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The '''Generic Names Supporting Organization''' is the constituency within [[ICANN]] that develops policies for [[gTLD]]s. | The '''Generic Names Supporting Organization''' is the constituency within [[ICANN]] that develops policies for [[gTLD]]s. | ||
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The main objective of GNSO is to keep the [[gTLD]]s operating in a fair and orderly manner across the Internet, while promoting innovation and competition. Some examples of the type of issues which GNSO face are: | The main objective of GNSO is to keep the [[gTLD]]s operating in a fair and orderly manner across the Internet, while promoting innovation and competition. Some examples of the type of issues which GNSO face are: | ||
Revision as of 21:25, 11 August 2011
The Generic Names Supporting Organization is the constituency within ICANN that develops policies for gTLDs.
Overview
The main objective of GNSO is to keep the gTLDs operating in a fair and orderly manner across the Internet, while promoting innovation and competition. Some examples of the type of issues which GNSO face are:
- During the registration of a domain name, what type of services must the registrar provide?
- If the registrant forgets to renew the domain name, and lets it to expires, how can the domain name be recovered?
- What happens if someone registers a domain name that is very similar to another domain name? [1]
In order to understand the purpose of GNSO it is important to first understand how it works and about the PDP (policy development process).
The GNSO Council consist of 22 members. Stephane Van Gelder is it's current chair.
ICANN Supporting Organizations
Apart from GNSO, there are other SO's (supporting organizations) and advisory committees which help ICANN to fulfill its objectives. They include:
- Address Supporting Organization (ASO)
- Country Code Domain Name Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
- At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
- Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)[2]
GNSO Development Process
The GNSO is the primary engine within the ICANN community for developing, recommending changes, and making modifications to generic top-level domain (TLD) policies. At its core, the objective of the GNSO is to identify ways to improve the inclusiveness and representativeness of the its work while increasing its effectiveness and efficiency.
An important GNSO improvement was the development of recommendations for the new GNSO policy development process. The ICANN Board launched in June 28th 2008 a set of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of GNSO. These recommendations were related to GNSO activities, operations and structure.
GNSO Improvements
The main areas of GNSO improvements which were approved by the Board are classified into five main categories:
- The creation of a Working Group Model
- Revising the PDP (Policy Development process)
- The restructuring of GNSO Council
- Communication improvement and a better coordination between ICANN structures
- Improving constituency procedures [3]
References