At its 30 September Board meeting, the ICANN Board of Directors appointed three individuals to serve as Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) representatives on the new Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council.
* Mohammed Rafik Dammak – Tunisia
* Rosemary Sinclair – Australia
* Debra Hughes – United States
The Board's Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) considered applications from a talented and diverse group of volunteers, conducted extensive due diligence, carefully reviewed the applicants, and recommended to the full Board the slate of three candidates to serve on the GNSO Council for the next two years. Under the terms of the NCSG transitional charter approved by the Board on 30 July 2009, three of the six NCSG representatives on the new GNSO Council were to be selected/appointed by the Board of Directors. The newly structured GNSO Council will hold its first meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 28 October 2009.
The three individuals were recommended by the SIC based on the combination of their skills, experience, background, knowledge, passion and ability to help build non-commercial participation and contribute to the work of the GNSO. The committee paid particular attention to the candidates’ ability to contribute to diversity of geographic representation on the Council.
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