RE: [gnso-ppsc-wg] Working Group Model Team participants and Statements of Interest

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Subbiah.
Glen

-----Original Message-----
From: S. Subbiah [mailto:subbiah@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: mardi 10 février 2009 03:44
To: Glen de Saint Géry
Cc: gnso-ppsc-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-ppsc-wg] Working Group Model Team participants and 
Statements of Interest

I am now ticketd to be there Saturday morning.

Glen de Saint Géry wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>Please find the Working Group Model Team participants below in alphabetic 
>order.
>
>Statements of Interest have been received for all the participants, except for 
>Mikey O'Conner.
>
>The 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.
>
>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.
>
>Please let me know if you have any questions or if I have missed anything.
>
>Thank you.
>Kind regards,
>
>Glen
>
>Participants:
>================
>1. Nacho Amadoz - gTLD Registry constituency  .cat*
>
>2. Iliya Bazlyankov - Individual - Bulgaria - remote participation
>
>3. Zac Brandstater - Individual - Australia
>
>4. Bertrand de la Chapelle - Government Advisory Committee
>
>5. Avri Doria - Nominating Committee Appointee*
>
>6. J. Scott Evans - Intellectual Property constituency - Interim Chair *
>
>7. Caroline Greer - gTLD Registry constituency .mobi*
>
>8. Zahid Jamil - Commercial and Business Users constituency*
>
>9. Konstantinos Komaitis - Non Commercial Users constituency*
>
>10. Cheryl Langdon-Orr - At-Large Advisory Committee chair - conflict with 
>At-Large summit
>
>11. Alexey Mykhaylov - Registrar constituency*
>
>12. Jeff Neuman - gTLD Registry constituency*
>
>13. Mike O'Connor - Commercial and Business Users constituency  - remote 
>participation
>
>14. Tim Ruiz - Registrar constituency*
>
>15. Alexei Sozonov - Registrar constituency*
>
>16. S. Subbiah - Individual*- prefers Sunday meeting
>
>1. Statement of interest of Nacho Amadoz
>=========================================
>
>.       The participant's current vocation, employer and position
>
>Legal & Policies manager of .cat
>
>.       The type of work performed in the bullet above
>
>Supervision of the activities of the Registry from the legal perspective. 
>Represent the Registry whenever required.
>
>.       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
>
>Part of the management team of .cat. No financial ownerships in any ICANN 
>interested party.
>
>.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
>development outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?
>
>The policy outcome may affect the interests of the .cat Registry
>
>.       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.
>
>Ok
>
>2. Iliya Bazlyankov - Individual
>===================================
>
>1.       Current vocation, employer and position
>
>Main system administrator and head of "Internet services" section at UNICART 
>Ltd.  (www.unicart.bg) I am also the chair of Association UNINET - association 
>of web hosting companies, representing common interests.
>
>2, Type of work performed in 1 above
>
>Main project is Regia (www.regia.bg) - website for domain registrations, owned 
>by UNICART Ltd. I lead the project and arrange ccTLD accreditations for 
>UNICART Ltd.
>
>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 am the head of "Internet services" at UNICART Ltd., currently I am 
>responsible for management of Regia (www.regia.bg). Unicart is funding Regia 
>and all the accreditations and work.
>I am the chair of Association UNINET (association of web hosting companies). 
>UNINET is being funded by all its members.
>UNINET or UNICART Ltd. doesn`t have a direct contract with ICANN. Even there 
>aren`t any ICANN accredited registrars in Bulgaria.
>
>4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
>outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?
>
>Association UNINET is interested in the new gTLD process and is thinking of 
>making an application for new gTLDs for Bulgaria. We are following the new 
>GTLD policy at ICANN.
>
>5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other group, 
>constituency or person(s) regardingyour nomination or selection as a work team 
>member.
>
>I fully represent UNICART Ltd. for all Internet services, and the Association 
>UNINET for all ICANN related issues. Members of the association are two of the 
>biggest Bulgarian web hosting companies. (Regia is smaller.)
>
>
>3. Zac Brandstater - Individual
>===============================
>
>1. Student: University of Western Australia
>2. Studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering in conjuction with a 
>Commerce degree majoring in Management and Human Resource Management.
>Am about to commence my fourth(4th) year of study.
>3. None.
>4. No, this is purely an individual venture.
>5. No arrangements, agreements or discussions have been made regarding my 
>interest. Again, it is purely an individual venture.
>
>4. 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.
>
>
>5. Avri Doria - NCA
>=======================
>http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/doria-soi-02jan09.shtml
>
>6. 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.
>
>
>7. Caroline Greer - Registry constituency Statement of Interest
>============================================================
>
>GNSO PPSC WG
>
>I am Director of Policy & Industry Relations at mTLD Ltd [dotMobi], the Irish 
>based registry responsible for the .mobi TLD. dotMobi signed its contract with 
>ICANN in July 2005 and began operations in May 2006.
>
>I am responsible for policy / legal / compliance-related issues at dotMobi. I 
>am a member of the GNSO Registries Constituency and also a voting member of 
>the 2009 Nominating Committee.
>
>dotMobi is sponsored by a consortium of 14 companies engaged in the mobile 
>Internet space, some of whom (e.g Nokia and Microsoft) are members of other 
>ICANN constituencies such as the Business Constituency.
>
>dotMobi currently has approximately 280 ICANN accredited registrars and 
>Afilias Ltd runs the back-end registry operations.
>
>I have no employment, contract, financial interest or share ownership in any 
>other company, including any Registry or Registrar.
>
>8. Zahid Jamil
>================
>http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/jamil-soi-28jun08.shtml
>
>9. Konstantinos Komaitis - NCUC
>============================
>.       The participant's current vocation, employer and position
>
>LECTURER IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW, UNIVERSITY OF 
>STRATHCLYDE, GLASGOW, UK
>
>.       The type of work performed in the bullet above
>
>Lecturing and researching. My main focus for both of these activities is IT 
>Law and in particular Domain  Name Regulation and Internet Governance Issues
>
>.       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
>
>None
>.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
>development outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?
>
>None - my work is mainly on the theoretical perspectives of ICANN and the GNSO.
>
>.       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 in the PPSC and the working group team as a representative of the 
>NCUC constituency.
>
>.Participants must update their Statements of Interest whenever their 
>circumstances change.
>
>Agreed
>
>10. 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 t!
> o 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.
>
>11. Alexey Mykhaylov  - Registrar
>================================
>1.       Current vocation, employer and position
>
>Center of Internet Names of Ukraine, managing partner Integrio Systems, 
>president
>
>2.       Type of work performed in 1 above
>
>In Ukrnames I am responsible for communication with ICANN and other foreign 
>partners, as well as participation in development of business and technical 
>strategy for the company
>
>In Integrio Systems, which is a software development company, I am responsible 
>for all aspects of business development
>
>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
>
>Currently  I have a 25% stake in Ukrnames, ICANN accredited registrar
>
>4.       Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
>development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?
>
>I am not representing any other parties. Outside Ukrnames, which is stated 
>above, I do not have any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy 
>development
>
>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
>
>
>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.
>
>
>13. Mike O'Connor CBUC - SoI still to be provided
>
>14. Tim Ruiz Statement of Interest
>==================================
>
>- The participant's current vocation, employer and position:
>
>Vice President of Corporate Development and Policy for GoDaddy.com, Inc.
>
>- The type of work performed in the bullet above:
>
>Identify/Coordinate strategic opportunities. Represent GoDaddy.com in the 
>Registrar Constituency and develop/recommend/champion GoDaddy.com positions on 
>relevant ICANN policy issues.
>
>- 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:

