Re: [pdp-pcceg-feb06] Policy Development work in Marrakech in June 2006

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Thanks for asking.  I would suggest that there be time/date allocated for
policy development meetings on IDNs.   I presume there will be workshops and
presentations viz IDNs during Marrakesh.  I have also discussed with
relevant staff to allot some time/date to give opportunities for indiginous
African companies to do presentations on similar subjects.

regards,
Sophia
p.s  do u have an online ref to the WSJ media coverage on WHOIS?


On 28/04/06, Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> The Marrakech, Morocco meeting is scheduled for:
>
> Monday 26 June 2006 to Friday 30 June 2006.
>
> We should start to give some consideration to what policy development
> meetings we should have.
>
> We have the option of booking meeting room space for the Saturday
> 24/Sunday 25 June prior to the start of the Marrakech meeting.
>
> I am hoping that the PDP-Dec05 work on new gTLDs will be in a public
> comment phase on a comprehensive initial report, so we probably don't
> need substantial policy development time for that PDP.
>
> The two other PDPs underway are the WHOIS PDP, and the PDP-Feb06 on
> contractual conditions for existing gTLDs.  The Brussels meeting should
> be good preparation for PDP-Feb06, so it might be useful to spend one or
> days on advancing that work.
>
> The WHOIS work seems to be inching along as ever - I think it might also
> be useful to schedule a 1-2 day workshop in parallel with the work on
> PDP-Feb06 to really see if we can get a proposal for the community to
> consider on terms of reference 3:
>
> "Determine what data collected should be available for public access in
> the context of the purpose of WHOIS. Determine how to access data that
> is not available for public access."
>
> I note that it appears that the WHOIS policy discussion is now being
> handled by the media (e.g see recent Wall Street Journal article).  I
> have seen some unsupported conclusions for a future service coming out
> of the recent vote on WHOIS purpose.    The only way to address this
> seems to be to create a concrete proposal for possible changes to the
> WHOIS service for providing public access to some of the data that is
> collected by registrars that can be discussed more rationally with the
> wider community.
>
> I am interested in the views of Council members, and also task force
> members on how best to use the time in Marrakech.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> Chair, GNSO Council