[gnso-ppsc-pdp] Policy Development Process (PDP) Team (PDPT) participants and statements of interest

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

Please find the Policy Development Process (PDP) Team (PDPT) participants and 
statements of interest below in alphabetic order.

Statements of Interest are outstanding for the following participants:

Sophia Bekele - Individual
Marilyn Cade - CBUC
Gabriel Pineiro - NCUC
Liz Williams - CBUC

Please provide your statement of interest by COB on Tuesday 10 February 2009.

All statements of interest will be entered on the Wiki
https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?policy_process_steering_committee_ppsc

The staff support is Rob Hoggarth and Liz Gasster.

The *indicates participants will attend the Saturday morning, 28 February 
meeting in Mexico City, however, I may have missed some responses, so I 
apologise, and please correct me.

The following participants have not indicated whether they will be attending 
the work team meetings in person or remotely on Saturday 28 February in Mexico 
City. You are encouraged to respond for planning purposes.

Sophia Bekele - Individual
Gabriel Pineiro - NCUC
Liz Williams - CBUC

Remote participation will be arranged and the details will be published shortly.
Subbiah will probably only arrive on Sunday, but there will be a recording of 
the meeting.

Development Process (PDP) Team (PDPT) participants:

1. Sophia Bekele - Individual

2. James Bladel - Registrar Constituency*

3. Marilyn Cade - Commercial and Business Users Constituency

4. Bertrand de la Chapelle - Government Advisory Committee

5. Paul Diaz - Registrar Constituency*

6. Avri Doria - Nominating Committee Appointee*

7. J. Scott Evans - Intellectual Property constituency*

8. Alan Greenberg - At-Large Advisory Committee - conflict with At-Large Summit

9. Tony Harris - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency*

10. Zbynek Loebel - Intellectual Property constituency *

11. David Maher - gTLD Registry Constituency*

12. Jeff Neuman - gTLD Registry Constituency - Interim Work Team chair *

13. Gabriel Pineiro - Non Commercial Users Constituency

14. Mike Rodenbaugh - Commercial and Business Users Constituency*

15. Kristina Rosette - Intellectual Property Constituency*

16. Greg Ruth - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency*

17. Jean-Christophe Vignes - Registrar - remote participation on Saturday 28 
February

18. Liz Williams - Commercial and Business Users Constituency

Please let me know if you have any questions or if anything has been missed.
Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

Statements of Interest

Statement of Interest (J. Bladel -- Jan 2009)
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I am a full-time employee of GoDaddy.com, Inc., which is a business unit of The 
Go Daddy Group, Inc. family of ICANN-accredited registrars.  GoDaddy.com is a 
member of the GNSO Registrars Constituency, and conducts business with numerous 
gTLD and ccTLD registries.

In my position with GoDaddy.com my focus is the development and promotion of 
registrar-related business, products, and services.

I am not employed by, nor involved with, any other business or organization in 
any other ICANN Constituency, Supporting Organization, or Advisory Committee.

Bertrand de La Chapelle - GAC
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1.       Current vocation, employer and position

Special Envoy for the Information Society, French Ministry of Foreign and 
European Affairs

2.       Type of work performed in 1 above

French representative in international processes dealing with information 
society issues, in particular post-WSIS processes such as CSTD, IGF and ICANN 
(currently one of the GAC Vice-Chairs).

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

None

4.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?

None. Not representing any other party.

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.

Agreed as GAC liaison/observer for gNSO refom processes.

Paul Diaz Statement of Interest
=================================

I am a full-time employee of Network Solutions LLC, an ICANN-accredited
registrar that is owned by global growth equity firm General Atlantic.
I currently serve as Network Solutions' Policy & Ethics Manager.  My
daily responsibilities include handling ICANN-related issues, corporate
advocacy at the local, state and federal levels, and administering
Network Solutions' business ethics program.

I have no ownership interest in Network Solutions, its affiliated,
ICANN-accredited registrars (NameSecure L.L.C. and TLDS L.L.C d/b/a
SRSplus), nor in any current registry operator.  I am not in possession
of any registry sensitive or proprietary information.  To the best of my
knowledge, I have no ownership interest in any entity that currently has
business before the GNSO or ICANN.

My commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes is
focused on their potential impacts on Network Solutions and/or its
affiliated registrars.

Network Solutions is a member of the United States Council for
International Business (USCIB).  The USCIB is a member of the Business
Constituency of the GNSO.  Our primary interest in the USCIB is the DNS
and Internet Identifiers Working Group.

Avri Doria  - Nominating Committee Appointee
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/doria-soi-02jan09.shtml

J. Scott Evans - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
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.    The participant's current vocation, employer and position

    ATTORNEY, YAHOO! INC., SENIOR LEGAL DIRECTOR GLOBAL BRAND & TRADEMARKS

.    The type of work performed in the bullet above

        Trademark clearance, Prosecution and Maintenance; Advertising Review, 
Copyright Clearance and Registration; IP Policy

.    Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest 
in registries, registrars or other entities that are stakeholders or interested 
parties in ICANN or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or 
other arrangement

    To my knowledge, none.

.    Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?

       YAHOO! Does act a reseller of Domain Names for MELBOURNE IT; however, my 
work in the policy development process and YAHOO!'S interest are directly 
related to being the owner of one of the world's most famous and valuable 
Internet brands.

.    Describe any arrangements or agreements between the participant and any 
other group, constituency or person(s) regarding the participant's service as a 
participant in any ICANN policy making process.

   I am serving on the PPSC and the working group team as a representative of 
the IPC of which I am personally a non-voting member.

