[ga] Fwd: Names Council Press Release

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>From owner-council@dnso.org Thu Dec 21 15:39 MET 2000
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From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@aim.be>
To: "DNSO Council \(Public archive\)" <council@dnso.org>
Subject: [council] Press release
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:35:46 +0100

The attached press release has been sent today (21 December  2000 CET
15.30) to ICANN and ICANN's media consultant for immediate
distribution. The release was drafted by Philip Sheppard, amended by 
Y J Park  and approved on behalf of the NC by NC chair Ken Stubbs.

Philip Sheppard

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PRESS RELEASE


NAMES COUNCIL RENEWS CALL FOR WIDE CONSULTATION ON CONSENSUS BUILDING


December 21, 2000 - To get additional input into a review of its own
consensus-building procedures, the Names Council of the Domain Name
Supporting Organization (DNSO) at its December 19 meeting established a
Review Working Group charged with actively seeking input from the
widest possible set of Internet stakeholders.


The new working group, chaired by Names Council member Y J Park, is
established immediately and seeks to complete its work by January 15th
2001. In common with previous DNSO work groups, the group is open to
anyone to participate and operates by e-mail. Interested parties are
encouraged to sign-up now by sending an email to majordomo@dnso.org
with the words subscribe wg-review in the body of the message.


The working group will provide additional answers to an extensive
questionnaire developed by a task force of Names Council members with a
mandate to improve the decision-making process of the Names Council by
more effective outreach.  The task force has already made two calls for
input to its questionnaire from DNSO constituencies and its general
assembly. This final call is intended to improve the quality and
quantity of input as a function of the interactive nature of a DNSO
working group.



BACKGROUND


ABOUT DNSO


The Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO) is one of three
organizations within ICANN, known as "Supporting Organizations" or
"SOs," that develop and recommend policies concerning the Internet's
technical management within their areas of expertise. It deals with
policies concerning the domain name system.  The Names Council consists
of representatives from each of the DNSO's seven constituency groups
and is responsible for the management of the consensus-building process
of the DNSO.


ABOUT ICANN


The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a
technical coordination body for the Internet. Created in October 1998
by a broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, academic,
and user communities, ICANN is assuming responsibility for a set of
technical functions previously performed under U.S. government contract
by IANA <<http://www.iana.org/> and other groups.


Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment of the following
identifiers that must be globally unique for the Internet to function:

    Internet domain names
    IP address numbers
    protocol parameter and port numbers

In addition, ICANN coordinates the stable operation of the Internet's 
root server system.


As a non-profit, private-sector corporation, ICANN is dedicated to
preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting
competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet
communities; and to developing policy through private-sector,
bottom-up, consensus-based means. ICANN welcomes the participation of
any interested Internet user, business, or organization.


CONTACT


Pam Brewster
415-902-1158
Pambrewster@yahoo.com


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