4 Registrars Elected to IEDR Policy Board

4 registrars have been elected as representatives to the IEDR’s PAC (Policy Advisory Committee).

They are:

• Michele Neylon (Blacknight Solutions)
• Kelly Salter (Register365)
• Jonathan Bate (Hosting Ireland)
• Conor Moran (Irish Domains)

The PAC will include representatives from other organisations that have been recognised as “eligible”:

• Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR);
• Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation
• The Office for Internet Safety (an Executive Office of the Department of Justice and Equality)
• Irish Internet Association (IIA)
• Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI)
• Irish Computer Society (ICS)
• Incorporated Law Society
• Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC or IBEC TiF)
• Chambers Ireland
• Small Firms Association (SFA)
• Director of Consumer Affairs
• Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in Ireland (APTMA)
• Data Protection Commissioner
• HEAnet
• Enterprise Ireland

IEDR announced the formation of the PAC at the end of July this year. It is hoped that it will hold its first meeting in Q4 2014.