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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The agenda by Don (thank you!) shows, that the working groups still need staffing. So I would like to offer my support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>My name is Lars Steffen (<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/larssteffen">www.linkedin.com/in/larssteffen</a>) and I am currently working for eco – Association of the German Internet Industry (<a href="http://www.international.eco.de">www.international.eco.de</a>). With around 800 member companies, it is the largest internet industry association in Europe. Together with Thomas Rickert, who some of you know from GNSO and CCWG, I am responsible for the eco Names & Numbers Forum as a Member Services Manager based in Cologne, Germany. The eco Names & Numbers Forum unites world-wide more than 120 registries, registrars, resellers, secondary market companies and consultants from the domain industry (<a href="http://www.numbers.eco.de/international.html">www.numbers.eco.de/international.html</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>To represent the interests of our members from the domain industry, we are active in a range of committees, including EuroISPA (European Internet Service Providers Association), ICANN (GNSO, ISPCP, ICG, CCWG), IETF, IGF and EuroDIG. eco also runs DE-CIX (<a href="http://www.de-cix.net">www.de-cix.net</a>), the world’s leading Internet exchange point and the Certified Senders Alliance (<a href="http://www.certified-senders.eu">www.certified-senders.eu</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>With this background of valuable networks and due to the fact that UA is a very important issue for a respectable number of eco members, IŽd like to join the Community Outreach Project Group to contribute Business community & consumer outreach. After working for eco for 15 months and attending three ICANN meetings so far, for me this will be the first engagement in an ICANN working group. So I will both try to do my best supporting the UASG’s goals and appreciate any advice for ICANN rookies :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Before joining eco I worked six years for a smaller ISP and Registrar/Reseller iWelt AG in Franconia, Germany (<a href="http://www.iwelt.de">www.iwelt.de</a>) in different positions: head of Marketing/Communications, head of Web Development, head of Sales.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>