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

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

After the cal today, Thursday, 19 March 2009, please find the updated Policy 
Development Process (PDP) Work Team (PDPWT) participants and statements of 
interest below in alphabetic order.

Updates include:

-          Marilyn Cade's participation as an individual

-          an updated statement of interest for Alan Greenberg

-          Cheryl -Langdon-Orr has been added to the group as the ALAC 
alternate and submitted a statement of interest.

-          Wolf-Ulrich Knoben,  Antonio Tavares, Jaime Wagner and Brian 
Winterfeldt have been added as  participants and have all submitted statements 
of interest.

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

Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Team (PDPWT) 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

9. Tony Harris - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency

10. Wolf-Ulrich Knoben - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers 
Constituency

11. Cheryl Langdon-Orr - ALAC

12. Zbynek Loebl - Intellectual Property constituency

13. David Maher - gTLD Registry Constituency

14. Jeff Neuman - gTLD Registry Constituency - Interim Work Team chair

15. Gabriel Pineiro - Non Commercial Users Constituency

16. Mike Rodenbaugh - Commercial and Business Users Constituency

17. Kristina Rosette - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency

18. Greg Ruth - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency

19. Antonio Tavares - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency

20. Jean-Christophe Vignes - Registrar

21. Jaime Wagner - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency

22. Liz Williams - Commercial and Business Users Constituency

23. Brian J. Winterfeldt - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency

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

Glen

Statements of Interest
=========================
Sophia Bekele - Individual

Statement of Interest (SOI) for the Policy Development Process Steering 
Committee - Policy Development Team

I represent a California based, privately held company, CBS Enterprise Group, 
which is engaged in international IT business. As part of its portfolio of 
services, the company provides systems integration services, which delivers 
domain registration, web hosting and email services to end users via a reseller 
agreement with registrars and registries.

The GNSO Council's responsibility in recommending substantive policies relating 
to generic top-level domains is a critical part of ICANN's function. The 
mechanism by which the GNSO makes such recommendations to the ICANN Board of 
Directors is through the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) set forth in the 
ICANN Bylaws.  During 2005-7, as part of the NomCom representative, I had 
served on the GNSO and was active in the Policy Development Process of the 
International Domain Names (IDNs) and generic Top Level Domain names (gTLDs).  
Within this period,  I was active in providing guidance to the GNSO improvement 
process and give specific recommendations to the independent review group, 
namely the London School of Economies.

Given that the GNSO structure is made up on the principles of a Constituency 
representation  and  their  Stakeholders, it is important that there is a level 
playing field for various constituencies by ICANN as an organization as well as 
the processes and mechanisms by which the Constituencies operated within the 
community; particularly in the areas of transparency and openness and the 
fairness of the Constituency's  processes which should continue to observe the 
interest of the stakeholders that are participating in them  particularly the 
noncommercial, public interest and individual users as well as areas dealing 
with competing and conflict of interests.  As such, I would like to bring my 
experience in PDP and continue my interest in this important area of ICANN.

In my personal capacity, I do not have any of my moneys, invested in companies 
that are in the registrar businesses.   I do not believe that any activities of 
the Council or ICANN could have a material effect on the work I do at CBS 
International".

James  Bladel  Registrar
============================================
January 2009

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.

Marilyn S. Cade - Individual
============================
1. current vocation, employer, and position:
I am the CEO and Principal in a micro enterprise -- ICT Strategies, mCADE llc, 
where I focus on the nexus of Internet governance and ICT policy issues, on a 
global basis.

I advise, and in some cases represent corporations at global ICT related events 
and at IGOs, where Internet governance and related issues are underway.  ICT 
Strategies also undertakes a significant amount of interaction and 
participation in the global sector that is on an unreimbursed basis

2. Type of work:
Advise, analysis, representation on issues related to Internet Governance and 
related topics and activities.

3. Financial ownership, etc.

None.

