Mission & Principles
The mission of the Commercial Stakeholders Group, hereafter "the CSG" is to ensure that:
- The CSG represents the views of commercial Internet users and relevant sectors of' the ICT industry, including, large and small business entities, business organizations, Internet connectivity providers, intellectual property owners and intellectual property organizations;
- ICANN policy and ICANN contracts are consistent with the development of an Internet that is a safe place for business-to-business and business-to-consumer transactions and communications and is based on high levels of business, user and consumer confidence, including policies that mitigate against undue threats and risks; protect intellectual property; support the stability and resiliency of the Internet, as affected by ICANN's actions in its coordination of the unique identifiers.
Membership to the CSG is coordinated through membership with one of its Constituencies. Please see the Constituency page for more details.
CSG Executive Committee
Barbara Wanner (SOI) / BC
Victoria Sheckler (SOI) / IPC
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (SOI) / ISPCP
BC Chair - Andrew Mack (SOI)
Gregory S. Shatan (SOI) / IPC - Alternate
Tony Harris (SOI/ISPCP) / ISPCP – Alternate
GNSO Council Representatives
Susan Kawaguchi (SOI) – North America / October 2014 – AGM 2016
GNSO Counselor – Philip Corwin (SOI) – North America / AGM 2015
Paul McGrady (SOI) – IPC / North America / October 2015 – AGM 2017
Heather Forrest – GNSO Council Vice Chair (SOI) – Asia Pacific / October 2014 – AGM 2016
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (SOI) - ISPCP/Europe/ AGM 2016
Tony Harris (SOI) - ISPCP / Latin AC / October 2015 – AGM 2017
Charter:
- Commercial Stakeholder Group Charter | Board Approved: 11 June 2011
Web Presence:
- Not yet defined
Mailing List:
- TBD