Calvin Browne: Difference between revisions

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calvin [at] uniforum.org.za

	Has attended 30+ ICANN Meetings

	Featured in the ICANN 50 - London playing card deck

Calvin Browne is a Director of UniForum SA.^[1] He handles the responsibilities of Financial Director, Vice Chairperson of the board and Joint spokesperson. Mr. Browne is also a founder, director and shareholder in Domain Name Services. He is overseeing UniForum's ZA Central Registry (ZACR), trading as Registry.Africa, which is the African Union supported applicant for the .africa TLD.^[2]^[3]

He actively attends ICANN Meetings^[4]^[5] and also participates in AfNOG, AfriNIC, RIPE NCC,^[6] ISOC and INET events.^[7]

He has been a nominee for an ICANN At Large regional post.^[8]

Career History[edit | edit source]

Mr. Browne has served on the ISOC - South Africa's board as a committee member in charge of membership and was a part of the drafting committee set up by ISOC ZA to resolve .za namespace issues. He started working in the '90s while he was working as his certification as an accountant. Around 1993, he started implementing large-scale Unix-based accounting, MRP and logistics-based information systems. Later, he joined a computer networking company and then helped in setting up an ISP.^[9]

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[1] rainstormmag.co.za

[2] rs.icann.org

[3] AfricanRegistry.net

[4] ucam.ac.ma

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[6] ripe.net

[7] ridns.org

[8] Members.ICANN.org

[9] rs.icann.org

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-The Director of UniForum SA, as director he works at administrating co.za domain names for all who need one in Africa. In his position on the field he has quite a few roles he needs to play in order for the day-to-day operations to be a success.
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+'''Calvin Browne''' is a Director of [[UniForum SA]].<ref>[http://www.brainstormmag.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3951:if-it-could-do-one-thing-just brainstormmag.co.za]</ref> He handles the responsibilities of Financial Director, Vice Chairperson of the board and Joint spokesperson. Mr. Browne is also a founder, director and shareholder in [[Domain Name Services]]. He is overseeing UniForum's [[ZACR|ZA Central Registry]] (ZACR), trading as [[Registry.Africa]], which is the African Union supported applicant for the [[.africa]] TLD.<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/112.html members.icann.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.africanregistry.net/content.php?contentID=5 AfricanRegistry.net]</ref>
-•	He’s the Financial director, the one who makes all the decisions on what to spend and what not to spend
+He actively attends [[ICANN Meetings]]<ref>[http://www.ucam.ac.ma/fssm/rydarab/doc/citation/Welcome%20to%20ICANN%20MARRAKESH%202006%20-%20List%20of%20registered%20attende.htm ucam.ac.ma]</ref><ref>[[http://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40P%22T%20%20%20%0A registration123.com]</ref> and also participates in [[AfNOG]], [[AfriNIC]], [[RIPE NCC]],<ref>[http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-32/attendee-list ripe.net]</ref> [[ISOC]] and [[INET]] events.<ref>[http://www.afridns.org/people.html afridns.org]</ref>
-•	Next, he’s the Vice Chair on the senior board and he makes close to every decision during meetings.
+He has been a nominee for an [[ICANN]] [[At Large]] regional post.<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/112.html Members.ICANN.org]</ref>
-•	For any legality issues he is the one that everyone will turn to.
+== Career History ==
+Mr. Browne has served on the [[ISOC]] - South Africa's board as a committee member in charge of membership and was a part of the drafting committee set up by ISOC ZA to resolve [[.za]] namespace issues. He started working in the '90s while he was working as his certification as an accountant. Around 1993, he started implementing large-scale Unix-based accounting, MRP and logistics-based information systems. Later, he joined a computer networking company and then helped in setting up an [[ISP]].<ref>[http://members.icann.org/cand/112.html members.icann.org]</ref>
-•	Calvin has to speed in conjoined means of operation in multiple aspects of the company as well as other companies.
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
-So overall, he has quite a bit on his plate.
+[[Category:Private Sector - Domain Name Industry]]
-===Business Work===
-As mentioned already it is UniForum is a company based in South Africa which cannot share any of the profits that it makes with a majority of individuals due to South Africa’s Section 21 law. Any distribution of profit is subject to harsh penalties.
-But besides working for UniForum, he also is a partner for Flame Computing Enterprises, a consulting agency that teaches small businesses the ups and downs of internet services of which he is the honorary treasurer as well.
-To top it all of he is also the director of Shareholding of Domain Name Services, a close-nit company set up as a registry allowing plenty of customers to set up shop with all their web content. Although not much has been done with this company it is still an accomplishment within itself.
-===Experiences===
-He has been an avid supporter of ICANN and made sure to attend many of its meetings in the multiple countries in which they are held.
-He’s also taken part in other avenues such as AFNOG, and then AfriNIC and a few other big name events around the world.
-Domain name’s have been something that Calvin’s been around since 1995, so in reality, he’s been around them since the beginning. Due to this piece of information you are guaranteed the best service available when you’re looking for some a way to implement your content wit a domain name.