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Peter Dengate Thrush founded and currently chairs the [[Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation]], a non-profit dedicated to Internet entrepreneurship and education in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.ldtf.org.nz/index.html Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation Official Homepage]</ref> The foundation was created after a tragic car accident claimed the lives of Peter's father, brother, and wife; he was about to commence work at ICANN's 2006 conference in Morocco when he received the news.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10389342 NZHerald.co.nz]</ref>
Peter Dengate Thrush founded and currently chairs the [[Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation]], a non-profit dedicated to Internet entrepreneurship and education in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.ldtf.org.nz/index.html Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation Official Homepage]</ref> The foundation was created after a tragic car accident claimed the lives of Peter's father, brother, and wife; he was about to commence work at ICANN's 2006 conference in Morocco when he received the news.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10389342 NZHerald.co.nz]</ref>
==Current Work==
As mentioned, Mr. Thrush is heavily involved in creating and advising [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] ventures through his current work at [[Minds + Machines]]; one of the declared projects he is involved in as of January, 2012, is an application for [[.kiwi]]. The TLD is an interesting one as it is set up to directly compete with New Zealand's [[.nz]] [[ccTLD]], and is arguably as a more fun way of identifying with the country. The group he is working with, [[Dot Kiwi]], which is made up of ex-pats living in Canada, is not the only group planning on applying for the extension. The non-profit [[InternetNZ]] is also interested in running .kiwi.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6255747/Dot-Kiwi-to-enhance-patriotic-flavour-of-websites Dot Kiwi to Enhance Patriotic Flavour]</ref>
==Work with ICANN==
==Work with ICANN==
One of Thrush's earliest contributions was as a member of the [[Boston Working Group]], providing comments on drafts of [[ICANN]] bylaws in 1998.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/thrush.htm Official ICANN Biography for Peter Dengate Thrush]</ref> In 1999, he was appointed to ICANN's Independent Review Advisory Committee ([[IRAC]]), where he worked on establishing principles of independent review for actions taken by ICANN's board. Mr. Thrush also contributed to the development of [[UDRP]] through working group participation, and was involved in creating the [[IPC|Intellectual Property Constituency]] while he was President of the New Zealand chapter of the [[AIPPI|International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property]] .
One of Thrush's earliest contributions was as a member of the [[Boston Working Group]], providing comments on drafts of [[ICANN]] bylaws in 1998.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/thrush.htm Official ICANN Biography for Peter Dengate Thrush]</ref> In 1999, he was appointed to ICANN's Independent Review Advisory Committee ([[IRAC]]), where he worked on establishing principles of independent review for actions taken by ICANN's board. Mr. Thrush also contributed to the development of [[UDRP]] through working group participation, and was involved in creating the [[IPC|Intellectual Property Constituency]] while he was President of the New Zealand chapter of the [[AIPPI|International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property]] .