG domain. We reaffirm our commitment to the continued management
>of the .ORG Registry in the public interest and thank our Registrars, their
>Resellers, Afilias Global Registry Services and the .ORG Community for their
>support."
>
>.ORG, originally created in 1984, has grown to be the third largest generic
>top level domain and the fifth largest when including country code top level
>domains. PIR is promoting the use of .ORG within the global nonprofit
>community through outreach programs targeting developing regions of the world.
>Additionally, PIR has offered to .ORG registrars discounts targeting Latin
>America, Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia in an effort to expand the
>Internet and promote the .ORG domain in these regions.
>
>About PIR Public Interest Registry (http://www.pir.org) is a 501(c) (3)
>not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society (ISOC) to manage
>the .ORG domain. PIR's mission is to manage the .ORG domain in an exemplary
>manner, while educating and empowering the global non-commercial community
>to use the Internet more effectively and, concurrently, to take a leadership
>position among Internet stakeholders on policy and related issues on behalf
>of the .ORG community. PIR is based in Reston, VA, USA.
>
>ABOUT .ORG
>
>The .ORG domain, which has come to be associated with noncommercial
>activities, is the Internet's third largest "generic" or non-country specific
>top-level domain with more than 4 million domain names registered worldwide.
>In 2002, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>Board of Directors selected ISOC's proposal from among 11 organizations
>bidding to operate the .ORG top-level domain. PIR assumed control of the
>registry on 1 January 2003.
>
>ABOUT PIR
>
>Public Interest Registry (www.pir.org) is a not-for-profit corporation
>created by the Internet Society (ISOC) to manage the .ORG top-level domain.
>PIR's mission is to manage the .ORG domain in a manner that supports the
>continuing evolution of the Internet as a research, education and
>communications infrastructure, while educating and empowering the
>non-commercial community to most effectively utilize the Internet. PIR is
>based in Reston, Virginia.
>
>For more information:
>
>Michael Ward
>Public Interest Registry
>(703) 464-7005 x113
>E-mail: mward at pir.org