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[[Image:icons_101.png|frameless|50px|left]]'''Welcome to the world of ICANN!'''<br />
'''[[ICANN]]''' stands for the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP Address]]es and [[Autonomous System Numbers]], and the structures that underlie them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model. The following bodies represent the ICANN community, which works closely with the [[ICANN Organization|ICANN Org]] and [[ICANN Board|Board]] to do its part in [[Internet Governance]].
[[Image:ICANN-Organizational-Structure.png|655px|thumbnail|right|border|ICANN Organizational Chart (Image from ICANN.org)]]

==[[SO|Supporting Organizations]]==
ICANN has three Supporting Organizations (SOs). 
===[[GNSO]]===
:The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), which replaced the [[DNSO]], develops policies, forms consensus, and makes recommendations to the ICANN Board related to [[Generic top-level domain|gTLD]]<nowiki/>s. 
====[[GNSO Council]]====
:The GNSO Council is led by elected representatives from the Contracted and Non-Contracted House Parties.
=====[[CPH|Contracted Party House]]=====
:The CPH consists of:
*The [[RrSG|Registrar Stakeholder Group]] and
*The [[RySG|Registries Stakeholder Group]]

=====[[NCPH|Non-Contracted Party House]]=====
:The NCPH consist of: 
*The [[CSG|Commercial Stakeholder Group]], which consists of three constituencies:
**The [[BC]] (CBUC)
**The [[IPC]] 
**The [[ISPC]] 
*The [[NCSG|Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group]], which consists of two constituencies:
**The [[NCUC]] 
**The [[NPOC]]

===[[ccNSO]]===
:The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) develops policies, forms consensus, and makes recommendations to the ICANN Board related to [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]]s. 
====[[ccNSO#ccNSO Council|ccNSO Council]]====
:The ccNSO Council consists of a group of representatives elected from the ccNSO representatives of their respective ccTLD managers, which ICANN refers to as ccNSO members.
===[[ASO]]===
:The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) develops policies, forms consensus, and makes recommendations to the ICANN Board related to [[Internet Protocol]] and addresses. 
====[[ASO#Address Council|Address Council]]====
:The ASO is led by the Address Council.
=====[[Regional Internet Registries]]=====
:The Address Council consists of elected representatives from each of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs): 
*[[AFRINIC]]
*[[APNIC]]
*[[ARIN]]
*[[LACNIC]]
*[[RIPE NCC]]
==[[AC|Advisory Committees]]==
ICANN is comprised of four Advisory Committees (ACs).
===[[GAC|Goverment Advisory Committee]]===
:The Government Advisory Committee (GAC) consists of representatives from various governments who advise the ICANN Board on public policy issues, national laws, and international agreements. GAC Members are the government organizations that participate in GAC, and GAC representatives convey their respective government's interests to the committee.
====[[GAC#Structure|GAC Leaders]]==== 
:GAC Leadership refers to the five representatives who have been elected to shepherd members toward consensus on ICANN [[PDP|policy developments]] and coordinate the committee's advice process on a given topic and convey it to the ICANN Board.
===[[ALAC|At-Large Advisory Committee]]===
:The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) presents the interests and concerns of individual Internet users, as represented by the [[At-Large Community]].
====[[RALO|Regional At-Large Organizations]]====
:The ALAC consists of three representatives from each of the five Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs):
*[[AFRALO]]
*[[APRALO]]
*[[EURALO]]
*[[LACRALO]]
*[[NARALO]]
=====[[ALS|At-Large Structures]]=====
:RALOS are comprised of At-Large Structures (ALSes) and individuals who seek to represent the interest of the [[At-Large Community]].
===[[RSSAC]]===
:The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) advises the ICANN community and Board on the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System. The [[RSSAC#Structure|RSSAC]] consists of voting representatives from each of the 12 organizations operating the 13 root name servers, alternates, and non-voting liaisons to and from root zone service organizations. The RSSAC Caucus is a pool of experts that support the voting representatives.
===[[SSAC]]===
:The Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) consists of 34 members who advise the ICANN Board on the security and integrity of [[domain name]]s and the allocation of [[IP]] addresses, including security assurance for operational matters, administrative matters, and registrations matters.
==Other ICANN Groups==
As ICANN takes an inclusive approach, it incorporates the public sector, the private sector, and technical experts to fulfill its mission.
===[[NomCom]]===
:The Nominating Committee (NomCom) oversees the selection of various ICANN officers. It is designed to operate independently of all other ICANN bodies and to act in the interest of the global Internet community.
====[[Nominating Committee Appointees]]====
:The NomCom selects and appoints people to SOs, ACs, and the ICANN Board.

===[[TLG|Technical Liaison Group]]===
:The Technical Liaison Group (TLG) provides the ICANN Board with appropriate sources of technical advice. The TLG consists of two representatives from each of the following four organizations:
*[[ETSI|European Telecommunications Standards Institute]]
*[[ITU-T|International Telecommunications Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector]]
*[[W3C|World Wide Web Consortium]]
*[[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]]
====[[Technical Experts Group]]====
:The Technical Experts Group (TEG) is the part of ICANN's Technical Liaison Group that focuses on future technical and technological issues that warrant the Board's attention.

===[[Customer Standing Committee]]===
:The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) monitors [[PTI|Public Technical Identifiers]]' performance of the [[IANA]] naming function.
===[[RZERC|Root Zone Evolution Review Committee]]===
:The Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) reviews architectural changes to the content, hard- and soft-ware systems, and distribution mechanisms used in the [[DNS]] [[root zone]].