What is the current connection to ICANN?
In October of 1998, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was incorporated. The corporation, which sought formal recognition by the U.S. Government as the new coordinating body for the DNS and related functions, asked the Berkman Center to facilitate an open meeting, held in November, at which ICANN board members would introduce themselves to the public and gather input as to how ICANN could more adequately represent the broad scope of Internet stakeholder interests. ICANN also asked Berkman Center fellow Molly Shaffer Van Houweling and later, fellow Andrew McLaughlin, to take positions as advisors to ICANN in addition to their work as Berkman Center fellows. Both requests were granted, initiating an ongoing Berkman Center-ICANN collaboration that has resulted in the Berkman Center providing technical meeting support (scribing, webcasting, and remote participation faclitation) at ICANN Open Meetings in Singapore, Berlin, Santiago, LA, Cairo, Yokohama, Marina d
