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'''Peter Dengate Thrush''' is a barrister specializing in Internet law, [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], and competition. Mr. Thrush is the former Executive Chairman of [[Tope Level Domain Holdings]], which is the parent company of [[Minds + Machines]]. He is  a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[ICANN]], a positon he held from November, 2007 until June, 2011.  

'''Peter Dengate Thrush''' is a barrister specializing in Internet law, [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], and competition. Mr. Thrush is the former Executive Chairman of [[Top Level Domain Ltd]], which is the parent company of [[Minds + Machines]]. He is  a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[ICANN]], a positon he held from November, 2007 until June, 2011.  

He served multiple terms as Chairman and was elected to his last term following the [[ICANN]] Annual General Meeting in December, 2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/thrush.htm Official ICANN Biography for Peter Dengate Thrush]</ref> Mr. Thrush also sat on the [[ICANN]] President's Strategy, Board Finance, Board Governance and Executive committees. During his tenure, Thrush oversaw one of the most important changes to the Internet and TLDs by beginning the process of allowing domains to be registered using non latin characters.<ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Internet-Addresses-Using-Non-Latin-Characters-Are-Approved/Article/200910415425926 Sky News]</ref> He also chaired the Board as they debated and eventually approved the mode for introducing new gTLDs, the [[.xxx]] debate, and celebrated ICANN's 10th anniversary.<ref>[http://blog.logicboxes.com/tag/peter-dengate-thrush/ Blog.LogicBoxes.com]</ref> His final [[ICANN]] meeting as Chairman, [[ICANN Singapore]], was the historic venue for the approval of the new [[gTLD]] process.

He served multiple terms as Chairman and was elected to his last term following the [[ICANN]] Annual General Meeting in December, 2010.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/thrush.htm Official ICANN Biography for Peter Dengate Thrush]</ref> Mr. Thrush also sat on the [[ICANN]] President's Strategy, Board Finance, Board Governance and Executive committees. During his tenure, Thrush oversaw one of the most important changes to the Internet and TLDs by beginning the process of allowing domains to be registered using non latin characters.<ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Internet-Addresses-Using-Non-Latin-Characters-Are-Approved/Article/200910415425926 Sky News]</ref> He also chaired the Board as they debated and eventually approved the mode for introducing new gTLDs, the [[.xxx]] debate, and celebrated ICANN's 10th anniversary.<ref>[http://blog.logicboxes.com/tag/peter-dengate-thrush/ Blog.LogicBoxes.com]</ref> His final [[ICANN]] meeting as Chairman, [[ICANN Singapore]], was the historic venue for the approval of the new [[gTLD]] process.

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===

===Recent 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 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>

As mentioned, Mr. Thrush was heavily involved in creating and advising [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] ventures through his recent work at [[Minds + Machines]]; one of the declared projects he was 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 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>

 

Upon his departure from TLDH, it was announced he would continue to advise some of TLDH's gTLD clients.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10790-dengate-thrush-quits-tldh Dengate Thrush Quits, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

==Work with ICANN==

==Work with ICANN==