[gnso-dow123] FW: WHOIS draft call summary

["Maria Farrell" <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

 

Below is the preliminary summary of this week's WHOIS task force call. 

 

All the best, Maria 

 

 

WHOIS conference call

12 September 2005 

 

Preliminary summary

 

Participants

 


Jordyn Buchanan (Task Force Chair, Reg'r)

Steve Metalitz (IPC)

Niklas Lagergren (IPC)

Ross Rader (Reg'r)

Tim Ruiz (Reg'r)  

Paul Stahura (Reg'r) 

Kathy Kleiman (NCUC)

David Fares (BC)

 

 

Reg'r  - Registrars Constituency

Reg'y - gTLD Registries Constituency

BC - Business & Commercial Users Constituency

NCUC - Non-Commercial Users Constituency)

IPC - Intellectual Property  Interests Constituency 

ISPCP - Internet Service Providers & Connectivity Providers Constituency

ALAC - At Large Advisory Committee 

 

David Maher (Reg'y)

 Phillip Colebrook (Reg'y)

Tony Harris (ISPCP)

Maggie Mansourkia (ISPCP)

Glen de Saint Gery - GNSO Secretariat

Maria Farrell - GNSO Policy Officer

 

 

 

 

1           Discussion on the purpose of WHOIS

The task force discussed the purpose of WHOIS and the WHOIS contacts. Two
constituency statements are still outstanding:                 

.                    NCUC statement on WHOIS contacts (Kathy Kleiman will
forward)

.                    Registrar constituency statement on purpose of WHOIS
and WHOIS contacts (Ross Rader will forward once the constituency has
agreed)

 

Actions

.        Two sub-groups were set up; 

o       Group to define 'technical matters' in relation to WHOIS
(volunteers: Kathy Kleiman, Steve Metalitz, Ross Rader)

o       Group to define 'legal matters' in relation to WHOIS (volunteers:
David Fares, Jordyn Buchanan, Maggie Mansourkia - not on call, subject to
her agreement)

 

.         Glen will set up a mailing list for each of the two sub-groups.

 

 

2         Next task force call:

 

The next call will be held on Tuesday, September 27th 2005 and will deal
with: 

*       Reports back from  two sub-groups on purpose of WHOIS