RE: [gnso-whois-wg] Final report and closure of the WHOIS WG

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I
will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in
two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."
-- Henry Ward Beecher 

Personally, I don't think anyone has anything to be forgiven for. I
think the fact that the Chair obviously imput motives to certain
participants is just another example of why this type of WG process
needs to be rethought before trying it again.


Tim 


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [gnso-whois-wg] Final report and closure of the WHOIS WG
From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, August 21, 2007 2:22 am
To: <gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx>

Please find below a link to the final outcomes report of this working
group.
It is posted on page:
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/

And can be accessed directly at:
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-whois-wg-report-final-1-9.pdf


The report has been forwarded to the GNSO Council for initial discussion
on August 30.

As foreseen in the Council resolution of 9 August 2007, this working
group and its mailing
list is now closed. 

As elected chairman of the group I would like to extend some words of
thanks.

To my vice chairman and sub-group chairman, Jon Bing, for his in-sight
and advice.
To the other two sub-group chairmen, Steve Metalitz and Milton Muller,
for their
thoughtfulness in starting our discussions.
To ICANN staff Maria Farrell and consultant Liz Gaster for their
diligence, patience,
guidance and clarity.
To all those for whom this was their first ICANN experience, for their
tolerance.
To all those who made only constructive suggestions throughout, for
their nobility of
spirit.

And to those who made personal comments, who criticised but never
proposed, or who pursued
consensus-obliterating agendas, I extend my forgiveness and remind them
of the words of
Thomas Szasz.
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget;
the wise forgive but
do not forget." 

Philip Sheppard
Chairman