The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) has opening of seven leadership positions.
ICANN said that opening exists within its board, the
councils of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and At Large
Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives and Council of the Country-Code Names
Supporting Organization (ccNSO).
ITRealms Online gathered that opening include three members
of the Board of Directors of ICANN, two At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
representatives each from the Europe and North America regions.
Equally, ICANN is requesting a fill up positions for a
member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), one
member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization
(ccNSO).
The internet body also said that its Nominating Committee
(NomCom) invites statements of interest and candidate recommendations from the
Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill
ICANN’s technical
and policy coordination role.
“Interested individuals are invited to submit a Statement of
Interest to the Nominating Committee …,” the statement read.
NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting
eight members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN’s
structure.
Individuals selected by the NomCom will have a unique
opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address
the Internet’s intriguing technical coordination problems and policy
development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic
dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across
boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective.
Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a
valuable public service contribution towards the continued function and
evolution of an essential global resource.
Considering the broad public interest, those selected will
work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to
facilitate the Internet’s critically important societal functions.
Current board members who have been selected by the NomCom
include Cherine Chalaby, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Steve Crocker, Erika Mann,
Gonzalo Navarro, R. Ramaraj, George Sadowsky, and Judith Duavit Vazquez.
ICANN is a non-profit, public benefit, corporation dedicated
to: preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet;
promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet
communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its
mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.
Remmy Nweke
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