ICANN opens 7 leadership positions

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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