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'''Names@Work.com''' is a general web consulting firm which was founded by Antony Van Couvering in 2005. The company is based in New York City, with associate offices in Toronto, London and Seattle.<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref>

'''Names@Work.com''' is a general web consulting firm which was founded by [[Antony Van Couvering]] in 2005. The company is based in New York City, with associate offices in Toronto, London, and Seattle.<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref>

==Services==

==Services==

The company concentrates on helping its clients acquire new top-level domains through the [[ICANN]] process by helping its clients to:<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref>

The company concentrates on helping its clients acquire new top-level domains through the [[ICANN]] process by helping its clients to:<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref>

# put together a winning business plan

* Put together a winning business plan

# identify revenue opportunities

* Identify revenue opportunities

# raise money from knowledgeable investors

* Raise money from knowledgeable investors

# complete the ICANN application

* Complete the ICANN application

# publish policies that work for your TLD

* Publish policies that work for your TLD

# find and engage a reliable registry operator

* Find and engage a reliable registry operator

# find and engage a reliable auction provider

* Find and engage a reliable auction provider

# plan and publicize the Sunrise Period to trademark holders

* Plan and publicize the Sunrise Period to trademark holders

# engage your community and get public support

* Engage your community and get public support

# secure political backing when required

* Secure political backing when required

# deal with competition and contention

* Deal with competition and contention

==Names@Work and Icann==

==Names@Work and Icann==

The founder of the company, Antony Van Couvering is an active participant of [[ICANN]] activities. In 2008, Couvering commented on the Independent Reviewer's Report which was written by the Boston Consulting Group and Colin Carter & Associates which proposed to reconstitute the ICANN Board. According to Couvering,the entire report was worthless and ICANN should ignore it.Couvering pointed out, "The mind-set, bias, and basic understanding of the authors came from the corporate world, and whether they thought they could set that aside and make a fair assessment, very obviously they could not. The entire document is shot through with unwarranted assumptions, riddled with unsubstantiated opinions, and as a whole has been rendered useful only for demonstrations on how to recycle wastepaper by the authors’ evident ignorance of ICANN’s history or its values."<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2008/12/12/toxic-proposal-to-reconstitute-icanns-board Toxic Proposal to reconstitute Icann Board]</ref>

The founder of the company, Antony Van Couvering is an active participant of [[ICANN]] activities. In 2008, Couvering commented on the Independent Reviewer's Report, which was written by the Boston Consulting Group and Colin Carter & Associates and proposed to reconstitute the ICANN Board. According to Couvering, the entire report was worthless and ICANN should ignore it. Couvering pointed out, "The mind-set, bias, and basic understanding of the authors came from the corporate world, and whether they thought they could set that aside and make a fair assessment, very obviously they could not. The entire document is shot through with unwarranted assumptions, riddled with unsubstantiated opinions, and as a whole has been rendered useful only for demonstrations on how to recycle wastepaper by the authors’ evident ignorance of ICANN’s history or its values".<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2008/12/12/toxic-proposal-to-reconstitute-icanns-board Toxic Proposal to reconstitute Icann Board]</ref>

 

He has been an active representative for his ventures at ICANN for over 10 years,<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyvc LinkedIn]</ref> and has been nominated to the [[ICANN Board]] via his participation with the [[DNSO]].<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/icann-nominations/Archives/msg00239.html DNSO.org]</ref>

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