ICANN Board
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.,[1] The ICANN board is internationally represented as set forth by ICANN's Bylaws and 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. [2]
Composition
The ICANN Board is composed of 16 voting Directors and 5 non-voting Liaisons. Only the Directors have the power to determine the existence of a quorum and the validity of votes taken by the Board of Directors.[3]
Selection of the Board
The Nominating Committee is responsible in selecting the eight voting member who will take seats 1-8; the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) selects Director who will occupy Seats 9 & 10; the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) selects Directors for Seat 11 and Seat 12; the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) selects two directors for seats 13 and 14 while one director represents the ICANN At-Large Community who will take seat 15 and the ex officio President will occupy the 16th seat of the ICANN Board.
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of ICANN will be elected from the 16 Directors not including the President.The five non voting members is appointed by:
- Governmental Advisory Council (GAC)
- Root Server System Advisory Council (RSSAC)
- Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
- Technical Liaison Group (TLG)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)