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	Formerly a member of ICANN's GNSO

	Formerly a member of ICANN's RrSG

	Featured in the ICANN 41 - Singapore playing card deck

Stéphane Van Gelder was CEO of TLD Fastrack Limited. The firm provides a one-stop-shop solution for prospective New Internet Suffix (New gTLD) operators.

Before launching TLD Fastrack Limited, Stéphane was Executive Vice President of StartingDot, the registry operator for the TLDs .archi, .bio and .ski. Stéphane was also General Manager of Indom, a corporate domain registrar which he cofounded in 1999.

He passed away on the 26th of March 2018, after being involved in a motorcycle crash.

ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]

Stéphane has been active in Internet governance for years. He was a board member for the French registry AFNIC from 2004 to 2010. He was elected treasurer of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group in 2008, and that group's European representative on the GNSO Council that same year. Stéphane was elected Vice Chair of the GNSO Council in 2009 and Chair the following year. He was re-elected as GNSO Council Chair at the 2011 Dakar ICANN meeting.

Stéphane has chaired ICANN's Nominating Committee, having been selected to do so by the ICANN Board. He is also on the Executive Committee of ICANN's Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) as Vice Chair Policy.^[1]

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↑ GNSO Council Representatives. Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.

[1] GNSO Council Representatives. Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.

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+'''Stéphane Van Gelder''' was CEO of [http://www.tldfastrack.com/ TLD Fastrack Limited]. The firm provides a one-stop-shop solution for prospective New Internet Suffix (New gTLD) operators.
-'''Stephane Van Gelder''' is formerly the General manager of [[INDOM]], France's leading corporate domain name [[registrar]], and currently the lead of [[Stephane Van Gelder Consulting Limited]], a consultancy for domain portfolio owners, registrars and registries.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/people/van-gelder-to-leave-nbt-offers-consulting/22128 VanGelder to Leave NBT Offers Consulting, DomainNameNews]Published & Retrieved 12 Dec 2012</ref> He also currently holds a role as a Lobbyist and Copy Editor with [[DomainDiction]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/12272-new-hires-at-donuts-domaindiction-and-101domain New Hires at Donuts DomainDiction and 101Domain, DomainIncite.com] Published and Retrieved 14 March 2013</ref>
+Before launching TLD Fastrack Limited, Stéphane was Executive Vice President of StartingDot, the registry operator for the TLDs [[.archi]], [[.bio]] and [[.ski]]. Stéphane was also General Manager of Indom, a corporate domain registrar which he cofounded in 1999.
-Stephane is fully bilingual and bicultural, having spent many years living in England and France. He has always been interested in computing and studied Computer Science at Sussex University. He has a Comp. Sc. Degree at B.Sc. level.
+He passed away on the 26th of March 2018, after being involved in a motorcycle crash.
-Stephane Van Gelder moved back to France after getting his degree and started a career in sports journalism. Motorsports is also a great passion of his and he was a newspaper and television journalist covering motorcycle and car racing at the highest international level for ten years.
+===ICANN Involvement===
+Stéphane has been active in Internet governance for years. He was a board member for the French registry [[AFNIC]] from 2004 to 2010. He was elected treasurer of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group in 2008, and that group's European representative on the GNSO Council that same year. Stéphane was elected Vice Chair of the [[GNSO]] Council in 2009 and Chair the following year. He was re-elected as GNSO Council Chair at the 2011 Dakar ICANN meeting.
-The entity that was to become [[INDOM]] was created in 1997 under the name ANDCONET. He joined the project in 1999 to start [[INDOM]]. He is one of the three co-founders of the firm.<ref>[http://www.stephanevangelder.com/archives/5-About-me.html stephanevangelder.com]</ref>
+Stéphane has chaired [[ICANN]]'s [[Nominating Committee]], having been selected to do so by the [[ICANN Board]]. He is also on the Executive Committee of ICANN's [[Registries Stakeholder Group|Registry Stakeholder Group]] (RySG) as Vice Chair Policy.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/rysg GNSO Council Representatives. Retrieved 11 Nov 2015.]</ref>
-===ICANN Involvement===
-Mr. Van Gelder is the former Chair of the [[GNSO|GNSO Council]]; his term ended following [[ICANN 45]] in October 2012.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/council/members.html GNSO.ICANN.org]</ref>. In addition to his responsibilities as Chair, Stephane Van Gelder represented the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]] on the GNSO.
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+[[Category: Former NomCom Delegate]]
+[[Category: RrSG]]