<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">My name is Jothan Frakes, and I am the Co-Founder and Co-Producer of <a href="http://NamesCon.Vegas">NamesCon.Vegas</a>, The Domain Name Industry Conference, and also a community volunteer with Mozilla, investing time in the <a href="http://publicsuffix.org">Public Suffix List</a> towards furthering Universal Acceptance of new gTLDs and IDN. I recently concluded a contracting role related to the current round evaluation, but I am currently a free-agent participating in this group in a personal capacity.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I am on the list / group at this time as an observer ("read-only mode"), interested in monitoring the group's work and the evolution of the process for the immediate next round.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Steve Chan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org" target="_blank">steve.chan@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 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>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions<br></div><div><div class="h5"><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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