Dear Poomjit,
If you are interested in joining the WG as a mailing list observer, please fill in the sign up form or send the Word document filled in to the GNSO Secretariat.
Your request will be approved by ICANN staff and then you would be added to the list.
Please remember to choose joining as an Observer.
BestPeter
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:03:56 +0700
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Privacy and WHOIS update
To: [log in to unmask]
Hi Stephanie,
Could you please add me into the observer list?
Thanks,
Moui
Sent via Mobile
On Jan 10, 2016 4:38 AM, "Stephanie Perrin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
This is just a quick note to update list members on what is going on
at ICANN related to privacy and protection of registration data.
The most important development which I need to bring to your
attention is the call for volunteers for the new pdp to develop a
replacement for the WHOIS directory. I have copied the call at the
bottom of this email. Please consider joining, either as an
observer or full participant. If you have questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me, Tapani Tarvainen, or Kathy Kleiman (in cc).
We really need a great many people to volunteer for this work, as it
is extremely important, and there are many commercial participants
already signed up. It is important to have balanced representation
of interests on these working groups.
Registrars and technical experts have expressed concern, notably at
the GNSO level, about the RDAP (registration data access protocol)
work that is proceeding even though the work of the PDP on WHOIS
replacement may make this work irrelevant. It is likely a call to
put the brakes on that work may develop. For more information on
the RDAP implementation, look
here:https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdap-profile-2015-12-03-en.
We will be putting in comments, due in 22 days.
The call for volunteers for the Competition and Consumer Trust
Review Team has resulted in the selection of the team, listed here:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-12-23-en. This is a
very important review, and members may be interested in following
the work of this team. Further information is available here
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/cct and members may be
interested in looking at the public opinion survey done by Nielsen
in 2015, as it will no doubt be important for the work of the
committee, and be considered in the context of the the two studies
of DNS abuse for which ICANN is currently tendering.
The Final report and recommendations of the Privacy Proxy Working
Group has been sent to the GNSO for its endorsement, and will be
discussed at the Marrakech meeting in March. We expect to see a
call for volunteers for the implementation working group shortly.
Finally, we are proposing to have a privacy meeting in Marrakech,
although we have yet to hear whether this proposal has been
approved. Stay tuned, and please join us for the next monthly
discussion on January 19th.
Stephanie Perrin
https://www.icann.org/news/announcements
Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process
(PDP)
Working Group to Establish a Policy Framework for a
Next-Generation gTLD
Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (Next-Gen
RDS)
How to Join
If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual
participant
or mailing list observer, please fill in the
sign up form or
send the
Word
document [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the
GNSO Secretariat
All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki
page.
In Brief
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks
volunteers to serve on a PDP Working Group to establish a policy
framework for a next-generation gTLD Registration Directory
Service (RDS)
to replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS). The GNSO Council
approved
the
WG's charter on 19 November 2015, tasking this PDP to
address
concerns with WHOIS by creating a new policy framework capable
of
balancing diverse interests to meet today's needs for gTLD
registration
data.
What This Team Will Do
The PDP WG will use a 3-phase process defined in the
approved
charterto (1) establish gTLD registration data
requirements
to determine if and why a next-generation RDS is needed, (2)
design
policies that detail functions that must be provided by a
next-generation
RDS to support those requirements, and (3) provide guidance for
how a
next-generation RDS should implement those policies, coexisting
with and
eventually replacing WHOIS.
This PDP WG will provide the GNSO Council with policy
recommendations
regarding the issues identified in the
Final
Issue Report [PDF, 1.4 MB] and as defined in the
charter
approved by the GNSO Council [PDF, 628 KB]. Specifically,
this PDP WG is tasked with analyzing the purpose of collecting,
maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data and
considering safeguards for protecting that data, determining if
and why a
next-generation RDS is needed to replace WHOIS, and creating
policies and
coexistence and implementation guidance to meet those needs.
During the first phase of this PDP, the PDP WG will, at a
minimum,
attempt to reach consensus recommendations regarding the
questions
detailed in the PDP WG’s charter. The PDP WG’s output will
then be
submitted to the GNSO Council for approval of its
recommendations
regarding IF and WHY a next-generation RDS is needed to replace
WHOIS
before moving to the next phase. If the WG concludes a new
policy
framework is needed, this output should include requirements to
be
addressed by that new framework and any next-generation RDS.
However, if
the WG concludes the existing WHOIS system can adequately
address
requirements, the WG’s output should confirm this and identify
any
necessary changes to the WHOIS policy framework.
