From: "Maria Farrell" <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 28, 2005 6:08:27 AM EDT
To: <Jordyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'Glen van Oudenhove de Saint Gery'" <gnso-
secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Note on yesterday's WHOIS call
Hi Jordyn,
Here's my draft preliminary summary of yesterday's call. Could you
please check it?
Thanks, Maria
WHOIS Task Force conference call
27 September 2005
Preliminary summary
Participants
Jordyn Buchanan (Task Force Chair, Reg’r)
David Maher (Reg’y)
Niklas Lagergren (IPC)
Kathy Kleiman (NCUC)
Ross Rader (Reg’r)
Steve Metalitz (IPC)
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
Maggie Mansourkia (ISPCP)
Milton Mueller (NCUC)
Tony Harris (ISPCP)
Glen de Saint Gery – GNSO Secretariat
Maria Farrell – GNSO Policy Officer
1 WHOIS Task Force work plan
Jordyn proposed a workplan for the task force between now and the
Vancouver meeting in November 2005. The following tasks and
timelines were proposed with the objective of producing a
preliminary report on the purpose of WHOIS and the WHOIS contacts
before the Vancouver meeting:
Ø 27 September – 11 October: work on-list on
definitions of technical and legal issues
and whether contact information applies to the agent or registrant.
Ø 11 October call – use list work to have
substantive discussion and develop language
on the purpose of WHOIS contacts. Request staff to create a
preliminary task force report on the purpose of the WHOIS contacts.
Ø 8 November call – final call on the purpose of
the WHOIS contacts
Ø (15 November) possible call – purpose of WHOIS
Ø 22 November call – purpose of WHOIS
There was discussion about other work items on accuracy and access
and whether these work items would run concurrently. Jordyn
proposed that work on accuracy and access be deferred until the
purpose of WHOIS has been defined.
Decision
The task force agreed to this work plan. Substantive work needs to
be done on-list to meet these timelines and avoid a return to
weekly conference calls.
Actions
· Glen will check with ICANN IT department that
the list for discussion of legal
issues is working properly.
· Task force members interested in joining the
groups working on technical or legal
issue definitions are welcome to do so and should email Glen to be
put on the list.
2 Discussion on the purpose of WHOIS contacts
The task force discussed the purpose of WHOIS contacts. Three
constituency statements are still outstanding:
· Registrar constituency statement on purpose of
WHOIS
· Registrar constituency statement on purpose
WHOIS contacts
· NCUC statement on purpose of WHOIS contacts
The task force discussed the notion of an agent versus the
registrant and reached broad agreement regarding WHOIS contacts
with the BC statement on purpose of WHOIS: “information sufficient
to contact the registrant or their agent(s) to enable the prompt
resolution of [to be defined] matters relating to the registrant’s
registration and use of its domain name.” (Note: this agreement
was made limited to the notion of contacting an agent versus the
registrant.)
Actions
· Ross will submit the registrar constituency’s
unofficial statement ahead of a vote by
that constituency.
· Other actions as above in item 1.
3 AOB
The task force briefly discussed whether it would meet during the
ICANN meeting in Vancouver, Nov-Dec 2005.
Decisions
Once the list of workshops becomes fully developed, Glen will
circulate it. Task force members can then discuss when it would be
suitable to hold a meeting.
Actions
· Glen will provide scheduling information to
the task force as soon as it is available.