[gnso-ppsc-pdp] Updated Statement of Interest

["David W. Maher" <dmaher@xxxxxxx>]

> .       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 Stakeholder Group 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. PIR may be 
> involved in applications for new gTLDs.
> .       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 
PIR, and Chair of the Registries Stakeholder Group of the GNSO.
> .       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 .ORG 
top-level domain agreement, and pursuing new 
gTLDs, PIR 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 am Chair of the Registries Stakeholder Group, 
and I am one of the voting representatives of PIR in that Group.

> .Participants must update their Statements of 
> Interest whenever their circumstances change.
> If you have already provided a statement of 
> interest following the above template, please ignore this request.
> Thank you very much.
> Kind regards,
>
> Glen
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://gnso.icann.org
David W. Maher
Senior Vice President - Law & Policy
.ORG, The Public Interest Registry
1775 Wiehle Ave, #200
Reston, VA 20190  USA
(v) +1-312-876-8055
(f)  +1-312-876-7934
http://www.pir.org

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