NPOC, the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns stakeholder Constituency within ICANN, welcomes the U.S. Government's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announcement of its intention to “transfer key internet domain name functions to the global stakeholder community” and pledges its support for the challenging work required for this task.
NTIA has charged ICANN to convene global stakeholders to develop a transition proposal that strengthens the multistakeholder model; maintains the security, stability and resilience of the Internet DNS; meets the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the relevant domain name system (DNS) functions; and maintains the openness of the Internet. NPOC's stakeholder constituency has a keen interest in both this process and its outcome.
NPOC focuses on the impact of DNS policies, and their effects, on the Not-for-Profit civil society stakeholder community. NPOC stands for a multistakeholder approach to empowerment and capacity building for engagement in Internet governance; policy and process transparency; and stakeholder use of a DNS system that supports community based and just socio-economic development.

NPOC looks forward to playing an active role on the development of a transition proposal process that respects the principles of openness and engagement that have been part of the core DNA of the Internet from its inception. NPOC intends to collaborate with existing stakeholder constituencies and others to nurture a growing civil society stakeholder base, both within ICANN and the transition proposal, and within the not-for-profit and civil society communities of the larger global Internet ecosystem.


Rudi Vansnick
NPOC chair Policy Committee
NPOC treasurer
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