RE: [registrars] Teleconference Invitation: Whois

[Paul Westley <paul@internetters.co.uk>]

Hi Ross,

I'll be there too. Is it possible to make the time of the call before 12.00 
noon Eastern time (5.00 pm UK, 6.00 pm continental Europe), to make it 
easier for European registrars to participate?

Cheers,

Paul


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On
>Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
>Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:03 PM
>To: registrars@dnso.org
>Subject: [registrars] Teleconference Invitation: Whois
>
>Folks,
>
>Next week, there will be a community sponsored, open teleconference to
>discuss how we can work within the ICANN process to start implementing
>first steps towards a Whois that more appropriately suits the needs of
>all affected stakeholders. There has been a lot of talk on the various
>issues, public and private, but no actual sign-posts erected that would
>allow us to see this issue towards a logical and appropriate conclusion.
>This will not, of course, replace the policy development process, but
>provide inputs to it and hopefully, early relief on key issues such as
>access to data, privacy and accuracy.
>
>Now is the time for registrars to take a leadership position within the
>ICANN community and push for the creation and implementation of a
>coherent whois policy that takes us beyond the current rhetoric and
>conjecture and towards a resolution that we can all live with. This
>isn't something that's going to happen by itself, but it is something
>that interests working outside of the ICANN process might seize upon and
>attempt to hand the ICANN community a solution that we had no input into
>and doesn't suit our needs.
>
>To this end, a group of registrars, business leaders, intellectual
>property interests, generic and country registry operators, consumer
>rights and other related parties are in the process of putting together
>an open forum that will occur next week. Our goal is to start an open
>and honest dialogue between impacted parties and identify points of
>agreement that we can start building on. I must stress that this will be
>an open forum with an agenda.  It will not be a closed session, but
>progress is expected, so there will be boundaries and goals to the
>discussion. We are in the process of identifying a facilitator that can
>act as a neutral moderator of the discussion and ensure that the
>continuum of positions each have a fair and appropriate opportunity to
>be heard.
>
>The call will occur next Friday, May 30, 2003. The final time and dialin
>information still has not been established.
>
>I am sending this message to the constituency membership now to ensure
>that we can pre-book an appropriate number of teleconference ports and
>finalize the call format to ensure maximum productivity.
>
>If you would like to attend this open forum on Whois, please send an
>RSVP back to the list. I may not be the person counting the final yea's
>and nay's of who and who will not be in attendance, so it will just be
>easier to use this mailing list as a collection point.
>
>Similar invitations will go out, or have gone out, to other GNSO
>constituencies and other key bodies with the ICANN community. As this is
>an open call, please feel free to forward this notice to those whomever
>you feel would like an opportunity to make a positive contribution.
>
>In the meantime, start to give some consideration to what principle
>attributes of the Whois you find most important and what your core
>requirements are for Whois. Focusing on what is important to your
>organization and what functions you would like to see maintained or
>added will allow us to have a productive discussion focused on problem
>solving.
>
>For instance:
>
>Principle: Query based access to a coordinated Whois system upon the
>presentation of valid credentials must continue to be maintained for
>legitimate users.
>
>Requirement: Implementations should rely on pre-existing IETF
>standards-based or IETF standards-track based technologies.
>Implementations *must not* require the development of new protocols.
>
>I am just finishing up a Tucows document outlining our principles,
>requirements and a proposal - it might be appropriate to use as a
>lightning rod for constituency discussion and communication leading up
>to the teleconference.
>
>If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line - preferably
>on-list so that I don't have to answer the same question multiple times
>;)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>
>            -rwr
>
>-------------------------------
>Ross Wm. Rader
>Director, Innovation & Research
>Tucows Inc.
>tel: 416.538.5492
>fax: 416.531.1257
>email: ross@tucows.com
>pager: rwr@tucows.com