ICANN to refuse public representatives on its board of directors - Brief Article

Telecomworldwire, July 1, 2002

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-1 July 2002-ICANN to refuse public representatives on its board of directors (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

ICANN, the technical coordination body for the Internet, will no longer be accepting public representatives to its board.

The decision - approved by the board of directors with a vote of 18 to nil - comes in response to a proposal that board members should only be drawn from business and government organisations. A spokesperson for the board has claimed that the move is a major step forward and the right way to go.

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