RE: [gnso-dow123] FOR REVIEW: Draft Preliminary Task Force Report on the Purpose of Whois]
Dear Maria. Thanks for this work so close to Christmas! I have provided some comments that address some areas. First, there should be consistency on in the treatment of Task Force throughout the document. I started changing to Task Force from "task force", but decided to leave that to you when you do a global edit. :-) I have also provided some substantive remarks. I provided edits to the section that discusses the views of the three constituencies that support formulation two. I know that the BC believes that the definition, which I provided edits to, is fully consistent with the core values and mission of ICANN. I didn't add in specific core values, but it might be useful to do that, if you are going to include those for the other formulation. On the other hand, since that may confuse the reader, perhaps it is better to simply omit specific core values and just rely on a reference to the views of the constituencies that they believe that the definitions are consistent. I note that there is no mention of the issues of consumer protection, which have come up in the discussions. The report in fact, does seem to overlook some of the discussions and topics that have been undertaken by the TF. I added in a few of those. The report is read by those not close to the work of the TF/Council as the explanation of what "we" have been doing, and I hope it can be expanded a bit to be more informative. I have always found that the reports need to be sufficient to "inform", so that we are not merely appearing to take a "vote" among the community. That approach won't inform policy development. I have another question for you -- there were some comments during the public forum itself, which I am not sure how we are capturing? And, finally, we need to have a discussion within the Council itself on how we are going to provide a mechanism for discussion with the GAC on these issues, and others related to policy. I suggest that the WHOIS TF chair send a request to Council asking for guidance on how to undertake that consultation. At Council level, we will need to set some guidelines for the Council's interactions with GAC on several policy issues, this among them. Of course, the GAC has been aware of the WHOIS TF work already, so that means we are "ahead of the game", so to speak. Thanks again for all your work on this. I look forward to seeing comments from other TF members. Now, finally, Happy New Year! I think this is the first time I am writing to many of you, so even if a day late, still the wish is quite sincere! Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: owner-gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:36 PM To: gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gnso-dow123] FOR REVIEW: Draft Preliminary Task Force Report on the Purpose of Whois] Dear all, Following the input of the task force chair, Jordyn Buchanan, I am circulating for your review the draft Preliminary Task Force Report on the Purpose of Whois. Once it has been reviewed/revised by the task force, the report will be posted for public comments. Given the holidays, may I suggest that you provide your comments on the report by the 12th of January, 2006? All the best, Maria -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org Attachment:
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