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. frt rgds --c.a. Mawaki Chango wrote: > --- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Subject: [council] Proposed motion on WHOIS >> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:49:11 +1000 >> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]> >> >> Proposed Motion >> >> In response to the extensive community and Government input on >> the >> definition of the purpose of WHOIS, the GNSO Council agrees to >> undertake >> the following steps: >> >> One: Each Council member that voted in favour of the >> definition will >> provide a brief explanation of the reason for supporting the >> resolution >> and their understanding of its meaning. >> >> Two: the ICANN staff will provide a summary of the other >> interpretations >> of the definition that have been expressed by the community >> and >> Governments. >> >> Three: the Council will undertake a dialogue with the GAC and >> SSAC on >> developing a broadly understandable definition of the purposes >> for which >> the current data required in the RRA is collected. >> >> Four: The GNSO Council requests that the WHOIS task force >> continue with >> their work as specified in the terms of reference taking into >> account >> the recent input that has been provided. >> >> Five: The GNSO Council will take the final report from the >> WHOIS task >> force that addresses all terms of reference, and the >> definition of >> purpose of collecting data derived from the dialogue with the >> GAC and >> SSAC, and consider improving the wording of the WHOIS service >> definition >> so that it is broadly understandable. >> >> The GNSO Council notes that the current definition is related >> to the >> service that provides public access to some or all of the data >> collected, and is not a definition of the purpose of the data >> itself. >> >> > > -- Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rits -- http://www.rits.org.br ******************************************** * Projeto Sacix -- Pacote Linux orientado * * a projetos de inclusão digital com * * software livre e de código aberto, * * mantido pela Rits em colaboração com o * * Coletivo Digital. * * Saiba mais: http://www.sacix.org.br * ********************************************