[gnso-vi-feb10] FW: VI working group

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Forwarded From: Amadeu Abril i Abril 

Glen and Council,

I would like taking part in the Vertical Integration working group. I 
participated in the Nairobi launching session.

I hope that the SoI follows the template as required.

Amadeu


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Vi Working Gorup - Statement of Interest

Amadeu Abril i Abril
CORE Internet Council of Registrars

My role within CORE is mainly to advise on newgTLD projects and, to a lesser 
extent, legal and operational advice.

CORE is an ICANN-accredited registrar. Its a membership organisation, and manuy 
of its mambers are also ICANN-accrdited registrars, while others are not. 

CORE is also the registry operator provider for puntCAT (.cat registry) and 
MuseDOMA (.museum registry). Even if CORE is not an ICANN contractual 
conutneraprt on those services it does not register domains on those TLDs (that 
is, it does not act as a registrar where it operates as a registry operator).

CORE is involved in new gTLDs projects as both registry provider to third 
parties wishing to set up a registry, and for its own gTLDs.

I have been, but not longer I am, involved with other registrars (Nominalia, as 
an advisor) or registries (PIR, as Board director, and puntCAT as CEO). I have 
also served two terms as ICANN Board member (elected by the old DNSO), the old 
Names Council ( elected by the Registrars Constituency) and the GNSO Council 
(appointed by NomCom). I currently hold no position within ICANN structure.

Besides my work for CORE i teach law at ESADE aw School, which is not involved 
at all in GNSo or ICANN activities of any sort (except for being domain name 
registrant for a number of names in ccTLDs; historical, non-ICANN managed gTLDs 
and ICANN-managed gTLDs. I have also registered myself a very small number of 
domains for my personal use. In what seems like a previous life, I worked for 
the EUroepan Commission's DG on Competition Policy, within its Vertical 
Restraints group.