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The Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace or ICOMP is a lobbying organisation sponsored by Microsoft and based in London with a membership including various publishing and software companies. It exists to lobby legislators to take measures to increase competition in online advertising, to regulate the collection of information about online users and protect the rights of authors and publishers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.i-comp.org/en_us/about )〕 The Burson Marsteller public relations firm provides the secretariat for ICOMP〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.i-comp.org/about/faq )〕 and sends out press releases in its name. The secretariat is directed by the ICOMP council. Members of the Council are appointed by the Directors as laid down in the ICOMP bylaws.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.i-comp.org/~icomppsb/pdfs/byelaws.pdf )〕 The Directors are appointed by the Trustees. Microsoft is the only trustee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.i-comp.org/~icomppsb/pdfs/Structure_MembershipREV.pdf )〕 Organisations which support its aims can become members of ICOMP. ==Structure== ICOMP comprises two distinct but related bodies: A UK registered company which is responsible for the administration and secretariat of ICOMP (the Secretariat), and a Council which determines the policy of ICOMP (the Council). The Secretariat has been set up in a legal form which is commonly used by not-for-profit associations: a UK registered company limited by guarantee. UK companies limited by guarantee do not have a share capital, but have guarantors (also called trustees) who undertake to make a financial contribution towards the winding up of the company in the event of a shortfall upon cessation of business. The Secretariat of ICOMP has one initial trustee but provision has been made for other trustees to be admitted. One of the advantages of a company limited by guarantee is that it is relatively simple to admit new members or for existing members to leave – there being no share to transfer. The Secretariat has also appointed two directors and a company secretary to administer it. The Council appoints its own Chair (currently Lord Alan Watson) and has the power to appoint one or more Vice Chairs. There are also rules for the holding of meetings and for the taking of votes at meetings – as well as for the expulsion of members. The Council also sets the level of the financial contributions made by Council Members. Changes to the byelaws approved by a two-thirds majority are automatic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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