4. Commercial interest in ICANN policy, including representing other parties.
My clients are concerned about ICANN policy overall, including security and 
stability issues, ICANN's transition; improving accountability of the 
organization;  improvements related to the restructuring of the GNSO; gNSO new 
gTLD and IDN policy.   One is interested in participating in the release and 
allocation of single letters in legacy gTLDs.

5. Any arrangements or agreements regarding your selection as a work team 
member.
I represent no one in my volunteering to join the PDP working group.  I am not 
acting as a designee or representative of any constituency, but am 
participating as an individual, in my individual capacity.

Bertrand de La Chapelle - GAC
=============================

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 -  Registrar
===========================================

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 Appointe
======================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/doria-soi-02jan09.shtml
Avri Doria - Nominating Committee appointee to the GNSO Council

I am an independent research consultant and a part time Adjunct Professor at 
Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in Sweden. At LTU I supervise two Ph.D. 
students on Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Technology and am responsible for 
creating a curriculum in Internet Governance. As a professor I am partially 
funded by an European Commission FP7 research grant.
I have a recurring part-time contract with UN-DESA and the Internet Governance 
Forum as a consultant on Internet Governance and WSIS follow-up activities. I 
also have a part-time contract with Iometrix where I am consulting on 
establishing certification testing programs for VoIP NNI (Network to Network 
Interconnect). While I am an associate of the Interisle Consulting Group, I am 
currently inactive and expect to remain so as long as I am involved with ICANN 
as a volunteer. Specifically, I have no involvement in any contracts Interisle 
may have with ICANN.

As part of my volunteer activities I give advice to various representatives of 
indigenous nomadic and semi-nomadic populations and NGOs on Internet topics 
which include the possibility of obtaining a gTLD. These activities may involve 
providing assistance in obtaining a TLD including assistance in raising the 
necessary funding for a TLD, when and if that is an appropriate solution to 
their goals. I am not, however, currently involved in any such efforts In terms 
of the GNSO Council and its various working groups, committees and teams, I 
currently have no employment, contract,
statement of work, financial interest, share ownership or any other business 
relationship with ICANN, registries or registrars except as a registrant of 
several domain names. I participate in ICANN as a pro- bono activity because I 
believe in ICANN's mission as a volunteer/ multistakeholder led organization.


J. Scott Evans - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
===============================================================

.    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
====================
Current vocation, employer and position: I am a self-employed consultant 
advising national governments on the effective use of Information and 
Communications Technologies (ICT) in support of poverty alleviation, education 
and national growth.

The type of work performed in the bullet above: In recent years, I have 
designed a national strategy for the use of ICT in development cooperation 
(foreign aid), reviewed the effectiveness of donor ICT support in Africa, 
reviewed specific projects focused on the use of ICT in post-secondary 
education, performed ICT readiness assessments at both an institutional and 
national level.

Financial ownership, etc. with ICANN ties: I have no such relationship.

Commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes. I have no such 
interest.

Arrangements/agreements regarding service in ICANN policy making process: I am 
the ALAC Liaison to the GNSO Council, the ALAC representative on the PPSC, and 
an ALAC representative on the PDPWT. The views expressed during discussions 
will be mine unless explicitly qualified as being that of the ALAC or At-Large.


Tony Harris  - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
====================================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/harris-statement.htm
I am under contract as full time executive director of CABASE, a non-profit 
Internet industry association, incorporated as such in Argentina since 1999.

consulting work done for ICANN - NONE
consulting work done for a gtld or cctld registry, or current applicant to 
become a gtld or cctld registry - NONE
consulting work done for a registrar - NONE
employment with a registry or registrar - NONE

Wolf-Ulrich Knoben - ISPCP Constituency
==================================
1.       Current vocation, employer and position

<<          Engineer, Director of international projects at Deutsche Telekom 
(DT), a global telecommunications networks and services provider.>>

2.       Type of work performed in 1 above

<<          Synergy evaluation of network infrastructure technologies, 
harmonization of internet naming and addressing issues.>>

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

<<          DT through the brand T-Online is - inter alia - providing registrar 
services. My current position is not related to this part of DT business.>>

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

<<          None. I'm not representing other parties.>>

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.

