[Chapter-delegates] New Appointments to PIR Worldwide Advisory Council

[Mark Thalhimer]

NEWS RELEASE
New Worldwide Internet Leaders appointed to the Public Interest Registry
.ORG Advisory Council
RESTON, VA – April 05, 2007 - The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced
today the appointment of 3 new Worldwide Advisory Council members and the
reappointment of 3 current Advisory Council members to fill expiring term
open seats. The Advisory Council, created in 2003, is one of PIR's key
resources established to solicit input from and be responsive to the needs,
concerns, and views of the global noncommercial Internet community in the
management of the .ORG generic Top Level Domain registry. 
New members include: 
• Frans Gerbosch:  Europe (NWZ Projex)
• Ala'a Al-Din Kadhem Al-Radhi:  Asia (CIPE)
• Khaled Koubaa:  Africa (ICT Independent Consultant)
Returning members include:
• Dave Kissoondoyal:  Africa (Teleforma Mauritius, Ltd.)
• Lori Schulman:  North America (March of Dimes)
• John Zoltner:  South America (ICT Consultant)
“PIR is delighted to be able to get such highly qualified people to serve on
the Advisory Council,” said Eva Frolich, interim President and CEO of PIR.
“The work of the Advisory council is highly appreciated and valued by the
PIR Board.”
Previous .ORG Advisory Councils have been instrumental in advising PIR on
issues central to the .ORG community including global outreach and data
protection models.  For more information on PIR, .ORG and the Advisory
Council, visit www.pir.org.
About PIR
Public Interest Registry (http://www.pir.org) is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit
corporation created by the Internet Society (ISOC) to manage the .ORG
domain. PIR’s mission is to manage the .ORG domain in an exemplary manner,
while educating and empowering the global non-commercial community to use
the Internet more effectively and, concurrently, to take a leadership
position among Internet stakeholders on policy and related issues on behalf
of the .ORG community. PIR is based in Reston, VA, USA.

About .ORG
The .ORG domain, which has come to be associated with noncommercial
activities, is the Internet’s third largest “generic” or non-country
specific top-level domain with more than 6 million domain names registered
worldwide. In 2002, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) Board of Directors selected ISOC’s proposal from among 11
organizations bidding to operate the .ORG top-level domain. PIR assumed
control of the registry on 1 January 2003.

Contact:
Michael Ward
Public Interest Registry
(703) 464-7005 x113
E-mail: mward at pir.org

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Mark Thalhimer
Director of Communications and Public Relations
INTERNET SOCIETY
 
thalhimer at isoc.org
+1 703 326 9880 x130
 
www.isoc.org
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