[npoc-voice] Call for Comments: gTLD Directory Services expert working group's initial report

[Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the call for comments below from the gTLD Directory Services
Expert Working Group. Do also feel free to attend the webinar and Durban
meeting (details listed below).

Marie-Laure has volunteered to hold the pen in drafting and collating our
comments. Since the deadline for these comments to the working group is 12
August, it would be best to forward your comments to the mailing list by 10
August.

Thank you for your kind attention and reply.

Regards

Cintra Sooknanan


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ICANN has embarked on an effort to reinvent today's WHOIS system. A
significant milestone was reached Monday with the publication of the Expert
Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG)'s initial report for
community input and comment. The initial report proposes a paradigm shift –
a new system in which gTLD registration data is collected, validated and
disclosed for permissible purposes only, with some data elements being
accessible only to authenticated requestors that are then held accountable
for appropriate use.

The EWG has identified the design features and principles that we believe
are essential in this new system, and a proposed Model for the next
generation data directory services to replace WHOIS.

The Expert Working Group is eager to have NPOC’s comments on the proposal
and has prepared a set of questions on which input would be especially
useful to ongoing work. Any additional feedback is also welcome. All input
received by
August 12 will be carefully considered as we finalizes our recommendations
and
bring our work to a conclusion.

There are different avenues through which the NPOC may submit its input:

• The questionnaire available at:
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtlddirectory-services/share-24jun13-en.htm

• Additional comments via email: input-to-ewg@xxxxxxxxx.

• A webinar on Monday, 8 July at 15:00-16:30 UTC:
http://www.icann.org/en/about/learning/webinars/gtld-directory-services-24jun13-en.htm

• A community consultation in Durban on Monday, 15 July at 14:45-16:15 -
http://durban47.icann.org/node/39627

The Expert Working Group will consider all input received by 12 August, and
present a final report containing recommended design principles, features,
and a suggested Model to ICANN's CEO and Board. This output will feed into
a Board-initiated GNSO policy development process to serve as a foundation
for the GNSO's creation of new consensus policy, and contractual
negotiations, as appropriate.


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