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Executive Committee (Excom)

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The Executive committee is made up of 4 officers who manage the Registrar Stakeholder Group (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer). The Executive Committee officers are selected from existing members, who are nominated and seconded by other members, and then a ballot taken where the successful candidate is selected by majority vote. The term for an Excom officer runs from from June 1st until May 31st and their duties are specified in the Bylaws.

	Mason Cole Executive Committee - Chair Mason is Vice President of Oversee.net and has been the Registrar Stakeholder Group Chair since June 1st 2009. The chair, in consultation with the executive committee and members, organizes the work of the Stakeholder Group and conducts Registrar Stakeholder Group meetings. The chair often confers with others in the ICANN community on registrar-related policy and business issues, and is the primary point of contact between the Registrar Stakeholder Group and ICANN staff.

Jean-Christophe Vignes Executive Committee - Vice-Chair/CTO Jean-Christophe is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of EuroDNS SA. and has been the Registrar Stakeholder Group Vice Chair / CTO since June 2008. Acting as Chair when the Chair is temporarily unavailable to do so, Jean-Christophe is especially involved in the RrSG Drafting efforts in cooperation with the RrSG Advocate.

	Matt Serlin Executive Committee - Secretary Matt is Director of Operations and Product Management at MarkMonitor, Inc., and has been the Registrar Stakeholder Group Secretary since June 1st 2009. The secretary assists the chair in conducting Stakeholder Group business. The secretary's duties include recording proceedings of the executive committee and the full Stakeholder Group, managing the group's e-mail listservs, organizing Stakeholder Group meetings at ICANN events, conducting votes and elections, and managing the Stakeholder Group web site.

Jeff Eckhaus Executive Committee - Treasurer Jeff Eckhaus is General Manager of eNom and SVP of Demand Media, and he has held the position of Registrar Stakeholder Group Treasurer since November 2008. Among other tasks, the treasurer is expected to manage Stakeholder Group bookkeeping and accounting; Report on the Stakeholder Group budget monthly; Make recommendations for and prepare an annual Stakeholder Group budget; Act as liaison with ICANN and Names Council budget staff and the Budget Committee; And collect dues and fees.

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ICANN Representatives

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The Registrar Stakeholder Group elects 3 GNSO representatives and 1 Nominating Committee member.

The GNSO is ICANN's policy-making body for generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). It has a bicameral structure, with one house for those parties that have a direct contracted with ICANN and the other house for those that do not. The Registrar Stakeholder Group is one of two in the Contracted Parties House. There are also two Stakeholder Groups in the Non Contracted Parties House. The Registrar Stakeholder Group has 3 seats on the GNSO Council, which are filled by a representative from one of the 3 geographic regions: Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. These representatives are elected to represent the Registrar Stakeholder Group on the GNSO Council. Learn more about the GNSO HERE

The Nominating Committee (NomCom) member is responsible for selecting individuals to serve in key leadership positions within the ICANN structure. Although the Registrar Consituency elects a member of the Nominating Committee, that member is not actually a representative of the Stakeholder Group. Learn more about the NomCom HERE.

	Tim Ruiz GNSO Representative - North America Tim is Vice President / Corp. Development & Policy at The Go Daddy Group, Inc. Tim served as Vice Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group between 2004-2007 at which point he became the North American Registrar Stakeholder Group representative on the GNSO council. His term began at the end of the 2007 ICANN meeting and ends at the annual ICANN meeting in 2009.

Adrian Kinderis GNSO Representative - Asia Pacific Adrian is Chief Executive Officer of AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd and is an elected representative by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to the GNSO Council. Adrian was elected in June 2007 and his current term expires in the end of the annual meeting of 2009.

	Stéphane Van Gelder GNSO Representative - Europe Stéphane is the General Manager of INDOM. He was elected to the post of Treasurer but stepped down at the end of 2008 to run for GNSO Councillor for the European region. He was elected to this position in November 2008 and his term will expire at the end of the ICANN annual meeting in 2010. At the 2009 ICANN annual meeting in Seoul, Stéphane was elected to the position of GNSO Council Vice Chair for a one year term.

Elliot Noss ICANN Nominating Committee Member Elliot is President and CEO of Tucows and was elected by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to serve on the 2009-2010 ICANN Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee members are responsible for selecting most of the ICANN board of directors as well as the independent members of the ALAC, the ccNSO Council and GNSO Council.

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Supporting Staff

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In addition to the Executive Committee and ICANN Representatives, the Registrar Stakeholder Group have several individuals who help in various regards as described below.

	Cristin Donahue Registrar Stakeholder Group Secretariat Cristin Donahue is administrative assistant with John B. Berryhill, LLC. She has been engaged by the Registrar Stakeholder Group since 2006. As the Secretariat, Cristin assists the Excom with administrative tasks such as maintaining detailed records of registrar contact and payment information; providing transaction records and reports to the Treasurer; keeping email addresses up to date for the mailing lists; and attendance assistance at ICANN registrar meetings. She is available to assist registrars with RrSG membership payments and directing registrar inquiries about the RrSG to the appropriate Excom officer.

Clarke Douglas Walton Registrar Stakeholder Group Advocate Clarke is the Founder of Walton Internet Law, and Advocate for the Registrar Stakeholder Group since January 2008. Clarke is responsible for leading discussion among members on a wide range of ICANN policy issues and drafting position papers that convey the collective views of the Stakeholder Group for consideration by the ICANN community.

	Paul Goldstone Registrar Stakeholder Group Website Administrator Paul is President and CEO of DomainIt, Inc. and Website Administrator for the Registrar Stakeholder Group. As website administrator, Paul acts as technical contact and manages DNS for the Registrar Stakeholder Group domain names, designed and hosts the website, and takes care of required maintenance and updates.