The ICANN-GAC Organization

1. V1.1 17 Sep 99 The ICANN-GAC Organization Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Dept of Commerce NTIA MoU ICANN Interim Board (10)[21 permanent] CRADA NIST Plenary ICANN Secretariat GAC Secretariat(NOIE) <$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$<$ Fund Raising (GIP) Outside CounselJones Day Convergence AdHoc Group ICANN Website Member Nations ArgentinaArmeniaAustralia…Yemen(50 active, 200+ potential) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Comments GAC Website IANA Website 1 director per region (3) Fair Practices Committee 1 director per region (3) < 2 directors per region (9) Domain Name Supporting Organization At-Large Membership [non-functional] Address Supporting Organization ccTLD registries Constituency Names Council (19) ccTLD Committee 3 seats MoU Signatories(ARIN, RIPE, APNIC) Secretariat[AF NIC] At-Large Council (18) gTLD registries Constituency 1 seat 3 each Web site On-line Activities Individuals (>5000) Comments Address Council (9) Commercial and business entities Constituency Secretariat 3 seats Comments WG-ADispute Resolution Policy 2 Council seats per 5 regions, 8 at-large, <2 per region Announce site [Because the GAC is a closed, secret activity, it's internal structure isn't fully known.] ISP and connectivity providers Constituency General Assembly General Assembly 3 seats Comments Comments Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Finland France Gambia Germany Ireland Italy Japan Korea Latvia Libya Malaysia Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Niue Norway Papua New Guinea Peru Portugal Singapore Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tonga Tuvalu United Kingdom USA Vatican City State Vietnam Yemen Comments Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) European Union International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) South Pacific Forum Secretariat (SPFS) World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Membership Advisory Committee WG-BFamous Trade-Marks Non-commercial domain name holders Constituency 3 seats Comments Protocol Supporting Organization Comments Registrars Constituency MoU Signatories(ITU, ETSI, IETF, W3C) 3 seats WG-CNew gTLDs Comments Advisory Committee on Independent Review [non-functional] 3 each WG-C1 Trademark, other intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting interests Constituency 3 seats Comments Comments WG-C2 Protocol Council (12) Secretariat Comments WG-C3 WG-DBusiness Plan and Internal Procedures WG-D1 Comments Comments See additional detail General Assembly WG-D2 Comments WG-EGlobal Awareness and Outreach DNS Root Server Advisory Committee Comments Comments Comments

2. DNSO Constituencies (Detail) ccTLD registries Constituency gTLD registries Constituency ISP and connectivity providers Constituency Commercial and business entities Constituency Africa Group Members(1) Officers(3) Administration Committee(6) Members(23) Secretariat[CIGREF] North America Group Members(65) Asia Pacific Group Secretariat[AF NIC] Web site Comments Secretariat[RIPE] 1 each Europe Group Comments Web site Web site Comments South America Group IATLD Group Non-commercial domain name holders Constituency Registrars Constituency Trademark, other intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting interests Constituency Secretariat[Ipwarehouse] Administration Committee(5) 2 votes Members(60) Intellectual Property Constituency Council(17) Large Organizations Member Organizations(17) 1 vote Web site Comments Small Organizations Secretariat[Internet Society] Secretariat[?] Comments Web site Web site