>
>GoDaddy.com is an ICANN Accredited Registrar. I am also on the Board of 
>Directors of doMEn, doo, the government contracted registry operator for the 
>.me ccTLD. I represent GoDaddy.com as a member of the dotMOBI Advisory Group 
>(MAG). I have been elected by MAG members to the MAG Steering Committee and 
>represent the MAG Steering Committee on the dotMOBI Policy Advisory Board.
>
>- Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development 
>outcomes. Is the participant representing other parties?
>
>Policy development outcomes of the GNSO have financial/commercial impact on 
>ICANN Accredited Registrars, including GoDaddy.com. I have been elected to the 
>GNSO Council by, and represent, the Registrar Constituency.
>
>- 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 have been elected to the GNSO Council by the Registrar Constituency and will 
>represent them in my work on the PPSC-WG Work Team.
>
>- Participants must update their Statements of Interest whenever their 
>circumstances change:
>
>Understood and agree.
>
>15. Alexei Sozonov - Registrar
>===============================
>- I'm Alexei Sozonov, co-CEO of Regtime Ltd (www.regtime.net
>www.webnames.ru) Russian ICANN accredited Registrar.
>- I'm responsible for connection with ICANN and registries, as well as general 
>management of the company.
>- I'm shuttling between Canada and Russia, and now living in Vancouver, Canada.
>- I can be reached at +1-604-7739204  at 9am to 3pm General Pacific Time.
>
>- Except stated above I have no other 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 have no commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes and 
>i'm not representing other parties.
>- I have no arrangements or agreements between myself and any other group, 
>constituency or person(s) regarding my nomination or selection as a work team 
>member.
>
>16. Prof. S. Subbiah - Statement of Interest - Individual
>=========================================================
>1. Chairman, i-dns.net (also unrelated, a professor/researcher at US and 
>Singapore tertiary instituitions)
>
>2. Through the company, inventing, championing and promoting the cause of IDN, 
>including making it available to the ICANN community for a decade.
>
>3. i-DNS.net technology, in substantive form, is the only IDN standard in use 
>today and as such every deployment of IDN by ICANN and non-ICANN related 
>entities is either licensed, copied or stolen from i-DNS.net.
>
>Otherwise, no equity or leadership interest.
>
>4. Representing i-DNS.net (and tangentially partners who have licensed 
>technology from it).
>
>5. i-DNS.net is currently interested in IDNs and therefore the outcome of the 
>new gTLD round. No, not representing other parties.
>
>6. None
>
>Glen de Saint Géry
>GNSO Secretariat
>gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://gnso.icann.org
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