Hi all, Below is my SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Dietmar+Lenden+SOI I have been in the domain name business for the last 12 years (in varying capacities) and I'm currently a project consultant assisting .BRAND owners through the new gTLD application phase. I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone experienced this round of the new gTLD process. Dietmar Lenden Client Project Manager and Validation Services Team Lead | Valideus Ltd E: dietmar.lenden@valideus.com D: +44 20 7421 8274 -----Original Message----- From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Sattler Sent: 28 July 2014 07:39 To: Sam Lanfranco Cc: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Thomas Lowenhaupt: An Introduction Hi there, I'm jumping on the bandwagon: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Tobias+Sattler+SOI I'm the Chief Information Officer at united-domains AG, an ICANN accredited registrar. united-domains is part of the United Internet group that contains, among others, 1&1 Internet, Sedo and InterNetX. As a registrar the current round is a pain, especially things like contract negotiations, onboarding, technical obligations, outreach etc. considering the mass of new gTLDs. Therefore I'm interested in capturing the lessons learned and to provide feedback from a registrar perspective to hopefully help to streamline things. Best regards, Tobias Tobias Sattler Chief Information Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- united-domains AG Gautinger Str. 10 82319 Starnberg GERMANY Phone: +49 8151 36867-0 Fax: +49 8151 36867-77 http://www.united-domains.de mailto:sattler@united-domains.de Registration No.: HRB 127020, München Board of Directors: Florian Huber (CEO), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 27.07.2014, at 17:03, Sam Lanfranco <sam@lanfranco.net> wrote:
Colleagues,
Following Tom Lowenhaupt's idea of introductions I will introduce myself beyond what is in my ICANN SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Sam+Lanfranco+SOI
I am a development economist with a third of a century of experience in ICT4D and, as an educator, a particular interest in capturing lessons learned, especially in light of the persistent failure to learn as exhibited by economic development initiatives around the world, and the shortcomings of monitoring and evaluation for many undertakings.
Each of us probably has specific aspects of the recent new gTLD round where we see lessons to be learned. Beyond that my focus will be on two parts. The first, drawing on work I did with the UN Development Programme's effort to capture lessons learned, is to (in my head at least) organize lessons learned into a simple 2x2 matrix consisting of the degree of generalization of lessons (general, specific) and their context applicability (general, specific). That is useful when turning to the use of lessons learned in practice.
The second focus is to guard against looking for specific lessons learned as a "Poster Child" for the great successes or failures of the first new gTLD effort. It is more productive to consider this as learning lessons for future use, and not, in the first instance, as an overall assessment of the first gTLD round. While the two activities are related, they are distinct with respect to intent.
Sam Lanfranco
-- ------------------------------------------------ "It is a disgrace to be rich and honoured in an unjust state" -Confucius ------------------------------------------------ Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar) Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3 email: Lanfran@Yorku.ca Skype: slanfranco blog: http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com Phone: +1 613-476-0429 cell: +1 416-816-2852
_______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-dg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-dg
_______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-dg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-dg