ADVISORY/ICANN ELECTIONS: Making Internet Governance More Accountable to Users; Global Online Balloting Closes Tonight; Press Call Wednesday, October 11 at noon EST.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 11) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) First global elections to the Internet's governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he , ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number , the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system , are attempt to make Internet governance Policies and mechanisms for Internet governance have been topics of heated debate between many different Internet stakeholders, some of whom have very different visions for how and indeed whether the Internet should facilitate free communication of ideas and information. more accountable Balloting in the Internet's first worldwide online elections for five members of the Board of Directors of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will conclude tonight, October 10, 2000 at 8 pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy at the headquarters of Election.com in Garden City, New York Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. The village is located 18.5 miles to the east of mid-town Manhattan, on Long Island. . ICANN, is the private corporation charged with the international oversight of the Internet domain name An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. system and other functions. ICANN called these elections as a step toward making the body more accountable to and representative of Internet users worldwide. The Markle Foundation provided financial support to ICANN, and has also provided funding to the Carter Center to monitor and review the election process, and to the Center for Democracy and Technology and Common Cause to advise on the election process and to identify means by which Internet users can have a voice in ICANN's decision-making processes. Press Conference Call: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 at 12:00 Noon EST Dial-in Number: 1-800-353-6469 ....Security Code: ICANN Present on Call: Zoe Baird, President, Markle Foundation Scott Harshbarger, President, Common Cause Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology For Further Reporting: TODAY: Tuesday, October 10, 2000: Charles Costello, Director of the Democracy Project at the Carter Center, will be on-site at close of ICANN elections at Election.com in Garden City, New York and will be available to comment on the election process and the work the Carter Center will undertake to analyze ICANN's first elections. He can be reached at: 404-931-3780. For More Information and Background, Contact: The Markle Foundation, Amy Wolfcale, 212-713-7605, www.markle.org The Carter Center, Deanna Congileo, 404-420-5108, www.cartercenter.org Center for Democracy and Technology, Alan Davidson, 202-637-9800, www.cdt.org Common Cause, Jeff Cronin, 202-736-5770, www.commoncause.org |
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