The ICANN-GAC Organization

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The ICANN-GAC Organization
V1.1 17 Sep 99
Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
Dept of Commerce
NTIA
MoU
ICANN Interim Board (10)21 permanent
CRADA
NIST
ICANN Secretariat
Plenary
GAC Secretariat(NOIE)
Fund Raising (GIP)
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Outside CounselJones Day
Convergence AdHoc Group
ICANN Website
Member Nations ArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaYemen
(50 active, 200 potential)
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Comments
GAC Website
IANA Website
1 director per region (3)
Fair Practices Committee
1 director per region (3)
lt 2 directors per region (9)
Domain Name Supporting Organization
At-Large Membership non-functional
Address Supporting Organization
ccTLD registries Constituency
Names Council (19)
ccTLD Committee
3 seats
MoU Signatories(ARIN, RIPE, APNIC)
SecretariatAF NIC
At-Large Council (18)
gTLD registries Constituency
1 seat
3 each
Web site
On-line Activities
Individuals (gt5000)
Comments
Address Council (9)
Commercial and business entities Constituency
Secretariat
3 seats
WG-ADispute Resolution Policy
Comments
2 Council seats per 5 regions, 8 at-large, lt2 per
region
Announce site
Because the GAC is a closed, secret activity,
it's internal structure isn't fully known.
ISP and connectivity providers Constituency
General Assembly
General Assembly
3 seats
Comments
Comments
Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bangladesh Bel
gium Brazil Canada Chile Cyprus Czech
Rep. Denmark Finland France Gambia Germany Ireland
Italy Japan Korea Latvia Libya Malaysia
Mexico Morocco Netherlands New
Zealand Niue Norway Papua New Guinea Peru Portugal
Singapore Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzer
land Taiwan Tonga Tuvalu United
Kingdom USA Vatican City State Vietnam Yemen
Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) European
Union International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) South Pacific Forum
Secretariat (SPFS) World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO)
Comments
Membership Advisory Committee
WG-BFamous Trade-Marks
Non-commercial domain name holders Constituency
3 seats
Comments
Protocol Supporting Organization
Comments
MoU Signatories(ITU, ETSI, IETF, W3C)
Registrars Constituency
3 seats
WG-CNew gTLDs
Comments
Advisory Committee on Independent Review
non-functional
3 each
WG-C1
Trademark, other intellectual property and
anti-counterfeiting interests Constituency
3 seats
Comments
Comments
WG-C2
Protocol Council (12)
Secretariat
Comments
WG-C3
WG-DBusiness Plan and Internal Procedures
WG-D1
Comments
Comments
See additional detail
General Assembly
WG-D2
Comments
WG-EGlobal Awareness and Outreach
DNS Root Server Advisory Committee
Comments
Comments
Comments
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DNSO Constituencies (Detail)
ccTLD registries Constituency
ISP and connectivity providers Constituency
gTLD registries Constituency
Commercial and business entities Constituency
Africa Group
Members(1)
Officers(3)
Administration Committee(6)
Members(23)
SecretariatCIGREF
North America Group
Members(65)
Asia Pacific Group
SecretariatAF NIC
Web site
Comments
SecretariatRIPE
1 each
Europe Group
Comments
Web site
Web site
Comments
South America Group
IATLD Group
Non-commercial domain name holders Constituency
Registrars Constituency
Trademark, other intellectual property and
anti-counterfeiting interests Constituency
SecretariatIpwarehouse
Administration Committee(5)
2 votes
Intellectual Property Constituency Council(17)
Members(60)
Large Organizations
Member Organizations(17)
Web site
Comments
1 vote
Small Organizations
SecretariatInternet Society
Secretariat?
Web site
Comments
Web site