[AfrICANN-discuss] Two ICANN directors update their conflicts
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Gideon
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Thu Dec 20 19:29:31 SAST 2012
Patience is a virtue.
Gideon Rop,
DotConnectAfrica
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> From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.NA>
> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Sophiagate
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> And what is new about that?
>
> Mr Silber has been the Treasurer of the ZADNA and has nothing to do with
> Uniforum and/or Uniforum's .AFRICA application.
>
> Mr Disspain has been the CEO of AUDA and has nothing to do with any
> entity applying for .AFRICA.
>
> The Ombudsman could not find any conflict of interest, and in the case
> of Mr Disspain he couldn't even figure out what the alleged complaint
> was about. He did however, in a very polite manner, accuse Ms Bekele of
> substantial misconduct in terms of RFC 1591.
>
> Let the games begin...
>
> el
>
> On 2012-12-20 11:05 , Gideon wrote:
> > Update on Ombudsman's activities on the .africa Conflict of Interest.
> >
> >
> > Two ICANN directors update their conflicts profile after .africa
> > complaint
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> > Gideon Rop,
> > DotConnectAfrica
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> ICANN directors Mike Silber and Chris Disspain have updated their
> official statements of interest — used to identify potential conflicts
> on the board — after a complaint from a .africa applicant.
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> The [37]new SOI statement more clearly specifies the relationship
> between South African ccTLD policymaker ZADNA — for which Silber acts
> as treasurer — and Uniforum, which has applied for the .africa gTLD.
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> It also gives a bit more information about Disspain’s employer, .au
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> Here’s Silber’s new SOI summary, with the relevant new text
> highlighted:
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> Member of the Management Committee and Treasurer of the Internet
> Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) South Africa. He is also, a
> Director and Treasurer of the .za Domain Name Authority, the ccTLD
> administrator for .za. The .za Domain Name Authority has concluded
> an arms-length operating agreement with Uniforum t/a the .za Central
> Registry for Uniforum to operate the .za registry. Under the
> agreement, Uniforum will collect and pay transaction fees to .za
> Domain Name Authority. Uniforum is acting as the registry service
> provider for various new gTLD applicants.
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> Here’s Disspain’s, again with my emphasis:
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> Director and CEO of .au Domain Administration Limited, the .au ccTLD
> manager; .au has sponsorship agreement with ICANN under which .au
> pays ICANN a yearly amount based on the amount of names under
> management. Former Officer of ICANN, Paul Levins, is a Director of
> .au Domain Administration Limited. .au Domain Administration Limited
> licenses AusRegistry Pty Ltd to run the registry for the second
> level names in .au. Under the Registry License agreement,
> AusRegistry pays fees to auDA; companies affiliated with AusRegistry
> are affiliated with new gTLD applications.
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> AusRegistry is technically ARI’s parent, but they share many of the
> same senior executives.
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> The updated statement comes shortly after a [38]complaint filed with
> ICANN’s Ombudsman by .africa applicant DotConnectAfrica about Silber
> and Disspain’s alleged conflicts of interest over the gTLD.
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> While the indirect connection between Silber and DCA’s rival .africa
> applicant Uniforum is clear, it was not obvious to Ombudsman Chris
> LaHatte what Disspain’s conflict was supposed to be.
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> LaHatte found no actions that constituted conflicts of interest from
> either director, but he appeared to nudge the board to providing fuller
> disclosure, which is what seems to have happened here.
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