[bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: WHOIS Policy Review Team Meeting: 20-21 September 2011 Marina del Rey

[Benedetta Rossi <secretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19sep11-en.htm
WHOIS Policy Review Team Meeting: 20-21 September 2011 Marina del Rey19 
September 2011With a view to issuing a draft final report by the ICANN Dakar 
meeting, the WHOIS Policy Review Team will hold a two-day face-to-face meeting 
in Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) on 20-21 September 2011. Silent observers are 
more than welcome to remotely attend this session. Comments, however, will not 
be taken and should be submitted during the next WHOIS Review Team’s 
Interaction with the Community session that will be held in Dakar on Wednesday, 
26 October (foreseen timeslot: 14:30-16:00).  For the Marina del Rey meeting 
details, please refer to the following wiki page: 
https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/Marina+del+Rey+MeetingThe 
Review Team also invites the Community to visit its public wiki for more 
information on its activities: 
https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/WHOIS+Policy+Review+TeamBackgroundThe
 WHOIS Policy Review Team was launched in October 2010 in line with the 
Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) provisions, section 9.3.1, which stipulates 
that:"ICANN additionally commits to enforcing its existing policy relating to 
WHOIS, subject to applicable laws. Such existing policy requires that ICANN 
implement measures to maintain timely, unrestricted and public access to 
accurate and complete WHOIS information, including registrant, technical, 
billing, and administrative contact information. […]. The WHOIS Policy Review 
Team is composed of ten SO/AC representatives, two independent experts, one Law 
Enforcement representative, the ICANN President and CEO (Selector)’s designated 
nominee, and the Chair of the GAC (Selector)’s designated nominee. For full 
reference, please consult 
:http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/composition-4-en.htm.In March 
2011, the WHOIS Policy RT submitted its scope of work and roadmap, outreach 
plan, action plan and list of key definitions for public comment 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04mar11-en.htm. It then 
solicited the Community’s feedback on its Discussion Paper [PDF, 182 KB] in 
June 2011 – http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun11-en.htm – 
and issued a Request for Proposals for a WHOIS Consumer Trust Research in July 
2011.  Kind regards,
Benedetta RossiBC Secretariat