Blacknight CEO joins International Policy Body

Press Release: 22 NOVEMBER 2016, CARLOW, IRELAND

Michele Neylon is the first Irish registrar to serve on ICANN’s GNSO Council

In October, ICANN completed the transition of responsibility for internet addressing, from the US government to an international community of stakeholders. ICANN’s GNSO Council develops policy for generic domain names, such as .COM and .BLOG. Neylon is the first Irish person to serve on the GNSO Council.

Michele Neylon, CEO of Ireland’s largest domain registrar and web host, Blacknight, has been elected to the Generic Names Supporting Organisation Council of ICANN, the international organisation which coordinates the Internet’s naming systems. In October, ICANN completed the transition of responsibility for internet addressing, from the US government to an international community of stakeholders. ICANN’s GNSO Council develops policy for generic domain names, such as .COM and .BLOG.

Michele Neylon, CEO of Blacknight, has been elected to one of the primary policy-making councils of ICANN, the international organisation which coordinates the Internet’s naming systems.

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a global non-profit organisation formed in 1998. Just last month it completed a transition process whereby it took over full responsibility of Internet addressing systems from the US government.

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