RE: [gnso-whois-study] 15 April WHOIS call review and next steps

["Papac, Krista" <Krista.Papac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liz and Group:

 

Here are our rank order preferences for further studies of WHOIS.
Further studies need to be well defined, have a specific goal in mind,
and the goal is one that enables some form of movement towards
resolution on this topic.  If conducting one or more of these studies is
not likely to produce results that will move stakeholders closer to
resolution, it makes more sense to focus efforts on something more
productive.  With that said, our rankings highest to lowest are noted
below:

 

-         Category #5 Impact of WHOIS data protection on crime and abuse

-         Category #6 Proxy registrar compliance with law enforcement
and dispute resolution requests 

-         Category #3 Availability of privacy services

-         Category #2 Compliance with data protection laws and registrar
accreditation agreements

-         Category #1 WHOIS misuse

-         Category #4 Demand and motivation for use of privacy services

-         Category #7 WHOIS data accuracy

 

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From: owner-gnso-whois-study@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-gnso-whois-study@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz Gasster
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:49 AM
To: gnso-whois-study@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gnso-whois-study] 15 April WHOIS call review and next steps

 

All,

 

Thanks so much to those who were able to participate on Tuesday's call,
and especially to those who contributed initial views on suggested
priority levels for various study options.  Following is a short
overview of the call and next steps agreed to by the group:

 

1. Call overview:

 

*       The group discussed getting more information on what would be
required to implement the IRIS protocol from both a technical and policy
perspective, Liz will follow up on this for the next call
*       The group discussed whether any studies on WHOIS should be
conducted.  4 participants think that more studies of WHOIS will not
break the current impasse.  Roughly nine participants think certain
studies of WHOIS would be very useful and could provide new insights and
information.  This group thinks several of the studies are finely
targeted and carefully crafted to ask new questions and elicit new
insights.
*       Beau Brendler briefed the group on an upcoming survey of WHOIS
questions that his group is soliciting as part of a broader survey of
New Yorkers on Internet consumer issues.  They intend to publish their
results by June.
*       Wendy and Danny recommend sunsetting current WHOIS requirements
currently applicable in RAA and registry contracts in the absence of
consensus -- to make the issue compelling and generate increased
motivation to find consensus
*       We did not talk in detail about the specific studies in a
systematic way on this call, though several study proponents described
how their proposals would provide useful additional insights in their
judgment.  Steve Del Bianco emphasized the importance of the first three
study proposals in this context.

 

2. Next steps:

 

*       Liz will update the summary to pull the policy goals identified
for each proposed survey into the text so they can be easily identified
- though I might try another format for this, to be determined.
*       Each participant will send TO THE WHOLE LIST PLEASE your rank
order preferences for further studies of WHOIS - please rank each of the
7 categories of studies, not the individual studies, by top preference
to lowest.  We will consider the individual studies in a future round.
Please send to the list by Monday AM to give us all a chance to review
by the next call.  
*       We need to provide an update to the Council on our progress
following the next call.  It is my educated guess that we will not
finish on Tuesday, so we need to provide an estimate of when we think we
will be done.  Let's plan to agree on recommending a new date on the
next call.  I'll suggest May 22 (4 more weeks) to throw out a date for
discussion, but I'm glad to try to do faster. 
*       Liz - IRIS follow up 

 

Please let me know if I've missed anything and also feel free to add
additional comments, emphasis...

 

Next call is at the some time, April 22, per earlier email from Glen.

 

Thanks, Liz

 

 



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