Appendices

Appendix I - ORG people Appendix II - Company information

Appendix I - ORG people

ORG Patron

Neil Gaiman, author

ORG Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is made up of experts from fields such as the media, computer security, software design and consumer rights. Each member serves in a personal capacity to provide guidance on ORG policy.
  • Richard Allan (Power of Information Taskforce, Cisco, former MP - Sheffield Hallam)
  • Owen Blacker (Iris Digital, NO2ID, mySociety.org, Stand.org.uk)
  • Nick Bohm (The Law Society, FIPR)
  • Ian Brown (Oxford Internet Institute, NO2ID, FIPR, Privacy International, Creative Commons UK, European Digital Rights)
  • John Buckman (Creative Commons, Magnatune, Bookmooch)
  • Michelle Childs (Consumers Association, Knowledge Ecology International, Medecins Sans Frontiers)
  • Richard Clayton (University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, FIPR)
  • Tom Coates (Yahoo! Brickhouse, BBC)
  • Alan Cox (Fellow: Red Hat, FIPR, vendor-sec)
  • Grahame Davies (Demon Internet, Easynet, LINX)
  • Cory Doctorow (EFF, Creative Commons, BoingBoing, author)
  • Lilian Edwards (Professor of Internet Law, Sheffield University; Associate Director, AHRC Centre for IP and Technology Law, Edinburgh; FIPR, BILETA)
  • Wendy Grossman (Freelance writer)
  • Ben Hammersley (The Times, The Guardian, The Observer)
  • Jason Kitcat (Brighton & Hove City Councillor, Netmums, former ORG staff member)
  • Paula le Dieu (BBC, Creative Commons International, Magic Lantern)
  • Stef Magdalinski (UpMyStreet.com, mySociety.org, Stand.org.uk, Moo.com)
  • Kevin Marks (Google)
  • Desirée Miloshevic (Afilias, Internet Society)
  • Keith Mitchell (Internet Systems Consortium, UK Network Operators’ Forum)
  • David Rowntree (Blur)
  • David Weinberger (Berkman Centre for Internet and Society)
  • Jonathan Zittrain (Oxford Internet Institute, Harvard Law School)

ORG Board of Directors (present)

  • James Cronin: Company Secretary, October 2005-present; Acting Treasurer, June 2007-present (BBC, NO2ID, TheyWorkForYou.com, mySociety.org, Stand.org.uk, Venda, Paul A Young Fine Chocolates)
  • Louise Ferguson: Chair, October 2005-May 2008; Acting Vice-Chair, May 2008-present (Usability Professionals’ Association, Design for Democracy, FIPR)
  • David Harris: October 2007-present (IT and IP barrister)
  • William Heath: Vice-Chair, December 2005-May 2008; Acting Chair May 2008-September 2008; Chair September 2008-present (Kable, FIPR)
  • Ben Laurie: December 2005-present (The Bunker, Apache, SSL)
  • Dan McQuillan: October 2007-present (Multikulti, Amnesty International)
  • Danny O’Brien: December 2005-present (Electronic Frontier Foundation, Stand.org.uk, Need-to-Know)
  • Rufus Pollock: December 2005-present (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, Open Knowledge Foundation, Creative Commons UK, Free Culture UK)
  • Vijay Sodiwala: October 2007-present (BSkyB, Chime Communications, News International, Tiscali, Video Networks)

ORG Board of Directors (past)

  • Ian Brown: Treasurer, December 2005-June 2007
  • Suw Charman: March 2007-May 2008 (social software consultant, former Executive Director of ORG)
  • Stefan Magdalinski: October 2005-October 2006

ORG Staff

  • Becky Hogge: Executive Director, January 2007-present
  • Michael Holloway: Operations Manager, April 2006-present
  • Gavin Hill: Campaigns Officer, May 2008-present
  • Jason Kitcat: E-voting campaign coordinator, April 2007-September 2007
  • Suw Charman: Executive Director, January 2006-January 2007

ORG Interns

  • Dan Ray
  • Jonathan Roberts

With EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to ORG’s amazing volunteers

Adam Giles, Adam McGreggor, Adrian Thurston, AJ Finch, Alaric Snell Pym, Alex Robinson, Alex Tingle, Austin Chamberlain, Caroline Ford, Casey Fitzpatrick, Chris Adams, Chris Waigl, Christopher Scally, Daryl Lloyd, Dave Draper, Denise Wilton, Elliot Hughes, Felix Cohen, Fred Fix, Gervase Markham, Glyn Wintle, Harry Metcalfe, Howard Burdett, James Casbon, James Cox, James Heaver, Jon Roberts, Jordan Hatcher, Joss Wright, Lemon, Loretta Platts, Lucy Sherriff, Marc Hankins, Mark Levitt, Matt Nida, Matt Peperell, Matthew Petty, Mike Little, Patricia Hanrahan, Patrick Jones, Rachel Clarke, Raph Goldacre, Richard King, Robin Fisher, Rowan, Ryan Alexander, Sam Smith, Sheila Thomson, Susanne Lamido, Taylor Storrs Kegel, Tim Duckett, Tom Ackers, Tom Reynolds.

And with many thanks to Venda for the rent-free use of office space, the endless free cups of coffee and the free use of meeting and conference facilities within which to bring all these wonderful people together.

Appendix II - Company information

Company number: 5581537 Registered in England and Wales

Registered Office: Open Rights 12 Duke’s Road London WC1H 9AD

Office Address: Open Rights Group 7th Floor 100 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8AL

Independent Examiner: Anthony Epton BA FCA CTA FCIE Goldwins Chartered Accountants 75 Maygrove Road London NW6 2EG

Bankers: Cooperative Bank plc PO Box 101 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP