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<a href="http://domainincite.com/about">Kevin Murphy</a>, December 19, 2012, 01:40:48 (UTC), <a defang_rel="category tag" href="http://domainincite.com/category/domain-registries" title="View all posts in Domain Registries">Domain Registries</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold">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.</span></p>
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The <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/sois/summary-soi-18dec12-en.htm" target="_blank" title="ICANN">new SOI statement</a> 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.</p>
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It also gives a bit more information about Disspain’s employer, .au policymaker AuDA, and ARI Registry Services, which is providing the back-end registry services for dozens of new gTLD applicants.</p>
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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. <span style="font-weight: bold">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.</span></p>
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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. <span style="font-weight: bold">.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.</span></p>
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AusRegistry is technically ARI’s parent, but they share many of the same senior executives.</p>
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