Home  |  About  |  Documents  |  Members  |  FAQs Site Search:

As per our Bylaws:

1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and a demonstrated capacity for thoughtful group decision-making;
2. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN decisions on the global Internet community, and committed to the success of ICANN;
3. Persons who will produce the broadest cultural and geographic diversity on the Board consistent with meeting the other criteria set forth in this Section;
4. Persons who, in the aggregate, have personal familiarity with the operation of gTLD registries and registrars; with ccTLD registries; with IP address registries; with Internet technical standards and protocols; with policy-development procedures, legal traditions, and the public interest; and with the broad range of business, individual, academic, and non-commercial users of the Internet;
5. Persons who are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and
6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken English."

Recommended Skills

• Technical (need to have at least general idea about the issues)
• Policy – must be good in this issue
• Governance (not management skills only – board experience is relevant)
• Capacity to easy communicate in English (other languages are relevant)
• Capacity to delegate
• Strong understanding and belief in Multi-Stakeholder model
• Understand that communication with community is not only easy communication, but is about how to work consensus with the community.
• Time availability is relevant.

General behavior

• Listening capacity
• Builds relationships
• Diplomatic behavior
• Executive mind – decision maker
• Assimilate different information to make decision
• Integrity & Honesty
• Confident but not arrogant
• Accept public criticism with elegance

Home  |  About  |  Documents  |  Members  |  FAQs