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1) Your Name: | Mark James ELKINS |
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Personal Profile Picture/Image (Optional): | |
2) Stakeholder Group: | Non-Commercial |
3) Constituency: | Internet Service Providers (ISPC) |
4) ICANN Affiliation (if not covered by item 2 or 3): | 1) DNSSEC & Security Workshop programme committee 2) Universal Acceptance Ambassador (South Africa) |
5) Please identify your current employer(s): | Posix Systems |
6) Please identify your current position(s): | CEO |
7) Please identify the type(s) of work performed: | DNS Training (and awareness) |
8) Please identify your declared country of primary residence (e.g., country to which you pay taxes): | South Africa |
9) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimis stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN: | None |
10) Do you believe you are participating in the GNSO policy process as a representative of any individual or entity, whether paid or unpaid? | No |
If the answer is “Yes,” please provide the name of the represented individual or entity. (If professional ethical obligations prevent you from disclosing this information, please enter "Private"): | |
11) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions: | |
a) Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes? | No |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the material interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes: | |
b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member? | No |
If the answer is “yes,” please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s): | |
12) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable): | 1) DNSSEC & Security workshop programme committee |
13) Additional Information (optional): | I am also an ISP in South Africa and manage (as the Registry) the EDU.ZA system. I was the original creator of the automation system for the CO.ZA Domain name system - the largest commercial registry in Africa. Also served on the AfriNIC Board for six years. |
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