Avri Doria - Non Commercial Stakeholder group
Updated: 27 April 2010
1. Current vocation, employer and position
I am a portfolio worker in the field of technical and policy system architectures and currently have the following mix of employment:
a. I have a part time position as Adjunct Professor at Luleå University of Technology;
b. I work under a recurring part time contract for the IGF Secretariat;
c. I am a listed affiliate of Interisle;
d. I act as an independent consultant to clients considering application in the forthcoming gTLD process.
2. Type of Work
With regard to each of the employers in question 1 above:
a. LTU: I am a research professor working on Delay Tolerant Networking Technology under a European Commission research grant. Supervise the research of several students. Do a research of my own on routing in a DTN and on methods of network management in a DTN.
b. UN/IGF: Assist in preparing papers of various sorts, provide technical consultation on issues in Internet governance.
c. Interisle: no contracts at the moment.
d. Consulting: I provide advice for possible applicants for community based gTLDs. For the most part, I provide this as an incidental service in exchange for coffee and pastry, while for others I set up a longer term consultant agreement that includes payment. My consultant agreement includes the following: “Nothing in this agreement commits Avri Doria to take any particular positions within ICANN, any ICANN internal organizations or working groups. With regard to Internet technical or policy work, Avri Doria remains a free agent except as constrained by any non disclosure agreements agreed to by both parties.”
3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other arrangement.
None
4. Identify any type of commercial or non-commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development processes and outcomes. Are you representing other parties? Describe any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination/selection as a work team member.
I am a member and currently serve as the Chair of the NCSG Executive Committee and do represent them in other groups such as the OSC. In this role, while I do need to explain my reasoning to the NCSG membership I am not bound in the positions I take. Of course if my positions were to start to run counter to the interests of the NCSG as perceived by its membership, they may remove me from my seat on the Executive Committee. I would probably remove myself before that happened.
I do not represent the views of any client I may have and always insist that I remain a free agent in any agreement. I will leave any employment that attempts to restrict this free agency and understand that any employer unhappy with my expressed views may discontinue their agreement with me.
Specific statement regarding the various groups that I may be engaged in:
I represent the the NCSG in the OSC
In the PDP and WG work teams and in the COTS work team, as well as the VI WG and the newgtldapsup WG I participate in my own capacity but do have a special concern for the interests of international non commercial users of the Internet and for their adequate representation and opportunities in ICANN processes.
5. Describe any tangible or intangible benefit that you receive from participation in such processes. For example, if you are an academic or NGO and use your position to advance your ability to participate, this should be a part of the statement of interest, just as should employment by a contracted party, or a business relationship with a non- contracted party who has an interest in policy outcomes.
As far as my university position goes, they could not care less about ICANN and generally consider it an interference in my work. In terms of my work in the IGF, I am sure the knowledge I have about how things work in ICANN and what goes on is an advantage. It is possible that consulting opportunities may be made possible by my range of volunteer activities in ICANN and the opinions I express and postions I take in those activities.
Other then that, I think I am an 'ICANN Addict', someone who cares about the organization in many respects and wants to participate to make sure it comes out right.
Specific statement regarding the various groups that I may be engaged in:
Re VIWG: As far as VI is concerned, it is critical the GNSO come up with a policy rather quickly and come up with a good policy that has consensus. This will be both interesting and challenging. I enjoy participating in things that are interesting and challenging and I suppose that is also something I will get out of this process.
Re: newgtldapsup WG, I have been concerned since the time when I was a member of the GNSO with pricing policies that would make new gTLDs prohibitively expensive for those who have a good social or cultural use/need but who do not have deep pockets. Doing this satisfy a personal need to see social justice done in any business I may be involved in.
Re OSC membership as well as participation in PPSC PDP and WG Work Teams and the OSC Council Operations Team: this for me is work that was left incomplete from my service as council chair. Working as a member of these groups is part of my self definition as one who see tasks through to the end. I find living within my own self definition to be critical to my mental well being.
6. Location
I maintain residences in Providence USA and Luleå Sweden and split my time between these locations, a hotel in Geneva Switzerland and various airports.
7. Stakeholder Group
I am a member of the NCSG and currently serve as Chair of its Executive Committee.