<<          Member of the ISPCP constituency, the GNSO improvements plan team 
and the Operations Steering Committee (OSC).>>

Cheryl Langdon-Orr - ALAC chair
=============================
The participant's current vocation, employer and position

       I am (and have been since 1981) self employed in our family owned and  
operated business as a working Director Hovtek Pty Ltd.,  details of this  
including web links and about more about our related Company BuildersNet Pty  
Limited., are found on the aforementioned Wiki page...

.       The type of work performed in the bullet above

        A mix of Directors and day to day management and administration work  
typical in  a micro or SME business.

.       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 a Director (elected Demand Class) of the Australian Domain Name  
Administrator,  auDA

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

    I have no commercial interests I am a gTLD and ccTLD registrant... nor do I 
represent any commercially interested party in this WG I represent the ALAC.

.       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.

    As stated above in this WG, I represent the ALAC, but it should be noted 
that I am a founder of  a National peak consumer interest group in Australia => 
the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) and served on the 
Australian Governments'  Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital 
Economy's Ministerial group formed to review options possibilities and form 
this national amalgamation of consumer interest voices including the general 
consumer disadvantaged, rural, disability and small business sectors, which 
created this organisations concept charter etc., and  was part of the 4 person 
selection committee that selected the founding Board structure of ACCAN with 
Government observers... This NFP organisation has shown interest in involvement 
in GNSO Policy development WG's in the future and possibly in then NCSG and is 
in preliminary discussion with Consumers Union and other National and 
International similar peak body consumer interest groups to look at 
constituency status therein...  Consumers Union is an ALS and ACCAN is planning 
on becoming one...

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

The principal of Continuous Disclosure is totally supported by me, and a 
requirement in my auDA activities.

Zbynek Loebl - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
============================================================
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.

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
============================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rodenbaugh-soi-09jul08.shtml
I am owner of Rodenbaugh Law, a member of the Business and Commercial Users 
Constituency. I am an attorney licensed in California. I conduct much of my 
business via the internet. I advise and represent entities and individuals with 
various commercial interests in domain names and other forms of intellectual 
property, and with varying interests in internet commerce.

I am personally concerned about the security and stability of the Internet, as 
it is increasingly the backbone of our society, critical to global commerce, 
communications and safety. So I am interested in ICANN's role in managing and 
coordinating the technical and policy aspects of the Internet. I am mindful of 
the many enormous benefits of the internet that are fostered by ICANN policy, 
and seek for ICANN policy to develop in ways that will enhance the growth of 
internet commerce and communications. I am also concerned about various, 
serious harms enabled by policies of ICANN and its contracting registries and 
accredited registrars, or by lack of effective policy.

Businesses and their customers are experiencing increasingly severe harm from 
phishing, malware distribution, hacking and other forms of online crime and 
intellectual property infringement. For many years I served as in-house counsel 
at Yahoo! Inc., working increasingly to protect Yahoo! users and their 
commercial and personal interests, as well as Yahoo!'s commercial interests, 
against these increasing worldwide threats. I believe that these harms will 
continue to rapidly grow, unless DNS policies are adapted to help fight them. 
So I strive for DNS policy that helps to mitigate those threats as much as 
reasonably possible.

On occasion, I may have clients with similar concerns, or who have other policy 
interests at ICANN. As a representative elected to the GNSO Council by the 
collective members of the Business Constituency, I am required by the 
Constituency's Charter to support and otherwise remain faithful to approved 
positions of the Constituency as applicable, rather than my own views or those 
of any client I may have at any given time. Generally my clients are online 
businesses that do not have a contract with ICANN, though I may represent 
contracting parties from time to time in matters unrelated to ICANN policy, for 
example in a commercial transaction or dispute resolution. To the extent that 
any client seeks my representation or advocacy in any ICANN forum, I would 
further disclose the existence of such client and their interest in the matter 
at the time of that representation.

