Generic Names Supporting Organization: Difference between revisions

The '''Generic Names Supporting Organization''' (GNSO) brings together smaller stakeholder groups, which in turn bring together [[Constituency|constituencies]] and other groups, together into one [[SO|Supporting Organization]] to develop policies, form consensus, and make recommendations related to [[gTLD]]s to the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/ GNSO.ICANN.org]</ref> This body was previously known as the [[Domain Name Supporting Organization]] (DNSO), which it replaced in 2003.

The main objective of the GNSO is to keep [[gTLD]]s operating in a fair and orderly manner across the Internet, while promoting innovation and competition. Some examples of the types of issues that the GNSO face are:

Four [[SG|Stakeholder Groups]] appoint 18 individuals to the GNSO council. Two appointments are also made by the [[NomCom|ICANN's Nominating Committee]]. Certain Stakeholder groups, like the commercial one, also delegate appointments to their [[Constituency|constituencies]].

* [[Commercial Stakeholder Group]], 6 total appointments coming from constituencies  

** [[Intellectual Property Interests Constituency]], 2 appointments

* [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], 3 appointments

* [[Registry Stakeholder Group]], 3 appointments

[[File:GNSO-Council.png|655px|thumbnail|right|Organizational Structure of the GNSO Coucnil(Image from ICANN.org)]]The GNSO Council consists of 23 members, 20 of which are full voting members; they come from a variety of different regions and represent the aforementioned [[SG|Stakeholder Groups]] and Constituencies involved in [[ICANN]]'s multi-stakeholder model. [[James Bladel]] is its current chair.  

 

===[[ccNSO]]===

* [[Ben Fuller]] - '''ccNSO Liaison''', Africa - Non-Voting, Non-Member

===[[ALAC]]===

* [[Cheryl Langdon-Orr]] - '''ALAC Liaison''', Asia-Pacific - Non-Voting Member<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm GNSO Council, ICANN.org] Retrieved 19 April 2017</ref>

==='''[[Contracted Parties House]]'''===  

* [[Donna Austin]] - '''Vice-Chair''', Asia-Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2018)

* [[Hsu Phen Valerie Tan]] - '''Voting NCA''', Asia-Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017)

====[[Registry Stakeholder Group]]====

* [[Keith Drazek]] - North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2018)

* [[Rubens Kuhl]] - Latin America/Caribbean (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017)

* [[Donna Austin]] - '''Vice-Chair''', Asia Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2018)

====[[Registrar Stakeholder Group]]====  

* [[James Bladel]] - '''GNSO Council Chair''', North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017

* [[Darcy Southwell]] - North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017)

* [[Michele Neylon]] - Europe (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017)

==='''[[Non-Contracted Parties House]]'''===  

* [[Heather Forrest]] - '''Vice-Chair''', Asia Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2018)

* [[Johan Helsingius]] - '''Voting NCA''', Europe (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting|AGM]] 2017)

* [[Philip Corwin]] - North America (Term ends [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

* [[Susan Kawaguchi]] - North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Paul McGrady]] - North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

* [[Heather Forrest]] - '''Vice-Chair''', Asia Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Wolf-Ulrich Knoben]] - Europe (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Tony Harris]] - Latin America/Caribbean (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

* [[Rafik Dammak]]- Asia-Pacific (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Stephanie Perrin]] - North America (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Stefania Milan]] - Europe (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

* [[Edward Morris]] - Europe (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2018)

* [[Martin Pablo Silva Valent|Martin Silva Valent]] - Africa (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

* [[Marilia Maciel]] - Latin American/Carribean (Term ends at [[Annual Meeting]] 2017)

The GNSO is the primary engine within the [[ICANN]] community for developing, recommending changes, and making modifications to [[gTLD|generic top-level domain]] policies. The GNSO aims to identify ways to improve the inclusiveness and representativeness of its work while increasing its effectiveness and efficiency.

An important GNSO improvement was the development of recommendations for the new GNSO policy development process. The ICANN Board launched a set of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the GNSO in June, 2008. These recommendations were related to GNSO activities, operations and structure.

The main areas of GNSO improvements which were approved by the Board, and are being implemented by the GNSO, are classified into five main categories:

# The creation of a Working Group Model

# Revising the [[PDP]] (Policy Development process)

# The restructuring of GNSO Council

# Communication improvement and a better coordination between [[ICANN]] structures

# Improving constituency procedures <ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ GNSO improvements]</ref>

==Implementation of URS==

In September 2012, ICANN senior executive [[Kurt Pritz]] sent a public email to [[GNSO]] Council Chairman [[Stephane Van Gelder]] advising him that URS implementation could begin after a year of delay. Implementing URS included a pair of open meetings in Fall 2012, including one at [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto. ICANN acknowledged the role played by the GNSO Council in developing and approving the model and said they were willing to "work in whichever way the GNSO wishes to proceed".<ref>[http://internetcommerce.org/URS_Implementation URS Implementation Finally to Commence Under GNSO Direction]. Internet Commerce Association. Published 2012 September 20.</ref>

==ICANN Supporting Organizations==  

Apart from GNSO, there are other [[SO]]'s (supporting organizations) and advisory committees which help [[ICANN]] to fulfill its objectives. They include:

* [[ASO|Address Supporting Organization]] (ASO)

* [[ccNSO|Country Code Domain Name Supporting Organization]] (ccNSO)

* [[ALAC|At-Large Advisory Committee]] (ALAC)

* [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]] (GAC)<ref>[http://www.icann.org/tr/english.html ICANN supporting organizations]</ref>