Central German domain name registry DENIC eG's Supervisory Board appointed in its last meeting Ines Balthes from Internet provider XLink Internet Service GmbH, Karlsruhe, to the Board of Directors. She replaces Michaela Merz of callisto germany.net GmbH, Frankfurt, who put her seat at disposal due to personal reasons. The two other members of the Board of Directors continue to be Andreas Bäß, CEO of GTN Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation und Netzwerkdienste mbh in Duisburg and Carsten Schiefner of Tele-Communication Products/Internet Provider (TCP/IP) GmbH, Berlin.