The 2013 annual election of the Noncommercial Stakeholders
Group (NCSG) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) closed Monday, October 14, 2013, with emergence of Rafik Dammak as the new
chairman of the group.
Also elected as NCSG Representatives to the Generic Name
Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council include Wolfgang Kleinwachter, Avri
Doria, and Amr Elsadr.
Confirming this to ITRealms, the outgoing chair of NCSG, Ms
Robin Gross, said that the newly elected chairman is expected to stay in office
for a one-year term, while the three representatives to GNSO would be in office for a two-year
term each.
It was further gathered by ITRealms that Rafik’s emergence
came with 176 votes, whereas Wolfgang got 141, Avri got 140 and Amr has 96
respectively.
However, information available to ITRealms shows that total
ballots cast were 147, while 126 were the actual votes counted after exclusion
of duplications with 74 members could not vote.
With its charter approved in 2011, NCSG represents through
its elected representatives and its constituencies, the interests and concerns
of noncommercial registrants and noncommercial Internet users of generic
Top-level Domains (gTLDs).
Thus, providing a voice and representation in ICANN processes to non-profit organizations that serve noncommercial interests; nonprofit services such as education, philanthropies, consumer protection, community organizing, promotion of the arts, public interest policy advocacy, children's welfare, religion, scientific research, and human rights; public interest software concerns; families or individuals who register domain names for noncommercial personal use; and Internet users who are primarily concerned with the noncommercial, public interest aspects of domain name policy.
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