Alan Greenberg - ALAC
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http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/greenberg-statement.htm

Tony Harris  - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
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http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/harris-statement.htm

Zbynek Loebl - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
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1.       Current vocation, employer and position

I have been a self-employed lawyer based in Prague, Czech Republic. During the 
past year I have managed, as an external counsel, the UDRP implementation at 
the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). Before that I was a partner of CEAG, a 
regional law firm based in Prague. I am in the process of establishing my own 
law firm.

2.       Type of work performed in 1 above

I have been a technology and IP lawyer.

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

As mentioned above, I have managed, as an external counsel on the basis of a 
mandate agreement, UDRP implementation for the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). 
This mandate is now ending, due to the CAC's UDRP launch on 12 January 2009. I 
may be involved with the CAC in new mandates in the future, which may or may 
not be related to ICANN policy.

4.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?

Except for the (almost finished) CAC mandate disclosed above I have no other 
commercial interest in ICANN policy development at the moment. I volunteered 
principally due to my personal interest in ICANN mission and ICANN environment, 
nevertheless as a technology and IP lawyer I probably will represent clients 
with commercial interests in ICANN policy development in the future.

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.

I am a member of the IPC constituency. I have no arrangements or agreements 
with the IPC or any member(s) of IPC or with any other constituency regarding 
my nomination as a work team member.

David Maher - gTLD Registry constituency
==========================================
        The participant's current vocation, employer and position:

 I am Senior Vice President - Law and Policy of Public Interest Registry (PIR), 
a nonprofit corporation responsible for management of the registry of the .ORG 
top level domain. From 1999 until 2002, I was Vice President - Public Policy of 
the Internet Society. In 2002, I became founding Chairman of the Board of 
Public Interest Registry, and served in that capacity until August, 2004. I am 
currently Chair of the Registries Constituency of the GNSO.
I am a member of the Bar of New York, Illinois and Wisconsin and a registered 
patent attorney with the US Patent and Trademark Office. I am a director of the 
Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois, Inc. I am a retired 
partner of the law firm, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP in the US, and have 
no connection at this time with any of its present or former clients. I am a 
member of the WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.
I am a member of the Visiting Committee to the Divinity School at the 
University of Chicago, a member of the American Law Institute and various other 
professional organizations, but have no policy making responsibilities in any 
of those organizations.


.        The type of work performed in the bullet above
As Senior Vice President - Law & Policy, I advise PIR on legal and policy 
issues and perform other executive functions.


        Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership 
interest in registries, registrars or other entities that are stakeholders or 
interested parties in ICANN or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, 
contract, or other arrangement:

 I am Senior Vice President - Law and Policy of Public Interest Registry (PIR), 
a nonprofit corporation responsible for management of the registry of the .ORG 
top level domain.


.        Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
development outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?

Except as described above, I have no commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
development outcomes. I am not representing any other parties.


.        Describe any arrangements or agreements between the participant and 
any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding the participant's service 
as a participant in any ICANN policy making process.
None


.Participants must update their Statements of Interest whenever their 
circumstances change.

12. Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq.: NeuStar, Inc. Vice President, Law & Policy
=======================================================================

.     The participant's current vocation, employer and position

I currently serve as the Vice President of Law & Policy for NeuStar, Inc., the 
domain name registry for the .biz and .us top-level domains.


.     The type of work performed in the bullet above

In this role, I am responsible for all legal and policy issues with respect to 
the .biz and .us TLDs as well as for various other non-registry lines of 
business within NeuStar.  In addition, NeuStar may be pursuing new top-level 
domains both as a front end and as a back-end registry operator.

.     Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest 
in registries, registrars or other entities that are stakeholders or interested 
parties in ICANN or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or 
other arrangement

NeuStar is the domain name registry for .biz and .us as well as the back-end 
operator for .travel and .tel.  As a Vice President within NeuStar, I am in a 
senior leadership position and I do own a very small amount of equity.  NeuStar 
does not own or have any interest in any domain name registrar, nor is it 
involved currently in any other constituency within ICANN.

.     Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?

Other than being a "contracted party" bound by Consensus Policies, as defined 
in the .biz top-level domain agreement, and pursuing new gTLDs, NeuStar does 
not have any other commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
outcomes.

.     Describe any arrangements or agreements between the participant and any 
other group, constituency or person(s) regarding the participant's service as a 
participant in any ICANN policy making process.

I currently serve as the alternate chair for the gTLD Registries Constituency 
and as the official gTLD Constituency representative for .biz.

.Participants must update their Statements of Interest whenever their 
circumstances change.

Mike Rodenbaugh - Commercial and Business Users Constituency
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http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rodenbaugh-soi-09jul08.shtml

Kristina Rosette - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
===============================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rosette-soi-29jan08.shtml

Greg Ruth - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
=====================================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/ruth-statement.htm

Jean-Christophe Vignes - Registrar constituency
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1.       Current vocation, employer and position
Having worked in the DNS space for more than 9 years, starting as Legal Counsel 
for the .FR Registry, I am now Executive Vice-President & General Counsel at 
EuroDNS SA, a Luxembourg Company.

2.       Type of work performed in 1 above
As Chief Legal Officer I deal with a vast array of legal and Policy matters.
I also act as my company's representative in various bodies such as the .EU 
Policy Board (as Chairman), the Registrar-Constituency (as Vice-Chair) and the 
Czech Arbitration Court (as Special Advisor).

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>
None.

4.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?
I am not.

 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.
None that I am aware of ;-)

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org