Commercial Stakeholder Group

The Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) represents the views of commercial Internet users and all relevant sectors of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, including but not limited to large and small business entities, business organizations, ISPs, intellectual property owners, and IP organizations.

The main mission of the CSG is to see to it that the policies framed by ICANN contribute toward making the Internet a safe place for the Business-to-Business and Business-to-Customers transactions and communications.

Members

CSG membership is open to all parties recognized under Article X of the ICANN Bylaws, which are:

• Internet Service and Connectivity Providers
• Commercial and Business Users
• Intellectual Property Interests

Members do not have to pay any kind of fee for membership in the CSG.

Roles and Responsibilities

The main responsibility of the CSG is to monitor the wide policies and procedural issues of ICANN, including the Policy Development Process and related Working Groups. The CSG also provides useful advice to its member Constituencies over issues of adopting or creating any new Constituency-based Charter. The CSG also plans and chairs CSG meetings, including the meetings that involve the other groups within the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH).

The Commercial Stakeholders Group and ICANN carry out in-meetings on a regular basis. In these meetings, the CSG provides advice and recommendations with respect to the consensus policies within ICANN that relate to enhancing the technical reliability and stable operation of the internet or the DNS.

See also

• NCSG

Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of large and small commercial entities of the Internet, including the Business Constituency, Intellectual Property Constituency and the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ICANN Bylaws).