The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN Seeks Volunteers
ICANN's Nominating Committee Seeks Applications for Six Leadership
Positions
MARINA DEL REY, CA--(Marketwire - January 28, 2008) - The Nominating
Committee for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
is looking for volunteers to help it with the global task of
coordinating the Internet's unique identifiers.
"The Internet is the most powerful communications tool in human
history -- and the incredible story is how much of this has been
accomplished by dedicated volunteers," said Hagen Hultzsch, Chair of
the Nominating Committee (NomCom). "ICANN's work coordinating the
Internet's addressing system is at the foundation of the Internet and
its future -- and we are always looking for people who want to make a
contribution.
"The issues are fascinating -- for example how do you allow the
potential 7 billion Internet users to express themselves in their own
language in a domain name? How do you expand the domain names
available at the top level?" Hultzsch added. "These are just two
issues ICANN grapples with."
The Nominating Committee today launched an updated and easier to use
website [http://nomcom.icann.org/] outlining how people can apply for
positions currently open on ICANN's Board and its Supporting
Organizations and Advisory Committees. Those positions are:
-- 2 Board Directors
-- 1 GNSO Council member
-- 1 ccNSO Council member
-- 2 ALAC Committee members (Europe and North America)
"The people who volunteer in the ICANN community have helped build
the Internet and its connections over the years," Hultzsch added. "If
individuals are interested in the future of the Internet and are
excited by the prospect of working with the people who helped build
the network, then the NomCom invites them to provide a Statement of
Interest based on the form available at the web pages."
The Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from
the Board, the Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees.
Information on applying is available at http://nomcom.icann.org/
About ICANN:
ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's
system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum
and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of
Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the
Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the
Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly
to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and
stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit
non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
Media Contacts:
Jason Keenan
Media Adviser
ICANN
Ph: +1 310 382 4004
E: jason.keenan@icann.org
International:
Andrew Robertson
Edelman (London)
Ph: +44 7921 588 770
E: andrew.robertson@edelman.com