Changes

===Trade Association===

===Trade Association===

During a special ICANN session held in January 2013 in Amsterdam, [[Google]] supported and facilitated an parallel working session outside of the ICANN meeting to discuss the possibility of creating a New gLTD Trade Association that could spread consumer awareness and provide business advocacy for New TLDs. The meeting was the first stage in creating such a body and preliminary discussions included funding sources, membership requirements, and universal TLD acceptance issues.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11696-google-backing-new-gtld-trade-assocation Google Backing New gTLD Trade Association, DomainIncite.com]Published & Retrieved 24 Jan 2013</ref>

During a special ICANN session held in January 2013 in Amsterdam, Google supported and facilitated a parallel working session outside of the ICANN meeting to discuss the possibility of creating a New gLTD Trade Association that could spread consumer awareness and provide business advocacy for New TLDs. The meeting was the first stage in creating such a body and preliminary discussions included funding sources, membership requirements, and universal TLD acceptance issues.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/11696-google-backing-new-gtld-trade-assocation Google Backing New gTLD Trade Association, DomainIncite.com]Published & Retrieved 24 Jan 2013</ref> The meeting was reportedly "very well attended", and participants agreed that the trade association should focus on the Domain Industry as a whole rather than just New gTLDs. There were immediate questions of feasibility in creating a large enough entity with enough backing to launch its efforts prior to the implementation of the first New gTLDs.<ref>[http://www.netnames.com/blog/2013/01/google-suggest-domain-industry-trade-association/ Google Suggest Domain Industry Trade Association, NetNames.com]</ref>

==Issues==

==Issues==