ICA Counsel Philip Corwin has been appointed to the first Stakeholder Council ever established for .US, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) of the United States.
The Charter of this new Council sets its Scope of Work as follows:
The Council will address matters related to the operation of the usTLD in the interest of the usTLD user community. The work of the Council will be focused on:
- Recommending to Neustar policies and other improvements to the management of the usTLD;
- Ensuring that the needs of current usTLD domain name holders are considered in the management of the usTLD;
- Providing input on mechanisms to enhance and improve the user experience and utility of the usTLD space; and
- Improvements to the security within the usTLD and stable management of the space.
The Council’s Guiding Principles and Policies include:
- The usTLD must continue to serve the needs of existing Registrants, support innovative new uses of the name space, and respect the rights of consumers and rights holders.
- Innovation in the usTLD space should promote the public interest and benefit both commercial and noncommercial usTLD stakeholders.
In reaction to receiving word of his appointment to the Council, Corwin stated: “I am honored to be one of the initial members of the Stakeholder Council and look forward to working with its other members as well as with Neustar staff. The .US ccTLD has never achieved the same acceptance and use by the domain investment and development community, as well as other business interests, as ccTLDs in Europe and other nations. I intend to bring the perspective of domain investors and developers into Council deliberations to encourage greater awareness and use of .US by all business interests.
The initial members of the Stakeholder Council are:
- Bobby Flaim, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Bryan Britt, Beltlane Web Services
- Chris Mead, American Chamber of Commerce Executives
- Chris Mondini, ICANN
- Doug Robinson, National Association of State Chief Information Officers
- Elisa Cooper, MarkMonitor
- James Bladel, GoDaddy
- Karen Rose, Internet Society
- Linda Kinney, Motion Picture Association of America
- Michele Neylon, Blacknight Solutions
- Patrick Post, National Small Business Association
- Peter Roman, Department of Justice
- Philip Corwin, Virtualaw LLC
- Scott Blake Harris, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
- Shane Tews, American Enterprise Institute
- Tom Barrett, EnCirca