Below are summarized the resources along with the useful links to ICANN
webpages regarding Whois.


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> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:49:51 +0100
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> To: "'Council GNSO'" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [council] ICANN posts Final Task Force Report On Whois Services
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> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
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> 
> ICANN posts Final Task Force Report On Whois Services
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar07.htm
> 
> Final Task force report on WHOIS Services
>
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-services-final-tf-report-12mar07.htm
> 
> Proposed Changes to the Whois Service - ICANN Staff Discussion Points
>
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/staff-discussion-points-whois-final-15mar2007.htm
> To assist the GNSO in its deliberations, and to support the work of the 
> community, the ICANN staff has prepared 'Staff Notes on Potential 
> Implementation Issues.' This document details implementation questions 
> and issues relating to the Task Force policy recommendation and its 
> minority report — the 'Operational Point of Contact' (OPoC) proposal and
> 
> the 'Special Circumstances' proposal -- and is intended to inform 
> ongoing policy work on these issues in a constructive way.
> 
> Online Discussion Forum on Final Task Force Report
> 
> Submit comments to: [log in to unmask]
> View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2007/
> 
> A forum has been set up to facilitate further discussion on Whois and 
> the Final Task Force Report. This forum is not part of the formal policy
> 
> development process, but has been created to allow ICANN stakeholders to
> 
> continue to share and discuss their views on the output of the Whois 
> Task Force and to inform the process as it moves forward at the GNSO 
> Council level.
> 
> Next Steps
> 
> The GNSO Council will now begin consideration of the Task Force 
> recommendations. The Council will hold public discussions on this topic 
> during the ICANN Lisbon meetings, and will continue its work online and 
> through conference calls thereafter (updates on Council Whois activities
> 
> can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/). Following 
> its deliberations, the GNSO Council may make a policy recommendation to 
> the ICANN Board. Should the ICANN Board receive a recommendation from 
> the GNSO Council, it must then consider whether to accept it.
> 
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>