Re: [bc-gnso] FOR FINAL REVIEW TODAY: BC comment on Status Update from expert working group on gTLD Directory Services

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On 3 March 2014 18:31, Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Attached is the FINAL version of BC comments on the status report from
> EWG (Expert Working Group) on gTLD Directory Services.
>
>  There were many excellent comments from BC members during the review
> period.  Over the weekend, Jimson Olufuye, Marilyn Cade, and I did our best
> to consolidate and reconcile member comments and questions.
>
>  Please give this a final review and REPLY ALL if we have missed or
> mis-stated any consensus comments.
>
>  If there are no objections, I will submit this to the EWG by noon EST on
> Tuesday 4-Mar.
>
>  --Steve
>
>
>   From: Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, February 17, 2014 at 10:22 PM
> To: 'bc - GNSO list' <bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW: BC comment on Status Update from expert
> working group on gTLD Directory Services
>
>   Attached are draft BC comments and questions on the Status Update from
> the expert working group on gTLD Directory Services.
>
>  The EWG status update is 
> here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf&k=ZVNjlDMF0FElm4dQtryO4A%3D%3D%0A&r=cjstkpAuvAi4gqeqX5O18A%3D%3D%0A&m=wJFOU6s054w1azbYfrViPjQwyeWw9OhmeU6Ik0vokA8%3D%0A&s=f6ba989d4315c9c617edc3620ce2274d96f3c98901857bd1683ca7d5b41ae297>,
> and described on this 
> page<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11nov13-en.htm>.
>  Comments close 28-Feb, so today begins a 12-day member review period.
>
> Thanks to BC members Jimson Olufuye, Tim Chen, and Susan Kawaguchi for
> this drafting work.
>
>  Jimson is the CEO of Kontemporary, a systems Integration and ICT
> Consultancy firm. Though less than 10% of the company revenue is from
> domain businesses, he has interacted extensively with gTLD and ccTLD WHOIS
> registry systems.
>
>  BC members are familiar with Susan's many years of work to improve
> WHOIS, first with eBay and now with Facebook.   Susan was appointed to the
> WHOIS review team two years ago and is now a member of the EWG on Directory
> Services.
>
>
>  Tim is CEO of DomainTools, whose products partly rely on whois data to
> help users understand who operates a given website or IP address, and to
> also make connections between domain names.  DomainTools' clients include
> law enforcement, trademark attorneys, cybercrime investigators, brand
> protection agents, and a wide variety of professionals in the DNS industry.
>
>    All BC members are invited to REPLY ALL with edits (using TRACK
> CHANGES, please).
>
>    Note that the second half of this draft shows a dialog between Tim and
> Jimson regarding certain aspects of Directory Services.  Based on member
> feedback, we will refine that section into additional points or questions
> for the EWG.
>
>
>    --
>  Steve DelBianco
> Vice chair for policy coordination
>
>
>