Thanks for this Stefi,

Following up on what Stefi said, I want to draw some attention to a couple of important points:

1. The document discussing the scope of the next WHOIS Review (attached) is very different from the one we discussed on Tuesday’s call. The GNSO Council had initially intended on keeping the scope of the review very limited. Over the past 24 hours, Council representatives from the RySG and BC have drawn our attention to new bylaws requirements concerning the WHOIS Review (which I believe were formerly part of the Affirmations of Commitments). These bylaws will likely require the scope of the review to be broader than first envisioned by the Council. The relevant bylaws language is in the attached document, and you can also find it here (Article 4, Section 4.6(e)): https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article4.

2. Time is extremely tight on this. The GNSO Council is very late in a number of action items concerning different reviews, partly because of the changes in bylaws and procedures in getting the reviews done, as well as staffing them. As pointed out by Stefi, the call for volunteers for this review team is still open, but the Council needs to send its response to the ICANN Board on the scope by Thursday, December 22nd (one week from today). Councillors agreed to solicit input from our respective stakeholder groups and constituencies with a deadline of next Tuesday (December 19th), so that the Council may have two days to consider this input and draft our response to the Board’s question on this (regarding scope).

I know time is tight, but please, if interested, review this document and give feedback by Tuesday at the latest. Anything else beyond that will likely not make it in to the GNSO’s input to the Board.

Thanks.

Amr





> On Dec 15, 2016, at 9:39 PM, Milan, Stefania <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> 
> I would like to draw your attention to a discussion currently ongoing within the GNSO council, and concerning the Registration Directory Services (RDS, ex WHOIS) Review.
> 
> A document describing a proposed limited scope for the forthcoming RDS Review was sent to all Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees (SO/AC) of ICANN back in November, but did not receive much attention to date. Councilors are now expected to bring back to the Council list feedback on the proposal. The document in question can be found here: https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfh3K9ucZUtx.pdf
> 
> It would be great to get some conversation going on this topic. Please read (it is only one page!) and give us a sense of what you would like to see happening here, especially concerning the proposed limited scope of the Review Team, and the need to make sure that there is no duplication of work done in Policy Development Processes, PDP (namely the ongoing RDS PDP).
> 
> And by the way, there is a call for volunteers for the review team, now open till January 13 (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-10-28-en). Do consider applying if you have some expertise on the subject matter (see also (see also https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=63145785).
> 
> A summary of the Council meeting, as resolved in September, is under way (I am the councilor responsible for this time round), and will be posted to this list after the weekend at the latest.
> 
> Best, Stefi
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