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<big><b>[[ccTLD]]</b></big>

<big><b>[[ICANN Board]]</b></big>

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Country Code Top-Level Domains ([[ccTLD]]s) are two-letter Internet top-level domains ([[TLD]]s) specifically designated for a particular country, sovereign state or autonomous territory for use to service their community. ccTLDs are derived from [[ISO]] 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.

The [[ICANN Board]] is responsible in exercising the authority of the [[Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] and controlling its business affairs and properties by virtue of a majority vote by its members present during annual, regular, or special meetings where there is a quorum. The ICANN board is internationally represented as set forth by ICANN's bylaws, which maintains that at least one director represents each geographic region (Europe, Asia/Australia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean islands, Africa and North America) and no region have more than five Directors on the Board. Until December 8th, 2011 the board was largely volunteer based and most of its members were not compensated; the President and CEO, and the Chairman of the Board were the only two paid members. Issues of compensation have been a long-standing topic of debate within ICANN circles, and in December, 2011, the board voted to compensate each member $35,000 per year.

The policies developed by [[ICANN]] are implemented by [[gTLD]] registry operators, ccTLD managers, root-nameserver operators and regional Internet registries. One of the main activities of ICANN is to work with other organizations involved in the technical coordination of the Internet with the purpose of formally documenting their participatory role within the ICANN process. These organizations are committed to the ICANN policies that result from their work.

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<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[gTLD]] - [[geoTLD]] - [[IANA]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>

<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[NomCom]] - [[GNSO]] - [[ALAC]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>

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