After Phase 1, if the GNSO Council confirms that a new policy
framework and next-generation RDS are required, the PDP WG will
then
proceed to Phases 2 and 3, recommending a new consensus policy
framework
to satisfy requirements for a next-generation RDS established in
Phase 1,
along with any necessary coexistence and implementation
guidance. Further
detail regarding this 3-phase process and questions to be
considered can
be found in the PDP WG’s charter.
How This Team Will Work
ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this
PDP
WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the
public.
The mailing list for the PDP WG will be archived publicly. The
group will
collaborate using a public workspace for draft materials and all
final
work products and milestones will be documented on the
WG's
wiki. The PDP WG is expected to follow the
GNSO
Working Group Guidelines [PDF, 350 KB] as well as the GNSO
PDP
Manual.
How to participate
There are two ways to volunteer:
Individual Members – anyone interested cann volunteer to join
the PDP
WG as a WG member, regardless of whether they are members of the
ICANN
community. Members are expected to actively contribute to
mailing list
conversations as well as meetings – it is anticipated tthat the
PDP WG
will at a minimum meet on a weekly basis via teleconference.
Members are
expected to provide essential input to the process. Members will
be
required to provide a Statement of Interest
(SOI).
Mailing list observers – for those who are merely interested
in
monitoring thhe WG’s conversations, there is the possibility
to sign up
as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access to
the mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted
to post,
will not receive invitations to the various meetings or calls of
the WG
and will not have to complete a Statement of Interest. At any
point in
time, a mailing list observer can join the WG as a member simply
by
informing the GNSO Secretariat.
In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input
through
public consultations and public comment processes that the PDP
WG is
expected to organize.
How to Join
If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual
participant
or mailing list observer, please fill in the
sign up form or
send the
Word
document [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the
GNSO Secretariat
All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki
page.
Next steps
In its motion, the GNSO Council directed that this call for
volunteers be circulated as widely as possible in order to
ensure broad
representation and participation in the WG. This call will
remain open
until the WG convenes for the first time. At this juncture, it
is
anticipated that the PDP WG may convene online in late January
2015.
Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in
accordance
with the PDP WG’s work plan, which it is expected to develop
as one of
its first tasks.
Further information and preparation
For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are
strongly encouraged to review the following materials prior to
the first
meeting of the PDP WG:
The
Final
Issue Report
The
approved
charter
Materials available at the PDP
WG's
wiki such as the EWG Final Report and other relevant
information.
Background
Created in the 1980s, WHOIS began as a service to identify and
contact entities responsible for the operation of a network
resource on
the Internet. Over the years, ICANN's requirements for gTLD
domain name
registration data collection, access and accuracy have undergone
some
important changes. Yet, after nearly 15 years of task forces,
review
teams, and studies, comprehensive WHOIS policy reform remains
the source
of long-running discussion and debate.
In 2012, the ICANN Board launched the Expert Working Group on
gTLD
Registration Directory Services (EWG) to help redefine the
purpose of
gTLD registration data and consider how to safeguard the data,
and to
propose a model for gTLD registration directory services (RDS)
to address
accuracy, privacy, and access issues.
Upon publication of the EWG's Final Report in June, 2014, an
informal
group of GNSO Councilors and ICANN Board Members collaborated to
propose
a Process Framework for structuring a GNSO PDP to successfully
address
these challenging issues. This Process Framework was adopted by
the Board
in 2015, along with a reaffirmation of its 2012 request for a
PDP to be
convened to define the purpose of collecting, maintaining and
providing
access to gTLD registration data. The Board also asked that the
PDP
consider safeguards for protecting data, using the
recommendations in the
EWG's Final Report as an input to, and, if appropriate, as the
foundation
for a new gTLD policy.
In preparation for this PDP, a new
Preliminary
Issue Report [PDF, 1.4 MB] was published for
public
comment on 13 July 2015. A
Final
Issue Report [PDF, 1.2 MB] was subsequently published on 7
October 2015, including links to all public comments received,
along with
a draft charter for the PDP WG. This draft charter was approved
by the
GNSO Council on
19
November 2015, enabling the formation of a GNSO working
group of
community volunteers to progress this PDP.
More information can be found on the
GNSO
PDP
on Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS)
page and
the
WG's
wiki, including the WG's charter, inputs already provided
by all
SG/Cs during the public comment period, and an extensive library
of
foundational materials to inform the WG's deliberations. In
addition, the
WG will reach out to all SG/Cs for feedback on any items that
they
believe should be considered that may not have been specifically
called
out in the approved charter.
As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, all those
interested in
helping to shape the policy framework for a next-generation gTLD
RDS are
encouraged to volunteer for this WG. Only with the help of the
entire
community can this WG achieve its goal of formally defining an
appropriate purpose of gTLD registration data and establishing a
new
policy framework to enable permissible access to that data with
improved
privacy and accuracy.
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