RE: [nc-whois] Addendum to WHOIS TF Report in front of GNSO Council

[Steve Metalitz <metalitz@iipa.com>]

I disagree.  I think it was made abundantly clear in the GNSO Council
meeting this morning that the extremely small changes to consensus policies
included in the ""Final"" Report are not linked to privacy and there is no
reason to delay their implementation pending the outcome of a Policy
Development Process.   The 21-3 vote in the Council to approve the Report
reflects this position.  The only dissenters were the Non-Commercial
Constituency whose representatives candidly stated that they did not think
registrants should be required to submit accurate contact data.  I respect
their point of view but it is a dramatic shift from the requirements that
have been in place for several years now.  The conclusions of our "Final"
Report changes those requirements only minimally, as I believe the registrar
and registry representatives recognized on the Council.       

-----Original Message-----
From: k@widgital.com [mailto:k@widgital.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:45 PM
To: Ram Mohan
Cc: NC-WHOIS (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [nc-whois] Addendum to WHOIS TF Report in front of GNSO
Council


Ram,

This seems quite reasonable to me.  I appreciate the way the gTLD 
Constituency went about this (and the ALAC as well).  I don't believe 
anyone on the TF intends for Accuracy to be enforced until Privacy is 
managed.  This recommendation appears in-line with my understanding of our 
TF's progress intentions.

Thank you.

Kristy McKee


At 09:42 AM 2/20/2003 -0500, Ram Mohan wrote:
>Dear Whois Task Force:
>My constituency met yesterday to discuss the Whois Task Force reports on 
>Accuracy and Bulk Whois Access, prior to the vote on approving these 
>reports in the GNSO Council.
>
>The gTLD Constituency endorses these reports, with the following addendum, 
>which it requests be added to the report prior to consideration by the 
>GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.
>
>"At the time of implementation, Privacy and Accuracy must be linked 
>together and not addressed independently.  Furthermore, Privacy issues may 
>require modifications to existing Consensus Policy."
>
>The gTLD registries are concerned that once Consensus Policy is endorsed, 
>particulalry in the area of Accuracy, any such policy cannot (and should 
>not) be implemented without providing due consideration to Privacy.
>
>Since this statement has to do with implementation of our TF's suggested 
>policies, I view it as a benign change.
>
>Regards,
>Ram
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