[registrars] Fw: [ga] State of Task Forces: WHOIS, Transfers, UDRP

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

An excellent summary of the current state of the task forces from the GA.

I will be supplementing the Transfers specific details this evening after a
planning call this afternoon which will provide me with a few more details.
It is likely that these timelines and details will effect the constituencies
capability to implement the proposed ballots if they are adopted.

Questions, as always, are welcomed.

-rwr

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Roessler" <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Cc: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>; "J. Scott Evans"
<jse@adamspat.com>; "Marilyn Cade" <mcade@att.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: [ga] State of Task Forces: WHOIS, Transfers, UDRP


> FYI, a brief summary of the state of some of the "old" task forces.
>
>
> CC to Bruce Tonkin, J Scott Evans, and Marilyn Cade - please correct
> me in public if I have misunderstood anything. ;-)
>
>
> 1. WHOIS (Kristy McKee, Abel Wisman, myself; chairs: M. Cade, T.
>    Harris)
>
> The WHOIS task force will try to produce a report for the Names
> Council by the week of November 24.  The report's aim will be to
> reap some of the "low-hanging fruits"; the task force's work will,
> for this reason, concentrate on items (1) and [possibly] (4), i.e.,
> accuracy of whois data, and bulk access/resale of data.  In addition
> to that, the Task Force will report on its recommendations for
> further action (including outreach) and on its current findings
> (comments received, ...) as far as other policy items and mid to
> long-term perspectives for accuracy and bulk access/resale are
> concerned. A Names Council vote is expected for the Council's
> Amsterdam conference on December 14.
>
>
> 2. Transfers (Dan Steinberg; chair: M. Cade)
>
> The Transfers Task Force is also scheduled to produce a report for
> the NC by the week of November 24, which will also be on the agenda
> for the Council's Amsterdam conference.
>
>
> 3. UDRP (John Berryhill; chair: J. Scott Evans)
>
> As J. Scott Evans has reported during today's Names Council
> telephone conference, he is suggesting to apply a modified version
> of the GNSO policy-development process to the UDRP Task Force's
> future work.  A conference call is scheduled for Tuesday, November
> 19, 1500 UTC. J. Scott has been working through existing literature
> evaluating and criticizing the UDRP.  A preliminary report which is
> supposed to take into account that outside work is expected for late
> December.  The Task Force is currently seeking a new "complainant
> representative", and replacing some members who are not able to
> continue to participate on the task force due to personal and
> profession al changes.  Also, at it's telephone conference today,
> the Names Council has resolved to augment the task force by provider
> and panelist representatives from an (from the?) Asian dispute
> resolution provider.  The respondent's point of view is being
> represented by John Berryhill.
>
>
> 4. New gTLDs
>
> As far as the new gTLD proposal from Stuart Lynn is concerned (which
> recommends that the Names Council looks at whether or not some
> apriori structure be imposed on new gTLDs), the Names Council
> expects to respond to a future board inquiry, possibly to be
> received in or after Amsterdam.  Since there seems to be no
> expectation of a formal policy-development process being launched,
> the Council could ask the constituencies for positions which would
> subsequently be discussed on the Names Council level.
>
>
> Regards,
> --
> Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.net/
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