The Keep The Core Neutral Coalition launched with over 100 members from around the world, including both individuals and organizations. Coalition members signed a petition urging ICANN to resist efforts to evaluate applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) based on non-technical criteria such as ideas about morality and competing national political objectives. This excerpt from the media release provides additional information about the event. "(San Juan, Puerto Rico) -- The "Keep The Core Neutral" campaign officially launched this week with an educational workshop at the 29th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ICANN handles technical coordination of the Internet and sets policy surrounding the Domain Name system (DNS), the Internet’s basic addressing system that allows people to locate web sites and use email. The DNS is informally called the technical "core" of the Internet. The Keep The Core Neutral Coalition launched with over 100 members from around the world, including both individuals and organizations. Coalition members signed a petition urging ICANN to resist efforts to evaluate applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) based on non-technical criteria such as ideas about morality and competing national political objectives. ICANN, a private California non-profit corporation operating under contract with the US government, currently accredits 15 gTLDs operating on the Internet, including familiar ones such as ".com" and ".net" as well as less well-known top-level domains such as ".biz" and ".info". " Visit the below link for more information regarding the coalition including the media release in its entirety: text