What does NPOC do?

The purpose of the NPOC is to represent, specifically, the operational concerns related to service delivery of not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations who are domain registrants in the DNS. NPOC focuses on the impact of

FAQ for Newcomers

This FAQ document is intended to help newcomers,  individuals and organizations who are wishing to join or to know more about interacting in ICANN as a civil society actor. I.
GNSO

GNSO

NPOC is part of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation: The Generic Names Supporting Organization fashions (and over time, recommends changes to) policies for generic Top-Level Domains (e.g., .com, .org, .biz).
ICANN

ICANN

Welcome to the global community! ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition

Our Membership

Count by region ICANN region Members   6 AF 21 AP 14 EUR 10 LAC 11 NA 6 unknown 32 NPOC Members Organisation Country Representative Website “Internet Protection Society” non-profit

Past Leadership

2020 – 2021: Chair: Raoul Plommer Vice Chair: Ionna Stupariu Secretariat: Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwosi Membership Committee Chair: Caleb Ogundele Policy Committee Chair: Jacqueline A. Morris Communications Committee Chair: Oreoluwa Somolu
Membership Committee

Membership Committee

Purpose. The Membership Committee’s primary focus will be to recruit new members, review new member applications to determine eligibility, maintain the active member list and determine the eligibility for elections.