Portal:ICANNWiki/About ICANNWiki.org

[edit] The ICANNWiki Mission

ICANNWiki is a grass roots, industry resource fostering global collaboration and transparency within the ICANN community.

[edit] Our Philosophy

ICANNWiki is a wiki whose goal is to create a free, valuable and "community" neutral, global Internet resource containing information for all aspects of the ICANN "community". The ICANN "community" is not limited to ICANN itself. The ICANN "community" encompasses ICANN as well as those associated with, or affected by ICANN's decisions.

ICANWiki serves as a neutral, global commons that brings ALL groups of the ICANN "community" together for purposes of communication in a manner that is transparent.

Many people have expressed concern over the lack of transparency, not only within ICANN, but within their own respective groups. ICANNWiki provides the neutral platform by which all community members may express concerns, develop policy, teach and learn -- all in a way that accomplishes a common concern and that is transparency.

Because no single resource is as powerful as the one that can tap into the knowledge of every visitor, ICANNWiki stands front and center as one of the most valuable information resource platforms on the web serving the whole ICANN "Community".

ICANNWiki warmly welcomes any and all community members to join us in the effort of global online collaboration and resource for the ICANN "community"!

[edit] More About ICANNWiki.org

Released in July of 2005, this fabulous resource was put together by ICANNWiki Enthusiasts with the belief that a public wiki could be a real benefit to the ICANN community At Large. A wiki is a medium for "peer production", where the act of using the site together will create a valuable common asset. This "lasting work" made up of our the industry's collective intelligence can then be used to further our common mission of making the Internet a better place to live and work. This site and all proceeds collected by the site are only used towards these important goals.

This site is independent from and not run by ICANN itself, but rather the ICANN Community.

ICANNWiki seeks to help organize information in such a way that the ICANN community has a valuable resource with which it can better achieve its goals. So far, we have 672 people, 302 companies, 60 blogs and 313 registered users. Click help for more information about editing any page or getting involved.

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The ICANNWiki Team members are all based in Portland, Oregon located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the USA.

Raymond King AboutUs	Dan Mendell NeutralSpace	Oliver Ortiz NeutralSpace	Chuck Kisselburg ICANNWiki
Ray King is currently CEO of AboutUs, a worldwide wiki of websites.	Dan Mendell is currently CEO of NeutralSpace, a web startup company and producer of ICANNWiki.org.	Oliver Ortiz is a business development manager with NeutralSpace.	Chuck Kisselburg is the Director of ICANNwiki with NeutralSpace.
Ian Schray NeutralSpace	Brandon CS Sanders AboutUs
Ian Schray is a product marketing manager for NeutralSpace, a developer and advocate of collaborative websites.	Brandon CS Sanders is a developer with AboutUs.

[edit] A little bit about one of our ICANNWiki Sponsors

NeuLevel CompanyLocation Founded to meet the new technical and operational challenges of the communications industry when the U.S. government mandated local number portability in 1996, NeuStar has evolved to create customer-responsive technologies that deliver a broad range of essential clearinghouse capabilities for service providers. Our clearinghouse enables delivery of traditional services more efficiently and deployment of new services more rapidly than ever before. Today, NeuStar is an essential component of the operations of service providers globally. No matter what segment of communications you're in, we can help your company significantly reduce costs, speed up time to market for new services and grow your business in lasting ways. Our clearinghouse services enable customers to manage critical activities such as record exchanges, subscriber growth, network optimization, content management, and inter-network call origination and termination. We have also designed our automated solutions to evolve in response to the rigors of tomorrow's communications services - including VoIP, wireless data, and law enforcement compliance.