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--- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Subject: [council] Board resolution regarding WHOIS policy
> development
> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:47:02 +1000
> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> 
> 
> From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-30jun06.htm
> 
> Board Resolution Regarding WHOIS Policy Process
> 
> 
> Whereas, work on policies regarding WHOIS has been ongoing
> within ICANN
> since 2000, and has been the subject of several public
> workshops (in
> Montreal, Luxembourg, and Vancouver). 
> 
> Whereas, on 2 June 2005, the GNSO Council adopted terms of
> reference for
> the most recent GNSO Whois Task Force. Whereas, the Board
> notes that the
> Whois Task Force intends to produce an Initial Report
> including
> preliminary recommendations in early October 2006, to take in
> public
> comment (including comment from the GAC and individual GAC
> members)
> through the end of November 2006, to produce a Final Report
> for GNSO
> Council action in December 2006, and to have a Board Report
> ready for
> Board action in early 2007. 
> 
> Whereas, the Board notes that both the GAC and the GNSO have
> continued
> to have open dialogue as to the issues covered by the WHOIS
> task force
> terms of reference. 
> 
> Whereas, the Board wishes to thank the participants in the
> Whois Task
> Force and the GNSO Council, many of whom have been working on
> these
> issues for many years, and wishes to encourage them in
> completing their
> remaining tasks. 
> 
> Whereas, the Board recognizes that the timelines in the
> standard PDP
> scheme may be unrealistic for complex and controversial
> issues. 
> 
> Resolved (06.__), the Board urges the GNSO and its Whois Task
> Force to
> continue its work on WHOIS in accordance with the timeline
> announced at
> these Marrakech meetings, with the goal of having
> recommendations ready
> for Board consideration in early 2007. 
> 
> Resolved (06.__), the Board supports the GNSO's commitment to
> alert the
> GAC and the ICANN community as a whole as to the timing of
> public
> comment periods established by the Whois Task Force, and to
> ensure that
> all interested stakeholders are aware of the status of the
> work of this
> Task Force. 
> 
> Resolved (06.__), the Board directs staff to work with the
> GNSO on
> reviewing the PDP timelines in the ICANN bylaws as recommended
> in the
> independent review of the GNSO Council in 2004. This work
> should take
> into account any further recommendations from the current
> independent
> review of the GNSO, and consider revisions that would create
> realistic
> schedules for community input into future ICANN policy
> development
> activities. 
> 
>