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ICANN and the At Large Membership Program. What's It All About By Dan Calloway, TheWorldJournal.com 
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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 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. See http://www.icann.org. For more background about what ICANN does and how it does it, click here. About the At-Large Membership ICANN's At Large Membership program is a new way for Internet users from all over the globe to participate directly in the ICANN process. The At Large Membership program is an experiment, giving interested individuals a means to be informed about and connected to the policymaking structure for the Internet's domain name and numbering systems. From February 25 to July 31, 2000, ICANN's membership drive was overwhelmingly successful - over 158,000 individuals applied for At Large membership. For details on the membership registration drive, see ICANN's July 31 announcement. For membership application statistics, click here. Thanks to a grant from the Markle Foundation, the initial launch of ICANN's At Large Membership program has been funded without the need for membership dues. The At Large Members of ICANN will be able to participate in a historic first- a worldwide online election to choose Directors for the Internet's private-sector technical coordinating body. ICANN Board at its July meetings in Yokohama, Japan determined the rules and schedule for this year's At Large elections. A set of 18 candidates was nominated by the Nominating Committee on August 1. Member-nominated candidates will join those candidates on the ballot - see the member-nomination page for details. The month of September will be devoted to voter education and dialogue. The vote is scheduled to take place from October 1-10. At the same time, any interested individual (including both At Large members and non-members) is invited to take part in ICANN's open, transparent, and bottom-up policy development process through the three specialized Supporting Organizations: the Domain Name Supporting Organization, the Address Supporting Organization, and the Protocol Supporting Organization. © September 15, 2000 |
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