[council] The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN Seeks Volunteers

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The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN Seeks Volunteers
ICANN’s Nominating Committee seeks applications for six leadership positions

28 January 2008

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: 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 
seven 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/.
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
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