<div dir="ltr">Hello, <div><br></div><div>I am Mike Rodenbaugh. I run a small law and consulting firm near San Francisco, and have focused on trademark, domain name and copyright issues since 1995. I was active on the GNSO Council, as a leader of the Business Constituency, from 2006-2010 as the New gTLD Program principles and AGB were developed. I served on about a dozen new gTLD working groups during that time and since. More recently I have assisted several dozen gTLD applicants in a variety of contexts through the various stages of the application, dispute resolution and delegation processes. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Like Tony, I fear interminable delay to further release of more new TLDs, as there are vested interests against them. But on the other hand, the program ought to have a fair review and improvements should be made before a next round is opened. Clearly there have been problems in this round that need to be fixed so that future applicants have more transparent and predictable processes. I look forward to working with everyone to ensure that happens reasonably soon.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mike</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Mike Rodenbaugh</div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Anthony Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anthonyrharris@gmail.com" target="_blank">anthonyrharris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hello everybody,<div><br></div><div>I am Anthony Harris, member of the executive team of the ISPCP Constituency.</div><div><br></div><div>Am also Executive Director of the Argentina Internet Association (CABASE), and Executive Director</div>
<div>of the Latin America and Caribbean Federation of Internet and Electronic Commerce ( an applicant</div><div>for the new gTLD - '.lat' )</div><div><br></div><div>I was a member of the GNSO Council task force which developed the first version of the Applicant</div>
<div>Guidebook for new gTLDs in 2006.</div><div><br></div><div>Many useful suggestions have been expressed to fuel the content discussions of this WG, I would</div><div>simply add a wish to the list: perhaps this time we can shorten the lead time to acceptance of</div>
<div>applications for the second round of new gTLDs, since the ferocious lobby against the program</div><div>that was unleashed by known actors - the program was more or less described as the "mother</div><div>of all evils" - successfully delayed the application process for four years. Internet innovation</div>
<div>and deployment times tend to be considerably shorter...</div><div><br></div><div>Tony Harris</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Lars Hoffmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lars.hoffmann@icann.org" target="_blank">lars.hoffmann@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Hello everybody,</div>
<div>I am Lars Hoffmann, part of the ICANN policy team and working from the Brussels Office; and I will assit Steve in supporting this Discussion Group. </div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Lars</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Steve Chan <<a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org" target="_blank">steve.chan@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, 31 July 2014 02:40<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Hello All,</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><span><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;text-align:left;color:black;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt">
<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Jeffrey Eckhaus <<a href="mailto:jeff@rightside.co" target="_blank">jeff@rightside.co</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 9:01 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
Hello,
<div><br></div><div>Great to see the introductions and the group starting to form, so I guess it is a good time to jump in</div><div><br></div><div>My name is Jeffrey Eckhaus and I am with Rightside Group. The parent company of eNom and
<a href="http://Name.com" target="_blank">Name.com</a> 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. </div><div><br></div>
<div>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. </div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word">
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