RE: [gnso-whois-wg] Comments on WWG report draft 1.5

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

Anyone wishing to exercise their interpretive skills may do so using the
relevant meeting minutes included in my message or even the meeting
transcript;
http://www.icann.org/meetings/lisbon/transcript-gnso-council-28mar07.htm

All the best, Maria

-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Rader [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:03 PM
To: Maria Farrell
Cc: gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-whois-wg] Comments on WWG report draft 1.5

Maria Farrell wrote:

> There was broad agreement at the Council level that the proposal as it 
> stood required significant development before the Council could 
> consider recommending it as policy to the ICANN Board.

That's one interpretation. My recollection of the council and surrounding
discussions was that with some additional effort, there was an opportunity
to make room for a compromise with law enforcement interests which would
likely also be sufficient to address the majority of concerns we were
hearing from the GAC. The net effect of which would be to put the Council in
a position to proceed with a policy recommendation, despite the
irresponsible actions of the intellectual property community over the
history of this issue.

Of course, as I pointed out, this is a matter open to interpretation.

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Regards,

Ross Rader
Director, Retail Services
Tucows Inc.

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