[registrars] Task Force Nomination

[Paul Stahura]

Fellow registrars,

Thank you for those seconds and endorsements.

Position statement:
I see both sides of the mining issue
and many of the issues around whois are interrelated.
For example, ICANN limits (allows) registrars to charge up 
to $10K to anyone who wants to "mine" registrars' whois, but you can
also say that that allows other companies to provide
value-add services, for example, to the IP and law
enforcement communities.  
I believe simple innovative technology approaches can help solve 
some of the whois issues, including data mining.
I will represent the constituency's views and not just my own
and look forward, if elected, to everyone's suggestions, 
comments and participation. 
There has been a ton of policy development during ICANN 1.0 and
now 2.0, some pro-registrar, and a lot, IMO, not-so-pro registrar.
I am looking forward to this time helping all us registrars move forward 
together as one force on the whois policy development front.

I was elected as one of 3 reps to the ICANN budget committee,
but since the budget was passed recently, that is not taking any of 
my time currently, and since I am not elected to any other
registrar constituency duties, I do have some time to devote
to this whois TF.

Conflicts statement:
I am the CEO of eNom. Neither eNom nor I is in possession of, 
nor do we have access to Registry Sensitive or Registry Proprietary 
information as defined by any relevant registry operating contracts.
eNom is not an Afilias shareholder.  eNom does host other
ICANN accredited registrars whereby those other registrars and eNom
share the same back-end systems, including whois.
eNom is planning on launching a whois privacy protection service 
similar in some ways to other registrar's services. 

I also agree in choice in elections and would
like to endorse/second Ross's nomination
(yes, in opposition to myself.  How's that for conflict statement?).
I think he could do a good job too.

Paul



-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Wm. Rader [mailto:ross at tucows.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:48 AM
To: registrars at dnso.org
Subject: [registrars] Task Force Nomination


Folks,

I would like to self-nominate for each of the three positions available. 
  My preference would be to serve on the Data Mining Task Force, but I 
believe that I am qualified to serve the constituencies interests on any 
of them. I also believe in providing choice in elections, hence my decision.

I don't have a position statement for this candidacy. The primary role 
of a task force representative is to most carefully collect the views of 
the constituency and ensure that they are reflected, as appropriately as 
possible in the resultant policy recommendations. I am well familiar 
with this policy development process, having repeatedly endured it in 
the past, and believe that I am best suited to achieve the best outcome 
for registrars of all sizes and business models regardless of geography 
or technical capability.

I look forward to your support and working with each of you in this 
endeavor.

My conflict of interest profile has not changed, however I provide it 
here again for your perusal.

Conflicts Declaration
I am the Director of Research and Innovation for Tucows Inc., an ICANN 
accredited registrar and internet service vendor. Tucows has roughly an 
8% shareholding in Afilias. Neither Tucows nor I is in possession of, 
nor do we have access to Registry Sensitive or Registry Proprietary 
information as defined by any relevant registry operating contracts. 
Tucows provides consulting and hosting services to other registrars. I 
am not an officer, director, consultant, or employee with any of these 
registrar partners nor am I specifically involved in providing these 
services to these registrars. If there are any questions about this 
declaration, please feel free to send me a note.
-- 

                        -rwr








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