The Structure of the GNSO Council
The 21 members of the Council govern policy development in the GNSO. Stakeholder Groups appoint 18 of its members. For voting purposes, the Council has two houses, like the US Congress or the British Parliament.
The Contracted Parties House (CPH) holds the Registries and Registrars Stakeholder Groups, while the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) holds the Commercial and Non-Commercial Stakeholder Groups.
ICANN's Nominating Committee appoints three Council members, two of which are voting members assigned to each House. The third appointee is an advisor to the Council as a whole.
The Council also includes formally appointed but non-voting Liaisons and Observers from other groups within ICANN. This elaborate system provides checks and balances so no single interest group can dominate the Council.
GNSO Council Leadership |
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Pam Little Vice-Chair, CPH – AP (AGM 2021) |
Philippe Fouquart Chair – EU (AGM 2022) *** |
Tatiana Tropina Vice-Chair, NCPH – EU (AGM 2021) |
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Contracted Party House {6+1} |
Non-Contracted Party House {12+1} |
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Registries
Kurt Pritz NA Sebastien Ducos AP Maxim Alzoba EU |
Registrars
Pam Little AAPAC Greg DiBiase NA Kristian Ørmen EU |
Commercial
Marie Pattullo EU Mark Datysgeld LAC Intellectual Property Interests John McElwaine NA Flip Petillion EU Internet Service and Connection Providers Philippe Fouquart EU Osvaldo Novoa LAC |
Non-Commercial
Wisdom Donkor AF Stephanie Perrin NA Tatiana Tropina EU Juan Manuel Rojas LAC Farell Folly AF Tomslin Samme-Nlar AP |
GNSO Council NomCom Appointees |
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Tom Dale NCA CPH- AP (AGM 2021) |
Olga Cavalli NCA, non-voting – LAC (AGM 2022)* |
Carlton Samuels NCA NCPH – LAC (AGM 2021) |
GNSO Council Liaisons/Observers |
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Maarten Simon ccNSO liaison – EU ** |
Jeffrey Neuman GNSO Liaison to the GAC – NA** |
Cheryl Langdon-Orr ALAC Liaison – AAPAC ** |
1 Completed Darcy Southwell's term
2 Completed Philip Corwin's term
3 Completed Wolf-Ulrich Knoben's term
4 Completed Tony Harris' term
5 Completed Martin Valent's term
6 Completes Farzaneh Badii's second term (first term completed by James Gannon)
Legend
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[] Non-Voting
* Non-Voting Liaison – Counted as a Member
** Observer – Not Counted as a Member
*** The GNSO Council Chair is elected for a one year term
AGM = Annual General Meeting
Regions
- AF = Africa
- NA = North America
- EU = Europe
- LAC = Latin America/Caribbean
- AAPAC = Asia/Australia/Pacific