Hello everyone,
I am long term member of the ICANN community having attended ICANN Montevideo (10) as my first meeting, so well over 40 meetings under my belt at this stage. I have been active in BC policy development, leadership, working groups, and am currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI), which was created to smooth improvement implementation from the last GNSO Review, five years ago. I have also had experience in launching a new TLD with .TRAVEL, and was an active participant in the development of the current Guidebook.
Clearly, despite all of the genuine effort that went into the AGB, it has many shortcomings... The work ahead of this group needs to address all of those shortcomings and related issues from all stakeholder positions, as I see it.
Kind regards,
RA
From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve Chan
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 20:40
To: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org
Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions
Hello All,
I believe these introductions are a really good thing that will benefit the work to come. I would like to encourage those that have not sent an introduction message, and are inclined to do so, to respond to the list whenever you have a moment.
My name is Steve Chan and I will be leading the ICANN policy staff support for this Discussion Group. Previously, I spent a number of years with the New gTLD Program, so I hope that my experiences there will be beneficial to this effort.
Best,
Steve
From: Jeffrey Eckhaus <jeff@rightside.co>
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 9:01 AM
To: "gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org>
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions
Hello,
Great to see the introductions and the group starting to form, so I guess it is a good time to jump in
My name is Jeffrey Eckhaus and I am with Rightside Group. The parent company of eNom and Name.com both registrars as well as United TLD the registry for 30+ new TLDs as well as Rightside Registry, the back end service provider for 150+ new TLDs.
As you can see, we are a vertically integrated entity with an interest in the rollout of another round of new TLDs and will hopefully be able to give perspective on all parts of the value chain.
Thanks
Jeff
Jeffrey Eckhaus
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