[council] FW: DRAFT/Berard SOI

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded From: John Berard


John Berard/Statement of Interest/December 2010

I am the founder of a communications consultancy called Credible Context and 
based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
The firm is the culmination of a 35-year career in public relations at agencies 
large and small in New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.  My clients 
are not defined by industry but by market need.

I specialize in marketing communications that helps companies renew, reshape 
and re-emerge in existing and adjacent markets.  My practice is rooted in the 
notion that in a media environment that is immediate, ubiquitous and 
unforgiving, effective communications must be linked to who you are.  That is 
the credible context.

In the past 12 months, as part of my broader portfolio of clients, I have 
worked with registrars, registries and globally branded consumer and 
business-to-business companies for whom the web is either an essential platform 
or represents their only commercial presence.

That is the current extent of my work, especially as it relates to ICANN, 
registries or registrars.  I view myself, first-and-foremost, as a registrant 
and a business person.

My small (less than 10 names) portfolio of domain names is registered through 
GoDaddy.com<http://GoDaddy.com>.

With regard to participation in communities other than ICANN, I am a member of 
the board of the Market Street Railway, the support organization for the 
vintage streetcars in San Francisco and a member of the International 
Association of Privacy Professionals.



Glen de Saint Géry
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