At 01:54 p.m. 25/08/2006, Carlos Afonso wrote: >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. I think will be necessary continue with the Whois workshop in Sampa. Erick >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 >***************************************************************