CORE

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Type: Non-Profit
Industry: Registrar Association
Founded: 1996
Headquarters: World Trade Center II

29, route de Pré-Bois CH-1215
Geneva, Switzerland

Country: Switzerland
Website: Corenic.org


CORE is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: .firm, .shop, .web, .arts, .rec, .info and .nom. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, ISOC, and IANA in the fall 1996.[1] It is an ICANN accredited registrar.

History

CORE grew out of the Memorandum of Understanding, or MoU, which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation. CORE is funded by its registrars, 85 in international markets and 23 in the U.S., all of whom are dedicated to fairness and competition on the internet.[2]

Executive Committee

The latest CORE Executive Committee elections happened in July, 2007, via electronic vote. Current Members include:

Marcus Faure, Chair, Global Village GmbH, Germany.

Iliya Bazlyankov, Unicart Ltd., Bulgaria.

Jordi Hinojosa, external.

Roland Irle, Kamp Netzwerkdienste GmbH, Germany.

Werner Staub, Axone SA, Switzerland.[3]

References