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	CIRA Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

[edit] Description

CIRA is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, responsible for managing the .ca top-level domain. It is organised as a not-for-profit corporation.

CIRA was incorporated in 1998 with the mandate to set policy for and operate the .ca domain. Since 1988, .ca domain names had been registered on a volunteer basis by the registrar at the University of British Columbia.

In 1997, at the Canadian annual Internet conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Canadian Internet community, with a view to liberalize registration procedures and substantially improve turnaround times, decided to undertake reform of the .ca Registry. The Canadian Domain Names Consultative Committee (CDNCC) was created and it was recommended that a not-for-profit, private sector corporation be incorporated to run the dot-ca registry. This occurred in December 1998, when the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was incorporated.

CIRA Board Members

People

Byron Holland, President and CEO
Bill Reid, is a former member of the board
Paul Andersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Debi Rosati, is a former member of the board
Gabriel Ahad, if the former Director of communications and marketing
Jacob Glick, if the former Legal and Policy Counsel
Jim Mercer, is a former member of the board
John Demco, is on the board of directors
Kim von Arx, is the former General Counsel and Director of Policy Development
Lynne Mackan-Roy, is a Board Member
Malcom Andrew, is a former member of the board
Margaret Osborne, is a former member of the board
Michael Geist, is a former member of the board
Norm Ritchie, director of computer operations
Paul Andersen, is on the board of directors
Rick Anderson, is on the board of directors
Robert Ford, is a former member of the board
Ron Harbottle
Ron Kawchuck, is on the board of directors
Adrian Buss, Manager of Computer Operations
Matthew Pounsett is a Systems Administrator, and handles DNS operations.

[edit] CIRA Member Gallery

Bernhard Turcotte	Bill Reid	Clyde Beattie	DebiRosati
Gabriel Ahad	Jacob Glick	Jim Mercer	John Demco
Kim VonArx	Lynne MackanRoy	Malcolm Andrew	Margaret Osborne
Michael Geist	Norm Ritchie	Paul Andersen	Rick Anderson
Robert Ford	Ron Kawchuck	Matthew Pounsett