RE: [registrars] Conflict of Interest Declaration

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

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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