J. William SEMICH

J. William SEMICH Since 1997 J. William Semich ("Bill Semich") has been the President and Founder of the Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N), the designated manager of the .NU Domain and a founding member of the DotAsia Organization. He has worked actively since 1996 to promote DNS self-governance, technical education, outreach and the formation of consensus-building processes for DNS managers. He was a cofounder, with Jon Postel and others, of the Internet Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) in 1996-97.

Starting in late 1997, he was an early participant in the International Forum on the White Paper (IFWP), which served as the basis for the creation of ICANN. He was part of the consensus working group that created ICANN in 1998 at its formative meetings in Reston, VA, Geneva, Switzerland, and Singapore. He was also a cofounder of ATPLD, WWTLD and MINC. Working with Richard St. Clair and others, he supported the expansion of the Pacific Islands Chapter of ISOC and helped organize the first PICISOC regional meetings, PACINET.

In 1999 the Asia Pacific ccTLD constituency of ICANN elected him to represent the AP region on the initial Names Council of ICANN at its first meeting in Berlin, and subsequently he has served as a vice- chairman of APTLD. He holds a Master Degree in Economics and Finance from Tufts University, which he received in 1977.