NCUC

The Non-commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is a member of the Non-commercial Stakeholder Group of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) constituted by Article XX, Section of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Bylaws. It's main objective is to represent the interests and positions of individuals or civil society involved in non-commercial activities such as education, promotion of arts, religion, children's welfare, scientific research among others using internet as a global communication method.

Organizational Structure

The Non-Commercial Users Constituency is composed of:

• Membership which consist of entities primarily engaged in non-profit/non-commercial activities and exclusive owner of at least one domain name whose owner is verifiable in the Whois data base.
• Executive Committee is responsible in administering the different activities of the Constituency and it is headed by its chairman who will be elected yearly. It is also consist of a Secretary-Treasurer and one Representative from every geographical region.
• Policy Committee is tasked to determine and represent the positions of the Constituency on issues related to domain names, ICANN policy and procedures of the GNSO, ICANN policy committees, working groups, advisory committees including policy forums. The Policy Committee is co-chaired by Constituency Representatives to the GNSO Council who will be elected for two-years term. The term of each co-chair will be terminated on an odd number and even number year to maintain the continuity of the Council.

Groups

The Non Commercial Users Constituency is composed of different groups such as the GNSO Operations Team, Interest-Group-Formation: Librarians,Scientific, Technical and Academic Experts,Post-Expiration Domain Name Drafting Team, Fund Raising Committee,Operations Steering Committee, Consumer Rights and many other groups.

NCUC Officers

The officers of the Non Commercial Users Constituency include:

Elected Officers

• NCUC Chair: Konstantinos Komaitis, Europe
• Executive Committee Africa, Alex Gakuru
• Executive Committee Asia, David Cake
• Executive Committee Europe, Cedric Laurant
• Executive Committee North America, Brenden Kuerbis
• Executive Committee South America, Carlos Affonso de Souza
• Nominating Committee Representative-Europe, Maria Farrell

Executive Committee

• Avri Doria, Chair
• Rosemary Sinclair Vice-chair
• Mohammed Rafik Dammak
• Debra Hughes
• Milton Mueller

Stakeholder Group

Council Members elected by NCUC

• William Drake, Europe
• Wendy Seltzer, North America
• Mary Wong, Asia Pacific

Council Members appointed by the ICANN Board

• Mohammed Rafik Dammak, Africa
• Debra Hughes, North America
• Rosemary Sinclair, Asia Pacific

Non-Commercial Users Constituency

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).