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The '''Commercial and Business Users Constituency''' (also known as the '''CBUC''', the '''Business Constituency''', or '''BC''')  represents the position and interests of small, medium, large and multinational enterprises as [[DNS]] and Internet Users to [[ICANN]]. The Constituency has over 50 members, but extends association membership to over 50,000 members and indirectly to over 1.5 million; 90% belong to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).<ref>[http://www.bizconst.org/index.htm Business Constituency], BizConst.org.</ref> It is one of the Constituencies under the [[CSG|Commercial Stakeholders Group]] (CSG) in the [[Non-Contracted Parties House]] under ICANN's [[GNSO]]. It was set forth by the [[ICANN Bylaws]].

The '''Commercial Business Users Constituency''' (also known as the '''Business Constituency''', or '''BC''')  represents the position and interests of small, medium, large and multinational enterprises as [[DNS]] and Internet Users to [[ICANN]]. The Constituency has over 50 members, but extends association membership to over 50,000 members and indirectly to over 1.5 million; 90% belong to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).<ref>[http://www.bizconst.org/index.htm Business Constituency], BizConst.org.</ref> It is one of the Constituencies under the [[CSG|Commercial Stakeholders Group]] (CSG) in the [[Non-Contracted Parties House]] under ICANN's [[GNSO]]. It was set forth by the [[ICANN Bylaws]].

==Mission==

==Mission==

The Constituency's responsibilities include:<ref>[http://www.bizconst.org/responsibilities.htm Responsibilities], BizConst.org.</ref>

The Constituency's responsibilities include:<ref>[http://www.bizconst.org/responsibilities.htm Responsibilities], BizConst.org.</ref>

* Election of two representatives, from different geographical regions, to the [[GNSO]]  to discuss the Constituency's position regarding domain name policy issues.  

* Election of two representatives, from different geographical regions, to the [[GNSO]]  to discuss the Constituency's position regarding domain name policy issues.  

* Evaluation of the qualification of a member based on the BC charter, undergone by the Constituency's Credentials Committee. [[David Fares]], [[Mike O'Connor]] & [[Martin Sutton]] are members of the Credentials Committee.

* Evaluation of the qualification of a member based on the BC charter, undergone by the Constituency's Credentials Committee. [[Andrew Mark,]] [[Lawrence Olawale-Roberts]], [[John Berard]], [[Arinola Akinyemi]] & [[Adetola Sogbesan]] are members of the Credentials Committee.

* Appointment of two members to ICANN's [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]] to represent small and large business. [[Waudo Siganga]] & [[Ron Andruff]] were appointed for 2013; they respectively represent small and large business.

* Appointment of two members to ICANN's [[NomCom|Nominating Committee]] to represent small and large business. [[Lawrence Olawale-Roberts]] was appointed for the small business seat in 2019 and 2020;while [[Paul Mitchell]] was appointed to fill the large business seat for the year 2019 and 2020, respectively.

* Appointment of one rapporteur who will be responsible for leading every major policy issue, preparing drafts of position papers, and serving as spokesperson, as well as the appointment of one support and one or more observers to be assigned to the rapporteur to ensure a more active policy group.

* Appointment of one rapporteur who will be responsible for leading every major policy issue, preparing drafts of position papers, and serving as spokesperson, as well as the appointment of one support and one or more observers to be assigned to the rapporteur to ensure a more active policy group.

===Members===

===Members===

* [[Marilyn Cade]], Chair

* [[Claudia Selli]], Chair

* [[Steve DelBianco]], Vice Chair Policy Coordination:

* [[Steve DelBianco]], Vice Chair Policy Coordination

* [[Chris Chaplow]], Vice Chair Finance & Operations:

* [[Jimson Olufuye]], Vice Chair Finance & Operations  

* [[Zahid Jamil]] & [[Mike Rodenbaugh]], GNSO Councilors

* [[Barbara Wanner]], CSG Representative

* [[Sarah Deutsch]], CSG Representative

* [[Scott McCormick]], GNSO Councilor

* [[Stevan Lieberman]], Legal Counsel

===Roles of BC Members===

===Roles of BC Members===

Their full positions can be found [http://www.bizconst.org/positions.htm here], while their full statements can be found [http://www.bizconst.org/statements.htm here].

Their full positions can be found [http://www.bizconst.org/positions.htm here], while their full statements can be found [http://www.bizconst.org/statements.htm here].

===On New gTLDs===

===On New gTLDs===

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