Re: [ga] Whois Consultation

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All assembly members,

  There is also a mailing list discussing these whois issues provided by
Versign/NSI at:  http://lists.verisignlabs.com/mailman/listinfo/uwho
Unlike ICANN ML forums, a full archive download is also available.

PacificRoot Hostmaster wrote:

> I do not believe Miriam, but I will check it out and report back to the GA
> and the media in a press conference following the meeting.
>
> What I do believe is that "All Registries and TLDs" means basically the
> same thing in this context as "All men are created equal" To wit: All
> black men are only 3/5's of a man and all women are 0/5's.
>
> And it only took about 150 years to vanquish that bigotry from the US
> constitution. The great compromise they called it back then.
>
> A "man" was defined as a white, protestant, property owner.
>
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
>
> > I have been asked by Miriam Sapiro to forward this message to the General
> > Assembly:
> >
> > Invitation to Whois Consultation
> >
> > VeriSign invites you to participate in a meeting to discuss development of a
> > Universal Whois Service
> > that will allow public access and effective use of Whois across all
> > Registries and TLDs
> > (As specified in Appendix W of its Registry Agreement)
> >
> > Date:  Thursday, November 15, 2001
> > Time:  Immediately following the ICANN Board Meeting
> > (Likely 6 - 7:30pm)
> > Place:  Catalina Room, Marina Beach Marriott, Marina Del Ray, CA
> >
> > If you have specific suggestions for the type of research and development
> > project that VeriSign should undertake, please come prepared to make a
> > five-minute presentation.
> > Thank you for your interest and participation.
> >
> > Please RSVP to Sarah Daisy Splitt ssplitt@verisign.com
> >
> > *  *  *  *  *
> > Please Note:  This is the second of three consultations that VeriSign is
> > holding to solicit participation in this research and development effort
> > specified in its Registry Agreement.  The first meeting was held in
> > Washington, DC in August and focused on input from business, intellectual
> > property and law enforcement interests.  The November 15 consultation is
> > designed to reach out to the international community.  As a result of
> > increased concerns by some about travel and security, and our belief that
> > many of the people who would have wanted to attend a consultation overseas
> > will already be in Marina Del Ray, we have decided against holding a separate
> > meeting in Europe, Asia or elsewhere.  We are instead scheduling the
> > international consultation to begin immediately after the close of the
> > November ICANN meeting in Marina Del Ray.
> >
> > The third consultation will focus on input from civil liberties groups and be
> > hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC on
> > November 19.   More details will be forthcoming shortly.  All of these
> > consultations are open to anyone who would like to participate.
> >
> > In addition to these formal consultations, VeriSign has held, or plans to
> > hold, informal consultations on the margins of key international technical
> > meetings for those attendees, including:
> >
> > ·   RIPE - October 3-4, 2001 (DNR Working Group and Database Working Group),
> > Prague
> > ·   NANOG - October 23, 2001, Oakland
> > ·   ARIN - October 29-31, Miami
> > ·   RIPE - January 14-19, 2002, Amsterdam (tentative)
> > ·   APRICOT  - March 3-7, 2002, Bangkok (tentative)
> >
> > We have also set up a website to enable anyone, anywhere, to provide input.
> > It can be accessed at http://uwho.verisignlabs.com.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Bradley D. Thornton
> Chief Technology Officer
> The PacificRoot/Joint Technologies Ltd.
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