ICANN participation

As part of ICANN’s own ongoing commitment to evolve and improve, the ICANN Board has approved a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) including a revised policy development process and a new Council structure. The GNSO Council has approved a top-level implementation plan for addressing how these recommendations can best be implemented. This high-level briefing session will outline the various recommendations approved by the Board, discuss the implementation efforts planned and underway and offer the opportunity for community dialogue and input on the implementation process.

What it is | The gTLD Registries Constituency is a constituency
within the Generic Name Supporting Organisation (GNSO) and its primary
role is to represent the interests of gTLD Registries that are
currently under contract with ICANN to provide gTLD Registry Services.

Why it's Important | The in-person meetings held in conjunction
with the ICANN meetings provide an opportunity for productive and
constructive discussions on issues that involve ICANN consensus
policies that relate to interoperability, technical reliability and/or
stable operation of the Internet or domain name system.

Who should attend? | Anyone with a vested interest in these
issues is encouraged to attend the open session of the gTLD Registries
Constituency meeting while in Cairo.

What it is | The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the
home for civil society organisations in ICANN's Generic Names
Supporting Organisation (GNSO).

The members are registrars accredited by and under contract to ICANN. Registrars provide the interface between registrants and registries in getting domain names.

What it is | "ISPs"; or "connectivity providers"; are in the
business of operating Name Servers as a service for 3rd parties and
operate an Internet backbone network based on TCP/IP.

Who should attend? | Anyone with an interest in these issues is invited to attend.

What it is | In this session the Generic Names Supporting
Organisation (GNSO) Council, the body responsible for managing the
policy development process for generic top-level domains (gTLDs),
provides an opportunity for community members to interact with the
Council as it conducts its meeting.

What Is It | This is a meeting between members of the At-Large (Internet end-user) community in ICANN and the Registrar community.

Why it's important | This meeting provides an important opportunity for members of the ALAC and the Registrar community to discuss issues of common interest, in particular the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (“RAA”) amendment discussions currently underway.  

 

Who should attend? | At-Large community members, Registrar constituency members, others interested in At-Large