Membership Implementation
Task Force
9 March, 2000
ICANN is pleased
to announce the launch of the first phase of the Membership Implementation Task
Force. Composed of 74 volunteers from
42 nations, the Membership Implementation Task Force will work to conduct
global outreach, recruitment, and education, with the goal of making ICANN's At
Large Membership <http://members.icann.org> diverse and representative,
and its elections fair and transparent.
The first
phase of the Task Force consists of 11 task groups that will focus on
membership outreach and recruitment.
Future task groups will be launched in the coming months to address
election oversight, election procedures and monitoring, fraud detection and prevention, and
membership information and design. The
objective is to keep the membership of the Task Force fluid, in order to
respond to At Large Membership needs as they arise.
Given the large
size of the Task Force, the chairs of the task groups will form an overall
steering committee to coordinate and share information. The chair of the steering committee, and
overall coordinator of the Task Force, is Eric Scace. The
objective of this structure is to tap the energies and enthusiasms of as many
volunteers as possible, without overwhelming ICANN's very small staff. The structure is therefore distributed --
the different task groups allow us to name dozens of individuals to this
effort, thus helping to generate some serious momentum to ICANN's outreach and
recruitment efforts; the steering committee
allows communication, coordination, and integration of the work of the task
groups.
ICANN is
very excited about the talents, diversity, and energy represented by this
group, and welcomes their leadership in ICANN's At Large Membership
structure. Nearly 300 individuals
expressed interest in volunteering for the Task Force – ICANN gratefully
acknowledges their spirit of volunteerism;
many of those not included in the first phase of the Task Force will be
asked to join future task groups.
As we
expect to add additional task groups and members, ICANN encourages interested
persons to contact Andrew McLaughlin at <ajm@icann.org>.
AFRICA Task Group
Pierre
Dandjinou (Benin) – CHAIR
Mohammad-Sani
Abdulai (Ghana)
Silvio
Cabral Almada (Angola)
Zakaria
Amar (Mauritania)
Clement
Dzidonu (Ghana)
Philip
Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie Fergusson (United Kingdom/Sierra Leone/Nigeria)
Sondlo
Leonard Mhlaba (USA/Zimbabwe)
Andrew
Muigai (Kenya)
George
Nkusi (Rwanda)
Victor
Nwankwo (Nigeria)
Alioune
Traoré (Mali)
EAST ASIA Task Group
Samtani
Anil (Singapore) – CHAIR
Izumi Aizu
(Singapore & Japan)
Srisakdi
Charmonman (Thailand)
Kenny Huang
(Taiwan)
Yumi
Ohashi (Japan)
Chae Kyu
Park (South Korea)
Y. J. Park
(South Korea/Singapore)
Jacob Park
(USA)
Joseph Yu
(Hong Kong S.A.R., China)
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA Task
Group
Yang
Yen-Thaw (India) – CHAIR
Pavan
Duggal (India)
Nadeem
Hameed (Pakistan)
Shashank Kansal
(Nepal)
K. S. Raju
(India)
PACIFIC REGION Task Group
James
Spenceley (Australia) – CHAIR
Ian Oi
(Australia)
Ken Young
(Australia)
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Task Group
Sinan
Oymacy (Turkey) – CHAIR
Ali Kia (Turkey)
David
Teten (Israel)
Magda
Ismail (Egypt)
Najat
Rochdi (Morocco)
WESTERN EUROPE Task Group
Christian
Ahlert (Germany)
Naseem
Bhatti (Austria)
Richard
Francis (United Kingdom)
Angelo
Gonzalez (Spain)
Bjørnar
Kvellheim (Norway)
Iliya
Nickelt (Germany)
Mike
Norris (Ireland)
Karel
Vietsch (Netherlands)
EASTERN EUROPE Task Group
Veni
Markovski (Bulgaria) – CHAIR
Wolfgang
Kleinwaechter (Denmark/Germany)
Andrew
Romanov (Russia)
Eric Scace
(Russia/USA)
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Task Group
Carlos
Afonso (Brazil) – CHAIR
Jose
Barletta (USA)
Gabriela
Barrios Garrida (Mexico)
Raul Bauer
(Argentina)
Leopoldo
Brandt (Venezuela)
Francisco
Gómez Alamillo (Spain)
Jay Parker
(USA)
Quincy
Yarde (Barbados)
NORTH AMERICA Task Group
Bill
Washburn (USA) – CHAIR
Lee
Bumgarner (USA)
Diane
Cabell (USA)
Dave
Crocker (USA)
Pamela
Gallant (USA)
Michael
Geist (Canada)
Lisa King
(USA)
Alan Raul
(USA)
Sanyin
Siang (USA)
Richard
Thieme (USA)
Jeff
Trexler (USA)
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS Task Group
Jean-Claude
Guedon (Canada) – CHAIR
Kent
Crispin (USA)
Clement
Dzidonou (Ghana)
Hal Lubsen
(USA)
Naomasa
Maruyama (Japan)
David
McClure (USA)
Joe Peck
(USA)
Tony
Yustein (Canada)
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS Task Group
Eric
Brunner (USA)
John Afele
(Canada)