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Following the departure of [[Peter Dengate Thrush]] after [[ICANN Singapore]] in June, 2011, Steve Crocker was unanimously appointed to act as Chairman of the Board. His current term is still set to expire at the 2011 [[Annual Meeting]] to be held in [[ICANN Senegal|Dakar, Senegal]]. [[Bruce Tonkin]] was elected vice-chair.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/steve-crocker-elected-icann-chair.html DomainNews.com]</ref> Mr. Crocker was re-elected to another term at [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm Crocker Bio, ICANN.org]</ref> and is now set to step-down following the 2014 Annual Meeting.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html General Board, ICANN.org]</ref>
Following the departure of [[Peter Dengate Thrush]] after [[ICANN Singapore]] in June, 2011, Steve Crocker was unanimously appointed to act as Chairman of the Board. His current term is still set to expire at the 2011 [[Annual Meeting]] to be held in [[ICANN Senegal|Dakar, Senegal]]. [[Bruce Tonkin]] was elected vice-chair.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/steve-crocker-elected-icann-chair.html DomainNews.com]</ref> Mr. Crocker was re-elected to another term at [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar,<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm Crocker Bio, ICANN.org]</ref> and is now set to step-down following the 2014 Annual Meeting.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/board.html General Board, ICANN.org]</ref>
Thus, given that Steve Crocker has been a member of the ICANN Board since 2008, he has been heavily involved in developing ICANN's [[gTLD#New gTLD Program| new gTLD expansion program]] and is set to launch the program. In January, 2012, following weeks of protest from anti gTLD groups, such as [[ANA|The Association of National Advertisers]] and related groups, and bad press from the New York Times and Washington Post, and [[gTLD#New_gTLD_Senate_and_House_of_Representatives_Hearings|hearings by the U.S. congress]] to address high-level concerns with the program, and talk of the Board meeting to discuss delays; Steve Crocker announced that the program would continue as scheduled. He noted that any delay would compromise ICANN's integrity and call in to question its preparedness and its exhaustive processes that created the program; he underscored the fact that ICANN can not be seen as beholden to political interests, specifically U.S. political interests.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/icann-chairman-sees-little-value-in-delaying-new-domain-name-program-20120104#.TwSRnxCI2vY.twitter ICANN Chairman Sees Little Value in Delaying New Domain Name Program, NationalJournal.com]</ref>
==Awards==
==Awards==