Re: [gnso-irtp-b-jun09] RE: Request for Statement of Interest for Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B policy development process (PDP) working group

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob

Welcome to the list.

We look forward to your contributions

Regards

Michele

Mr. Michele Neylon
Blacknight
http://Blacknight.tel

Via iPhone so excuse typos and brevity

On 24 Jun 2010, at 12:25, "Rob Golding" <rob.golding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

>
> Rob Golding ...
>
>> 1.       Current vocation, employer and position
>
> Managing Director
> Othello Technology Systems Ltd
> a UK based DataCentre operator, providing colocation, dedicated  
> servers,
> email/web hosting and domain registration to primarily EU small  
> business.
>
>> 2.       Type of work performed in 1 above
>
> All the usual Director roles within a growing SME - everything from  
> making
> strategic decisions to making the coffee. My (current) main daily  
> activities
> are in the oversight and training of our technical staff handling  
> domain &
> hosting support, as well as dealing directly with registrar,  
> registry and
> registrant issues relating to AWOL hosts/designers/resellers/ 
> registrars/etc.
>
>> 3.       Identify any financial ownership or senior
>> management/leadership  interest in registries, registrars or other
>> firms that are interested parties in ICANN policy or any entity with
>> which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other  arrangement
>
> Shareholder of Othello Technology Systems - an ICANN accredited  
> registrar.
> Member London Internet Exchange (LINX)
> Member Nominet (the .uk Registry)
>
>> 4.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO  
>> policy
>> development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?
>
> Our commercial interest is in seeing the interests of "ordinary"  
> domain
> registrants taken care of, as for 15 years, they have been our main  
> customer
> base - the sole-traders, individuals and unquoted-companies that have
> adopted internet use into their daily culture and procedures, long  
> before
> big business discovered what an email address is.
>
>> 5.       Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any
>> other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or
>> selection as a work team member.
>
> As someone who deals with the end-users of domain transactions every  
> day,
> the outcome of this (and related) working groups has a direct  
> bearing on our
> hand-holding of non-technical domain registrants through the  
> processes of
> purchase, sale, transfer and management of their domains.
>
> I'm short and blunt - in life as well as discussions - so I'll  
> apologise in
> advance for any offence caused but not intended.
>
> Regards,
> Rob
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