Re: [gnso-dow123] Attached! Preliminary tf Report Purpose Whois and Whois con...

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed !

Ken Stubbs

Milton Mueller wrote:
> The report doesn't really take very long to read. The only thing new in it is the write up of the public comment period, which is four pages long, double spaced. 
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> I would therefore favor moving ahead with our call on Tuesday. I see no need to debate modification of the report. We all know how the battle lines are drawn on this one. Within reasonable limits of accuracy and balance - and the report is firmly within those reasonable limits - its words do not matter one bit. We all know how we are going to vote on this. We all know how the various constituencies in the broader community fall out on this. 
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> This task force's work is done. Let's conclude our role honorably and expeditiously and move it on to the next stage. Let's show an understanding of, a modicum of respect for, our limited role in the PDP. Let's not make the wording of the report a proxy battle for the vote on a formulation of whois purpose itself. Let's move on. 
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> Dr. Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> http://www.digital-convergence.org
> http://www.internetgovernance.org
>