Kathy and all: Here is a first draft to start with: A new definition of the purpose of the Whois service was adopted by the Names Council on <date>. This 2/3 majority vote came after several years of debate and discussion in which the Whois Task Force and the GNSO Council were fully aware of the interests and concerns of all stakeholders. NCUC voted for this formulation of Whois purpose because it was the only definition consistent with ICANN's mission and purpose, which is to globally coordinate the Internet's unique identifiers. In accordance with data protection principles, data that ICANN requires registrars to collect must be limited to what is required to support ICANN's technical coordination mission, and all public display and use of that data by registries and registrars must also be limited to what is required to support domain name registration issues. We recognize that registrars collect much more data from their customers as part of their business relationship, and that law enforcement agencies, subject to due process and applicable national laws and policies, have the right to gain access to that data when needed. >>> <[log in to unmask]> 6/28/2006 2:40:28 PM >>> Carlos -- that's a good idea. I might recommend that the statement by our 3 Council reps be drafted with me and Milton (as our Task Force representatives). That way, a careful statement of our understanding at both the TF and Council levels is reflected. Regards, Kathy > > > This seems endless, but we should prepare carefully the statement of why > we voted in favor of the current formulation. It would be a single > statement for our three council reps, right? > > I would insist with Bruce that each statement be immediately circulated > to all GNSO council members as soon as it is received -- which justifies > us doing ours as soon as possible. >