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Rod Beckstrom to leave ICANN at the end of his term
by KnobenW＠telekom.de Aug. 17, 2011

Aug. 17, 2011

From: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf August 16, 2011 BECKSTROM TO LEAVE ICANN AT END OF HIS TERM Rod Beckstrom will continue to fulfill his term as ICANN's President and CEO, which will be completed on 1 July 2012. He has held this position since 1 July 2009. "I am incredibly proud of ICANN's achievements throughout my tenure," said Beckstrom. "In two short years we have advanced this organization to a new level of professionalism and productivity, and turned it into a genuinely multinational organization that will serve the world community long after my time here." Beckstrom has had many notable accomplishments at ICANN. They include the negotiation and signing of the Affirmation of Commitments, the historic 2009 agreement with the US Government that moved ICANN's oversight from one government to the world, and the signing of the Internet's root with DNSSEC. The introduction of internationalized domain names under his watch has allowed millions of Internet users to access the Internet entirely in their primary language script. "I can summarize my time here in four words: strong execution, great teambuilding," he said. "We have built a world-class executive team, and elevated ICANN's stature through strategic relationships with governments, businesses, top technology firms and international organizations." A program to launch new generic top-level domains - a major change to the domain name system - was approved in June and will launch in the next year. ICANN's agreement with the US government - the IANA functions contract - expires in March, and Beckstrom emphasized his commitment to bring the contract renewal to a successful conclusion. Steve Crocker, Chair of ICANN's Board of Directors, said: "The Board of Directors fully supports Rod through the completion of his July 2012 term and is committed to continuing the collaboration that has produced so many benefits for ICANN and for the global Internet." Beckstrom continued: "I remain committed to leading this critical organization with the utmost dedication, and to living up to our common vision: One world, one Internet."

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WG: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
by KnobenW＠telekom.de Aug. 16, 2011

Aug. 16, 2011

All, this is very good news for the GNSO Council. Congratulations to Thomas. BTW my schedule shows an ISPCP conference call tomorow at 14:00 UTC. Tony, can you confirm? Kind regards Wolf-Ulrich ________________________________ Von: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Gesendet: Samstag, 6. August 2011 04:07 An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich Betreff: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Announces Selections ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug11-en.htm ________________________________ ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Announces Selections 5 August 2011 The 2011 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for eight leadership positions within ICANN. The NomCom's Chair, Adam Peake, said "We are very pleased to have been able to select such high quality people to join ICANN. They are a great group, bringing skills and experience that will serve the community well. It's been a tough job, the NomCom had to choose from a very strong applicant pool, with many highly qualified candidates for every position, including a record number of female applicants. After many hours of teleconferences and meetings, and then almost two and half days of discussion locked away in a room in Singapore, we reached unanimous agreement on all the selected nominees and the overall slate that includes individuals from China, Germany, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines and United States. Thanks to my committee for their hard work, and on behalf of all the NomCom a very sincere Thank You to all 88 candidates who gave their time and effort in volunteering to help ICANN". The NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's leadership. The NomCom is mandated to ensure that overall, ICANN's leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. The basic criteria is that selectees are people of integrity, objectivity and sound judgment, can support decision-making within groups, can work effectively in English, have an understanding of ICANN's mission and operation, are committed to its success, experienced in world affairs, contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and can work long and hard as volunteers in the global public trust. The NomCom evaluated over eighty-eight candidates, many of whom with exceptional qualifications in relation to the key criteria as set out in the ICANN Bylaws. With such a rich pool of candidates and very few seats to fill, the NomCom found itself unable to appoint all the applicants the Committee members would have desired to see on the Board and on the other bodies. ________________________________ Selectees listed for each ICANN body, in alphabetical order by family name. ICANN Board of Directors Steve Crocker <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#stephen-crocker > , United States Judith Vasquez <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#judith-duavit-v azquez> , Philippines ALAC Titi Akinsanmi <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#titi-akinsanmi> , Nigeria Rinalia Abdul Rahim <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#rinalia-abdul-r ahim> , Malaysia Carlton Samuels <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#carlton-samuels > , Jamaica GNSO Council Lanre Ajayi <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#lanre-ajayi> , Nigeria Thomas Rickert <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#thomas-rickert> , Germany ccNSO Council Hong Xue <http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#hong-xue> , China These individuals will take up their positions after the end of ICANN's Annual General Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on 28 October 2011. This year's Nominating Committee received 88 Statements of Interest from candidates all over the world (23 female and 65 male), during its open nomination period from 17 December 2010 to 4 April 2011. The regional breakdown of this year's candidates is: * 19 from Africa, * 24 from Asia/Australia/Pacific * 14 from Europe * 15 from Latin America/Caribbean * 16 from North America For more information about the NomCom, please visit http://nomcom.icann.org/. This message was sent to knobenw(a)telekom.de from: ICANN | 4676 Admiralty Way Suite 330 | Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601 Email Marketing by iContact - Try It Free! <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11118977&l=6333&s=WW8E& m=366663&c=165637> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=366663&act=WW8E&r=1111897 7&c=165637>

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