The 23 members of the Council govern policy development in the GNSO. Stakeholder Groups appoint 18 of its members. For voting purposes, the Council has two houses, like the US Congress or the British Parliament. The Contracted Parties House holds the Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups, while the Non-Contracted Parties House holds the Commercial and Non-Commercial Stakeholder Groups. ICANN's Nominating Committee appoints three Council members, two of which are voting members assigned to each House. The third appointee is an advisor to the Council as a whole. The Council also includes formally appointed but non-voting Liaisons and Observers from other groups within ICANN. This elaborate system provides checks and balances so no single interest group can dominate the Council.
ccNSO** Patrick Myles (SOI) – ccNSO liaison – AAPAC | GNSO Council Jennifer Wolfe (SOI) – NCA – NA (AGM 2014) | ALAC* Alan Greenberg (SOI) – ALAC Liaison – NA | |
Contracted Party House {6+1} Thomas Rickert (SOI) – Voting NCA – EU | Non-Contracted Party House {12+1} Lanre Ajayi (SOI) – Voting NCA – AF | ||
Registries Stakeholder Group {3}
| Registrars Stakeholder Group {3}
| Commercial Stakeholder Group {6}
| Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group {6}
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Legend
{} Voting
[] Non-Voting
* Non-Voting Liaison – Counted as a Member
** Observer – Not Counted as a Member
AGM = Annual General Meeting
Regions
- AF = Africa
- NA = North America
- EU = Europe
- LAC = Latin America/Caribbean
- AAPAC = Asia/Australia/Pacific