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DomainFest Global 2012

DomainFest Global 2012

DomainFest Global in Santa Monica, Jan 31 through Feb 2, brought together entrepreneurs, service providers, and many other industry participants for a few days of advice, collaboration, and some serious moves toward social good. On Tuesday evening, Sedo sponsored a wonderful banquet evening at Monsoon restaurant with live music. Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo, invited [...]

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DotGreen Domains

DotGreen Domains

  By Tim Switzer With the ICANN New gTLD application process in full swing, many entities have already entered the TAS system to register their intent and pay the initial $5,000 to apply for a new gTLD. DotGreen Community Inc. is in the ICANN TAS system and we are moving forward with our application for [...]

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A .green Animation

A .green Animation

A wonderful video from a DotGreen supporter! Thank you to Raymond Hackney, creator of this animation. Read his recent interview with DotGreen founder Annalisa Roger here.

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One small step for DotGreen…

One small step for DotGreen…

January 12 marked an exciting day for DotGreen and the Internet community. Since 2007, DotGreen has been working toward making .green a reality, all the while closely following the progression of ICANN’s gTLD program. As many of you know, we’ve been waiting for what seems like forever. Yesterday was the first official step in making [...]

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Letter to ICANN, gTLD timeline

Letter to ICANN, gTLD timeline

December 29, 2011 ICANNMarina Del Ray, CASteve Crocker, Chairman of The Board of DirectorsThe Honorable ICANN Board of DirectorsCc: Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO Cc: Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Relations and Director New gTLD Program Cc: Diane Schroeder, Director of Board Support RE:  Measureable harm to applicants should ICANN second guess its approved timeline. [...]

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[Video] How Green is Your Internet? Really, really green.

[Video] How Green is Your Internet? Really, really green.

A slightly dated, but still relevant and fascinating video about the impacts of online activities that we might not often consider – it points out that the benefits of the Internet are not without downside, since our increasingly connected online world requires a massive amount of energy to feed servers. Problems presented in the video, [...]

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US Secretary Hillary Clinton Discusses Internet Freedom

US Secretary Hillary Clinton Discusses Internet Freedom

The Hague, Netherlands December 8 – Hillary Clinton discussed the importance of Internet freedom in her opening remarks at the Freedom Online conference co-hosted by Google, Inc. and the Dutch foreign minister. In her speech, Clinton identifies the Internet as an area more and more connected with basic humans rights concerns. “As people increasingly turn [...]

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Letter Addressing gTLD Hearing

Letter Addressing gTLD Hearing

  DotGreen Community, Inc. 300 Drakes Landing, Suite 220 Greenbrae, CA 94904 Phone 415.925.1012 Fax 415.925.1063   December 7, 2011 Dear Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchinson, esteemed Senators, Committee staff and attendees, As the Founder and CEO of DotGreen Community, Inc., I would like to provide input for the December 8 hearing of the Senate [...]

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Former Neustar Executive Joins DotGreen

Former Neustar Executive Joins DotGreen

    DotGreen Community, Inc. 300 Drakes Landing, Suite 220 Greenbrae, CA 94904 Phone 415.925.1012 Fax 415.925.1063 info@dotgreen.org PRESS RELEASE  Contact: Stefanie Lynch Office 415.925.1012 stefanielynch@dotgreen.org   Former Neustar Executive Joins DotGreen Greenbrae, CA December 1, 2011 - Tim Switzer, former Vice President of Registry Services at Neustar, accepted the role of Chief Operating Officer/CFO at [...]

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BSR Conference, San Francisco

BSR Conference, San Francisco

The San Francisco BSR conference was a success again, bringing the world’s top corporate leaders and green business advocates to speak about social responsibility, and the universal benefits of greening company operations. DotGreen sent several members of the team to the conference this year, and all left feeling inspired and energized. Al Gore gave a [...]

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