Nominating Committee

The ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) is in charge of selecting all ICANN officers except the Director, and those positions selected by other Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, as set forth by ICANN's Bylaws. The NomCom is designed to operate independently from the Board, the Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees, and members of the NomCom are to act purely on behalf of the interests of the global Internet community as a whole. Being a NomCom member is voluntary—there is no monetary compensation for the positions, although members are reimbursed for expenses directly related to their duties.

Members

The NomCom is made up of:

1. A non-voting Chair, appointed by the ICANN Board;
2. A non-voting Associate Chair, who is appointed by the Chair to help carry out the Chair's duties. The Associate Chair may not serve in place of the Chair under any circumstances, and may not otherwise be a member of NomCom.
3. The immediately previous NomCom Chair, as a non-voting advisor;
4. A non-voting liaison appointed by the RSSAC;
5. A non-voting liaison appointed by the SSAC;
6. A non-voting liaison appointed by the GAC;
7. Five voting delegates selected by ALAC;
8. Two voting delegates, one representing small business users and one representing large business users, selected by the Business Users Constituency of the GNSO;
9. One voting delegate from the gTLD Registry Constituency of the GNSO;
10. One voting delegate from the gTLD Registrars Constituency of the GNSO;
11. One voting delegate from the ISP Constituency of the GNSO;
12. One voting delegate from the Intellectual Property Constituency of the GNSO;
13. One voting delegate from the consumer and civil society groups, selected by the Non-commercial Users Constituency of the GNSO;
14. One voting delegate from the ccNSO;
15. One voting delegate from the Council of the Address Supporting Organization;
16. One voting delegate from an entity designated by the Board to represent academic organizations;
17. One voting delegate from the Internet Engineering Task Force;
18. One voting delegate from the ICANN Technical Liaison Group.

The Chair, Advisor, and Associate Chair serve until the conclusion of the next ICANN annual meeting. Non-voting liaisons serve a term as designated by their appointing entity. Voting delegates serve a one year term, and may serve up to two consecutive terms, after which a two year time period must elapse before they may serve again.

Current Members

Non-Voting Members

• Adam Peake, Chair
• Jacqueline Morris, Associate Chair
• Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Advisor (previous Chair)
• Joao Damas, RSSAC Representative
• Vanda Scartezini, SSAC Representative

Voting Members

• Yaovi Atohoun, ALAC Representative (Africa Region)
• Eduardo Diaz, ALAC Representative (North America Region)
• Yrjo Lansipuro, ALAC Representative (Europe Region)
• Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, ALAC Representative (Latin America/Caribbean Region)
• Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan, ALAC Representative (Asia/Australia/Pacific Region)
• Mike Roberts, Commercial and Business Users Constituency (Small)
• Chris Martin, Commercial and Business Users Constituency (Large)
• Michael Palage, Registries Stakeholder Group
• Rob Hall, Registrars Stakeholder Group
• Tony Holmes, ISP Constituency Representative
• Mark Partridge, Intellectual Property Constituency
• Maria Farrell, Non-Commercial Users Constituency
• Giovanni Seppia, ccNSO
• Wilfried Woeber, Address Supporting Organization Advisory Committee
• Henk Uijterwaal, IAB for IETF
• Phil Davidson, Technical Liaison Group (ITU-T Rep)

Support Staff

• Joette Youkhanna, Senior Project Coordinator, Staff Support

External Links

• NomCom
• Relevant ICANN Bylaws

Nominating Committee

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

Root Server System Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System (ICANN Bylaws).

Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems (ICANN Bylaws).

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Internet Service Provider

Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).

Internet Engineering Task Force

International Telecommunication Union