Dear Kathy and all, Sorry to hear this -- unfortunately we could not do more to help you in this. In light of the circumstances, I would like to suggest we cancel the WHOIS workshop in São Paulo. Please send your opinions to the NCUC list. fraternal regards --c.a. [log in to unmask] wrote: > Dear Friends in NCUC: > I am sending this note to let you know of my leaving the Whois TF, and > shortly, the Constituency. As many of you know, it has been some time since I > represented an organization in the NCUC (ACM's Internet Governance Project) and I > have served informally as a legal and policy counsel to our constituency since > that time. > > My big contribution, I think, was the Whois Task Force. Over 4 1/2 years and > thousands of hours of work, we: > - achieved recognition of the fact that privacy and data > protection exist around the world, protect fundamental rights, and absolutely > apply to the personal data in the Whois database. > - publicized the comments and calls for privacy from Data > Protection Commissioners, including most recently in Marrakech (where the > comments of the Article 29 Working Party Chair received great attention) > - held a pivotal, timely, standing room only conference in > Vancouver on Whois issues with a unique combination of ccTLDs, gTLDs, and > outside telecom privacy experts. > > But my ability to work on behalf of the NCUC is now ended. Effective > immediately, I must resign my WHOIS TF representation and move on to other projects. > I will stay in the Constituency, if you would like, for a week or two -- to > help bring a new TF representative up to speed. But I have to move quickly to > other waiting work. > > There is an important Whois TF meeting this Monday at 10:30 AM EST. > I hope someone can attend. > > Regards, Kathy > p.s. You will find the Privacy Laws spreadsheet and other Whois documents > at NCDNHC.ORG on the Archives page. NCDNHC.ORG under What's New includes an > Agenda for the Vancouver Whois conference with wonderful slides from many > speakers. > -- Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rits - Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor *************************************************************** Projeto Sacix - Apoio técnico a iniciativas de inclusão digital com software livre, mantido pela Rits em colaboração com o Coletivo Digital. Para mais informações: www.sacix.org.br www.rits.org.br www.coletivodigital.org.br ***************************************************************