I currently advise a for-profit entity in a business venture that will apply 
for a new gTLD when ICANN opens the domain space in 2009, and I am personally 
engaged in a second for-profit business venture that intends to apply for 
another new gTLD through that ICANN process. I may consult on other, similar 
projects in the future. In addition, I advise Yahoo! and several other clients 
with respect to cybersquatting and cybersecurity problems that they suffer, 
which problems are enabled (often unknowingly) by ICANN contracting parties and 
by ICANN policies or lack thereof. Therefore I also advise those clients about 
ICANN, and advocate at ICANN some of their views that ICANN policies should 
change and/or be adopted to mitigate these problems.

Kristina Rosette - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
===============================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/rosette-soi-29jan08.shtml
I am employed as a Special Counsel by Covington & Burling LLP ("Covington"), a 
general practice law firm with over 650 lawyers in eight offices in four 
countries. I am resident in Covington's Washington, DC office and am a member 
of the District of Columbia bar.

I specialize in Internet and trademark matters, and represent trademark owner 
clients in connection with such matters. Among my responsibilities, I develop 
and implement strategies in the areas of offensive and defensive domain name 
registration, Internet monitoring and enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and 
anti-fraud; reclaim domain names through negotiation, arbitration (under the 
UDRP, .biz STOP, and .mobi Sunrise Challenge policies, thus far), and 
litigation; advise clients on the purchase and use of keywords and trademark 
aspects of search engine optimization; negotiate and draft transactional 
documents relating to Internet-related assets and perform due diligence reviews 
of such assets; and design trademark usage policies and guidelines and 
anti-counterfeiting strategies for use in virtual worlds. In connection with 
advising firm clients of generally noteworthy trademark- or Internet-related 
developments, I have also provided information and updates on domain name syste!
m developments (e.g., posting of reports for public comment, announcements of 
new policies such as the Domain Name Transfer Policy, .eu Sunrise 
requirements). All such communications have been, and will continue to be, 
based solely on publicly available information and documents.

>From time to time, I register or acquire in my own name domain names for firm 
>clients. I am currently the registrant of several domain names, both on behalf 
>of firm clients and in an individual capacity. From time to time and as 
>circumstances warrant, I have completed and submitted Whois Data Problem 
>Reports and submitted registrar compliance complaints to ICANN on behalf of 
>firm clients.

Since 2004, I have been a member of the Registration Practice and DNS 
Administration Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association's 
Internet Committee, and chair the Subcommittee for the 2008-2009 term.

The Czech Arbitration Court ("CAC"), which the ICANN Board approved as a UDRP 
Provider in January 2008, has selected me as a UDRP panelist.

I have determined that Covington does not represent ICANN and does not 
represent any clients in matters in which ICANN is an adverse party. Covington 
did represent the International Cooperative Alliance in connection with the 
formation and establishment of DotCooperation LLC, the .coop registry operator, 
but that matter has been closed for some time. I have also determined that 
Covington neither represents any gTLD or sTLD registry operator in matters 
relating to its capacity as a registry operator nor represents any client in 
matters adverse to such registry operators as registry operators. I am advising 
a number of firm clients that are considering applying for a new gTLD. Based on 
the responses to my inquiries, Covington does not represent any ccTLD registry 
operator in its capacity as a registry operator nor does it represent any 
client in matters adverse to any ccTLD registry operators as registry operators.

To the best of my knowledge, Covington does not represent any ICANN-accredited 
registrar in its capacity as a registrar nor does it represent any firm client 
in a matter adverse to a registrar as registrar. From time to time, Covington 
has represented firm clients in intellectual property matters adverse to 
registrars, and it is likely to do so periodically in the future. I have been 
involved in such matters and expect to be involved in additional such matters 
in the future from time to time . It is possible that a firm client is an 
ICANN-accredited registrar, but, if so, Covington does not represent it in such 
matters.


