RE: [registrars] Conflict of Interest Declaration

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

> This clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Mike - the actual requirement is this:

4.6.1. Any person nominated to be an Elected Member must declare
potential conflicts of interest as follows:  
4.6.1.1. to the effect that such person has not been in possession of
any Registry Proprietary or Sensitive Information during the 12 months
prior to the announcement of any election that they have been nominated
as a candidate in; and 

Registry Proprietary and Registry Sensitive are both defined in the
relevant Registry agreements and are based on honest self-disclosure (ie
- a) we can all basically trust each other despite competitive
disagreements from time to time and b) that witch-hunts are a waste of
time).

Lastly, I'd also like to second Rob's nomination (or backup nominate him
if there are concerns around proper standing in relation to clause
4.3.3).



                       -rwr




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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org 
> [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On Behalf Of Michael D. Palage
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:52 PM
> To: Elana Broitman; wessorh@ar.com; Registrars List
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Conflict of Interest Declaration
> 
> 
> Elana:
> 
> I believe the definition of proprietary information that was discussed
> during the GNR debate was broadly defined to include 
> registrar market share,
> financial terms, etc. Simply put that information disclosed between a
> registrar and registry and not generally available to a third 
> party, and
> therefore most likely subject to a NDA. So it is my 
> understanding that under
> your declaration while employed at RegistryPro you never had 
> access to any
> documents regarding other registrars' market share within 
> these respective
> ccTLDs, finacial terms and/or conditions, etc?
> 
> This clarification would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> > Behalf Of Elana Broitman
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:43 PM
> > To: wessorh@ar.com; Registrars List
> > Subject: [registrars] Conflict of Interest Declaration
> >
> >
> > 	According to section 4.6 of the new bylaws, I am hereby
> > filing a potential Conflict of Interest.declararation prior to
> > the commencement of the election process.
> >
> > 			One requirement is to announce that I have
> > "not been in possession of any Registry Proprietary or Sensitive
> > Information during the 12 months prior to the announcement of any
> > election."  Although I had worked on the RegistryPro agreements
> > with ICANN in 2000 to mid-2001, I have not worked for the .pro
> > registry in any manner since then.   Additionally last May to
> > September, I worked on Register.com's Registry Advantage
> > division, which supplied back end services to ccTLD registries.
> > In that position, I did not have access to Registry Proprietary
> > or Sensitive Information, nor did I deal with any gTLD matters.
> >
> > 			Another requirement is to disclose any
> > conflict of interest, including contracts of employment or
> > personal services to a Member, any member of another ICANN
> > Constituency, or other Observer to the Constituency.  Such
> > positions shall include, but not be limited to:  officer,
> > director, consultant, or employee."  I am Director of Policy for
> > Register.com, a member of the constituency.  Prior to accepting
> > the nomination for the Constituency Chair, I made sure that
> > Register.com would accept my taking on the position and its
> > responsibility for fair, transparent representation of the
> > constituency, rather than any one member, in this role.  I would
> > clearly separate my work for the company from my duties as Chair
> > and clearly segregate and label my communications and actions, to
> > avoid any confusion or appearance of conflict.  For example, in
> > chairing meetings or calls of the constituency or representing it
> > at ICANN or other similar venues, I would not represent
> > Register.com, but only t!
> > he constituency.
> >
> >
> > Elana Broitman
> > Register.com
> > 575 Eighth Avenue
> > New York, NY 10018
> > Phone (212) 798-9215
> > Fax   (212) 629-9309
> > ebroitman@register.com
> >
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