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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Internet Is Your Business: ICANN
Seeks Volunteers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ICANN’s Nominating Committee seeks
applications for six leadership positions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28 January 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>MARINA DEL REY, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Calif.</st1:place></st1:State>:</span></font></b></strong><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> The Nominating Committee for the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is looking for volunteers
to help it with the global task of coordinating the Internet’s unique
identifiers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"The
Internet is the most powerful communications tool in human history — and the
incredible story is how much of this has been accomplished by dedicated
volunteers," said Hagen Hultzsch, Chair of the Nominating Committee
(NomCom). "ICANN’s work coordinating the Internet’s addressing system is
at the foundation of the Internet and its future — and we are always looking
for people who want to make a contribution."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"The
issues are fascinating — for example how do you allow the potential seven
billion Internet users to express themselves in their own language in a domain
name? How do you expand the domain names available at the top level?"
Hultzsch added. "These are just two issues ICANN grapples with."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Nominating Committee today launched an updated and easier to use website [<a
href="http://nomcom.icann.org/">http://nomcom.icann.org/</a>] outlining how
people can apply for positions currently open on ICANN’s Board and its
Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees. Those positions are: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2 Board Directors <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 GNSO Council member <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 ccNSO Council member <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2 ALAC Committee members (Europe and <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"The
people who volunteer in the ICANN community have helped build the Internet and
its connections over the years," Hultzsch added. "If individuals are
interested in the future of the Internet and are excited by the prospect of
working with the people who helped build the network, then the NomCom invites
them to provide a Statement of Interest based on the form available at the web
pages."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Nominating Committee is designed to function independently from the Board, the
Supporting Organizations, and Advisory Committees. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Information
on applying is available at <a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/">http://nomcom.icann.org/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>About ICANN: </span></font></b></strong><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ICANN
is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique
identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk)
and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help computers
reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is
vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet
regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and
stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit
company. For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>
. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Media Contacts:</span></font></b></strong><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jason Keenan</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <br>
Media Adviser, ICANN <br>
Ph: +1 310 382 4004 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:jason.keenan@icann.org">jason.keenan@icann.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>International:
Andrew Robertson <br>
Edelman (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>)
<br>
Ph: +44 7921 588 770 <br>
E: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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