From: Marco Lorenzoni To: "scherer@ensmp.fr" Importance: high Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:32:07 -0700 Subject: RE: http://www.adminet.com/evariste/ao/index.html ----------------------- ICANN - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Closing date: September 25th, 2009 ICANN (http://www.icann.org) is seeking to appoint an independent consultan= t to undertake the first External Review of its Country Code Names Supporti= ng Organization (ccNSO). ICANN is an internationally organized, non-profit corporation that has resp= onsibility for the coordination of critical Internet resources. As a privat= e-public partnership, ICANN is dedicated to preserve the operational stabil= ity of the Internet; to promote competition; to achieve broad representatio= n of global Internet communities; and to develop policy appropriate to its = mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. The systems that ICAN= N coordinates provide stability and universal resolvability of the Domain N= ame System (DNS). The ccNSO is the policy development body for a narrow range of global ccTLD= (country code Top-Level Domain) issues within the ICANN structure. In part= icular, it is responsible for developing and recommending to the Board of D= irectors global policies relating to country-code top-level domains, nurtur= ing consensus across the ccNSO's community, including the name-related acti= vities of ccTLDs, and coordinating with other ICANN Supporting Organization= s, committees, and constituencies. The Review is designed to determine: (i) whether the ccNSO is fulfilling it= s purpose in the ICANN structure; and (ii) if so, whether any change in its= structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness and faci= litate further membership of the wider ccTLD community. The Request for Proposals, containing both the Instructions to Bidders and = the Terms of Reference of the review, can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/ccnso/ ----------------------- Marco Lorenzoni --------------------- ICANN Director, Organizational Review marco.lorenzoni@icann.org Phone: +32.2.234 78 69 Mobile: +32.475.72 47 47 Fax: +32 2 234 7848 Skype: marco_lorenzoni --------------------- 6, Rond Point Schuman B-1040 Brussels, Belgium