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[[Image:icons_101.png|frameless|50px|left]]'''Welcome to the world of ICANN!'''<br />
[[Image:icons_101.png|frameless|50px|left]]'''Welcome to the world of ICANN!'''<br />
'''[[ICANN]]''' stands for the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP Address]]es and [[Autonomous System Numbers]], and the structures that underlie them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model.
'''[[ICANN]]''' stands for the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP Address]]es and [[Autonomous System Numbers]], and the structures that underlie them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model. The following bodies represent the ICANN community, which works closely with the [[ICANN Organization|ICANN Org]] and [[ICANN Board|Board]] to do its part in [[Internet Governance]].
[[Image:ICANN-Organizational-Structure.png|655px|thumbnail|right|border|ICANN Organizational Chart (Image from ICANN.org)]]
[[Image:ICANN-Organizational-Structure.png|655px|thumbnail|right|border|ICANN Organizational Chart (Image from ICANN.org)]]
==[[SO|Supporting Organizations]]==
==[[SO|Supporting Organizations]]==
===[[NomCom]]===
===[[NomCom]]===
:The Nominating Committee (NomCom) oversees the selection of various ICANN officers. It is designed to operate independently of all other ICANN bodies and to act in the interest of the global Internet community.
:The Nominating Committee (NomCom) oversees the selection of various ICANN officers. It is designed to operate independently of all other ICANN bodies and to act in the interest of the global Internet community.
====[[NCA]]s====
====[[Nominating Committee Appointees]]====
:The NomCom selects and appoints people to SOs, ACs, and the ICANN Board.
:The NomCom selects and appoints people to SOs, ACs, and the ICANN Board.
===[[TLG|Technical Liaison Group]]===
===[[TLG|Technical Liaison Group]]===
:The Technical Liaison Group (TLG) provides the ICANN Board with appropriate sources of technical advice. The TLG consists of two representatives from each of the following four organizations:
:The Technical Liaison Group (TLG) provides the ICANN Board with appropriate sources of technical advice. The TLG consists of two representatives from each of the following four organizations:
*[[W3C|World Wide Web Consortium]]
*[[W3C|World Wide Web Consortium]]
*[[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]]
*[[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]]
====[[Technical Experts Group]]====
:The Technical Experts Group (TEG) is the part of ICANN's Technical Liaison Group that focuses on future technical and technological issues that warrant the Board's attention.
===[[Customer Standing Committee]]===
===[[Customer Standing Committee]]===
:The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) monitors [[PTI|Public Technical Identifiers]]' performance of the [[IANA]] naming function.
:The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) monitors [[PTI|Public Technical Identifiers]]' performance of the [[IANA]] naming function.
===[[RZERC|Root Zone Evolution Review Committee]]===
===[[RZERC|Root Zone Evolution Review Committee]]===
:The Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) reviews architectural changes to the content, hard- and soft-ware systems, and distribution mechanisms used in the [[DNS]] [[root zone]].
:The Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) reviews architectural changes to the content, hard- and soft-ware systems, and distribution mechanisms used in the [[DNS]] [[root zone]].