Helga Krüger replaces Marcus Schäfer as honorary member of the Executive Board

At the ordinary General Assembly held today in Frankfurt am Main, the members of DENIC Domain Verwaltungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft eG, the central registry for all domains under the top level domain .de, decided on the composition of the Cooperative's bodies through 2013.

In the elections of the honorary members of the Executive and the Supervisory Board of the Cooperative, which are executed every three years as stipulated in DENIC's Statutes, only one member of the management was replaced: Helga Krüger, managing director of the DENIC member http.net Internet GmbH, took over the position of Marcus Schäfer, who was no longer available as a candidate for the position of a honorary member of the Executive Board. The second long-standing honorary member of the Executive Board, Carsten Schiefner, was re-elected and confirmed in office. The five members of the Supervisory Board were also re-elected: Elmar Knipp remains chair of the Board, and Thomas Keller, Stefan Legner, Dr. Johannes Loxen and Alexander Schwertner will be members of the Supervisory Board for another period in office.

The further course of the General Assembly did not bring any surprise either: The financial statement for 2009 was unanimously approved, and discharge granted to the Executive and the Supervisory Board without any opposing votes.

Background information

About DENIC eG

As the central registry, DENIC administers the now more than 13 million domains under the Top Level Domain .de and thus provides a crucial resource for users of the Internet. It sees its role as that of a competent, impartial provider of services for all domain holders and Internet users. With more than 116 employees, DENIC creates the foundation through its work for German Internet pages and e-mail addresses to be accessible throughout the world. The about 270 members of the Cooperative are IT or telecommunications businesses based in Germany and elsewhere. Working in cooperation with them and other partners, DENIC is committed to guarantee the secure operation of the Internet and its further worldwide development as a not-for-profit organization.

It operates the automatic electronic registration system for its members, runs the domain database for the Top Level Domain .de and the German ENUM domain (.9.4.e164.arpa), manages the name server services for the .de zone at currently 16 locations distributed throughout the world, and renders a considerable contribution to the further organizational and technical development of the Internet in cooperation with international bodies (e.g. ICANN, CENTR, IETF).

For further information please contact:

Public Relations
Stefanie Welters
Fon: +49 69 27235-274
E-Mail: mailto:presse@denic.de