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Introduction to ICANN
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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The pre-ICANN era
Prior to the establishment of ICANN, the naming and numbering system was administrated primarily by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), at the University of Southern California (USC)
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Formed in 1998, ICANN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable
ICANN coordinates:
Allocation and assignment of three sets of unique identifiers of the Internet: domain names, IP addresses, and protocol parameters
Operation and evolution of the DNS root name server system
Policy development reasonably and appropriately related to these technical functions
What does ICANN do?
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ICANN Evolution
Memorandum of Understanding with USG
More Board than staff
Office in Los Angeles
7 generic top-level domains
No Registrars
1998 Today
MoU expired
307 staff in 25 countries
Hub offices in Los Angeles, Istanbul and Singapore
Engagement offices in Brussels, Washington DC, Montevideo, Beijing, Seoul, Geneva
500+ generic top-level domains & 1000+ registrars
USG announced its intention to transition its IANA stewardship role to the multi-stakeholder community
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ICANN Structure
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Attend ICANN public meeting in person or remotely https://meetings.icann.org
Join ICANN’s online public comments forum
https://www.icann.org/public-comments
Apply for an ICANN fellowship https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fellowships-2012-02-25-en
Participate in the quarterly stakeholder calls https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-13-en
Join one of ICANN constituencies https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/how-2012-02-25-en
Participation in ICANN
ICANN is part of the Internet Governance Ecosystem
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Engage with ICANN