Greg Ruth - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
=====================================================================
http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/ruth-statement.htm
I am a Senior Consultant for Verizon Business, a global communications, 
security and technology provider. My duties consist primarily of providing 
consulting services. As a multi-national organization, Verizon Business has 
many customer and vendor relationships, and some of those relationships may 
include ICANN accredited registrars, registries as well as members of other 
GNSO constituencies. In the normal course of my duties, I have no knowledge of 
which ICANN related organizations my company is contractually involved with. My 
position and responsibilities in Verizon Business do not allow me any decision 
making power, personal involvement, responsibility or other interest in 
determining or carrying out the contractual relationships in which my company 
enters. As a global network provider, my company's interest in ICANN is for the 
security and stability of the Internet. I do not have any relationships or 
duties outside my company that would involve any issues of interest to !
or conflict with ICANN, and my duties in the GNSO.

This statement of interest will be maintained at:

http://www.icannwiki.org/Greg_Ruth_-_statement_of_interest

Antonio Tavares - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
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1             I´m member of the ISPCP constituency

2             Nowadays I own a Telecom company oriented to give services over 
VoIP technology . I´m President of DIALDATA TELECOMUNICAÇÕES

3             I´m Vice President of the Administration Council of NIC.br the 
operational arm of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, acting as always 
as volunteer.

4             I do not have any other functions or charges that connects myself 
on touch with Regitrars or any interest in ICANN GNSO  development.

5             I have no conflict of interest in participating in the referred 
working teams.

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 ;-)

Jaime Wagner - Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency
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1. I am President at Plug In Internet S/A 
www.plugin.com.br<http://www.plugin.com.br>
   Plug In is a Brazilian private company specialized in Internet hosting, both 
shared and dedicated.
   Since December 2007 Plug In has a close partnership with UOL, the largest 
Brazilian ISP.

   I am also represent ISP's in CGI, Brazilian Internet Steering Commitee.
This is an elected position with a mandate of two years (2008 and 2009).

2. At Plug In my work is general management.

3. Both Plug In and UOL act as registrars, but this is a minor portion of their 
businesses.

4. I have no other direct commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
outcomes. I do represent four Brazilian ISPs associations in CGI.

5. I have no arrangements or agreements between with any other group, 
constituency or person(s) regarding my nomination or selection as a work team 
member.

Liz Williams - Commercial and Business Users Constituency
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1.       Current vocation, employer and position

I am currently a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter's Centre for 
Leadership Studies.  I also run my own management consultancy working with 
technology entrepreneurs developing their businesses.

2.       Type of work performed in 1 above

Research and advisory services.

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

Nil

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

Nil.

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.

Nil

Brian J Winterfeldt - Intellectual Property Interests Constituency
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1.            Current vocation, employer and position

I am a partner with the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, an international 
firm based in Washington, DC.

2.            Type of work performed in 1 above

At Steptoe & Johnson, I am a member of the Intellectual Property Group and lead 
a trademark portfolio practice.  My practice includes domestic and 
international trademark counseling, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and 
litigation, as well as trade dress and domain name issues.  I assist clients 
with the creation of trademark and branding strategies and the development of 
programs to enforce and protect intellectual property rights, and represent 
clients seeking to protect against infringement of their copyrights, 
trademarks, and trade dress in the United States and internationally.  In 
addition, my practice includes significant work in domain name law and new 
media counseling and enforcement, including assisting clients with the 
management of their domain name portfolios and securing domain names that 
incorporate clients' trademarks through the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy 
and other similar processes for foreign domain names.

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

I do not have any personal financial ownership or senior management/leadership 
interest in registries, registrars, and related firms.  I am a member of the 
Registration Practice & DNS Administration Subcommittee of the International 
Trademark Association's (INTA) Internet Committee, which often provides 
comments on policies proposed by ICANN and similar organizations.

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

I do not have any personal commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
outcomes.  As my law practice focuses on representing brand and trademark 
owners, and includes a special focus on companies offering Internet and 
e-commerce related services (including Internet infrastructure, domain name 
registration, and security services), I do have a professional interest in 
ensuring that the rights of brand and trademark owners are protected in any 
policies adopted by ICANN and similar organizations.

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 joining the PPSC PDP as a member of the Intellectual Property Constituency 
(IPC); however, I do not have a specific representation arrangement or 
agreement beyond this affiliation.


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