Organizations

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Created by Congress to produce recommendations on electronic commerce and tax policy, critical information age issues with global implications.
http://www.ecommercecommission.org

American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARIN is the regional registry of IP and ASN numbers for North America, South America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.arin.net/

Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Trade organization whose aim is to promote the region's economy through technical conferences, informative data compilation, and development of industry standards.
http://www.apia.org/

Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
Regional Internet Registry that allocates IP and AS numbers in the Asia Pacific region. Has a "whois" database that holds information on network contacts for Asia Pacific IP addresses.
http://www.apnic.net

Association Electronique Libre
The AEL is a Belgian-based association whose main goal is finding and supporting non-proprietary software. Has mailing list to join.
http://www.ael.be/

Association of African American Web Developers
Organization to promote web development by African Americans. Open to professional and students engaged in web work. Resources include fee estimator, employment listing, java and javascript assistance.
http://www.aaawd.org

Association of Internet Researchers
Organization devoted to the study of the Internet and its various impacts from multidisciplinary fields. Academic based with listserv.
http://www.aoir.org

Berglund Center for Internet Studies
Affiliated with Pacific University in Oregon, the Center offers fellowships for those who wish to study the impact of the Internet. Has online journal.
http://bcis.pacificu.edu

Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/

The Commercial Internet Exchange Association
A trade association of internetwork service providers promoting internetworking on a global scale. Has list of and links to members and vendors
http://www.cix.org

Computer and Communications Industry Association
Association of computer product vendors and communications firms lobbying for free trade and open markets
http://www.ccianet.org

Consortiuminfo.org
The goal of this site is to provide broad and detailed source of information on the Internet regarding standard setting and consortia. Forming a consortium, branding, articles.
http://www.consortiuminfo.org

The CreekBed Project
A grass roots organization of individuals who are enthusiastic about the Internet and want to encourage the growth of informational, educational and non-commercial websites.
http://creekbed.org/

Global Information Infrastructure Commission
An initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies dedicated to privatizing or creating cooperative public and private enterprise to increase access to the Internet
http://www.giic.org

ICANN @Large Membership
The (future) website of the members of ICANN At-Large, the voting population that will control ICANN.
http://www.icannatlarge.com

Information Network
Home page of an association of individuals or organizations rallied around the theme ICT for Development.
http://www.i-network.or.ug

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IANA controls numbers for protocols, the Country Code Top Level Domains and maintains the IP Address allotments.
http://www.iana.org

Internet Brothers
Expanding web community by offering free tips and tutorials about HTML and DHTML, graphics editing, site promotion, digital photography, and desktop publishing. Presented often with a touch of humor, and always with examples.
http://internetbrothers.com

Internet Developer Group
Group based in California holds meetings and uses web site to explaining evolving Internet Technologies. Issues include: Security, Privacy, Searching, Bandwidth and alternative access media and devices.
http://www.inetdevgrp.org

The Internet Engineering Task Force
Large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
http://www.ietf.org/

Internet for everyone
Internet support organization in Slovakia, for everyone, news from Slovak telecommunications, protest for cheaper Internet in Slovak Republic. "Internet pre vsetkych"
http://www.inet.sk

Internet Industry Association home page
The Internet Industry Association is Australia's national Internet industry organisation. Members include telecommunications carriers; content creators and publishers; web developers; e-commerce traders and solutions providers; hardware vendors; systems integrators; banks, insurance underwriters; Internet law firms, ISPs; educational and training institutions; Internet research analysts; and a range of other businesses providing professional and technical support services.
http://www.iia.net.au/

Internet Organizations
America Online legal department list of Internet organizations with links.
http://legal.web.aol.com/public/io/index.html

Internet Society Chapter of Luxembourg
Luxembourg, Belgium Chapter of ISOC
http://www.isoc.lu

Irish Internet Association
Offers access to seminars, discussion forums, lobbying representation, and bi-monthly digests.
http://www.iia.ie/

Israel Internet Association
A forum for government, industry, and individuals to debate and formulate Israel Internet network policies and procedures, with a focus for development and evolution on Internet technology.
http://www.isoc.org.il/

juice
A community of communications and computing professionals. Tutorials and Resources for web developers and internet publishers.
http://juice.nl

Network Startup Resource Center
A non-profit organization which has been involved for over a decade in the deployment and integration of appropriate networking technology in projects throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Oceania.
http://www.nsrc.org/

People For Internet Responsibility
People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) is a global, grassroots, ad hoc network of individuals who are concerned about the current and future operations, development, management, and regulation of the Internet in responsible manners. The goal of PFIR is to help provide a resource for individuals around the world to help impact crucial Internet issues. Has mailing list.
http://www.pfir.org

RFC Editor Homepage
The official RFC editing organization maintained by IANA. Website includes a fully searchable archive of all RFCs.
http://www.rfc-editor.org

Union for Representative International Internet Cooperation and Analysis
An offshoot of People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) working to promote an organization which will provide international direction and regulation for the Internet. Discussion Board.
http://www.uriica.org/

US Internet Industry Association
Provides education on Internet and technology issues, advocates effective public policy for the Internet, and offers its members essential business news, information, support, services, and access to an legislative database.
http://www.usiia.org/

Virtual Volunteering Project
Encourages and assists in the development of online volunteering opportunities and experiences. Also provides resources to help service leaders use the Internet to manage all volunteers.
http://www.serviceleader.org/vv/

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WATWG)
An unofficial collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and interested parties who wish to develop new technologies designed to allow authors to write and deploy Applications over the World Wide Web. Includes charter, news, specifications, and demonstrations.
http://whatwg.org/

Web Review: The W3C Web Site
This is a review of the World Wide Web Consortium web site, from the ACM Crossroads Winter 1999 issue.
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-2/w3site.html

Wise-Women
This site is a resource for female (and male) web designers, developers and programmers, featuring tips and tutorials on a variety of Web related subjects. Features several mailing lists including one for Java script.
http://www.wise-women.org

Women Designers Group
An all encompassing site for women involved in web site development, from design to programming. Has news, jobs, tutorials for web designers. Can join mailing list.
http://www.womendesignersgroup.com/