Yes, Kathy, thank you so much for all that you’ve done for the constituency and for the issues you’ve supported. We’re all very fortunate to have worked with you and benefited from your tireless efforts!

 

Best,

 

Frannie

 

From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Kissoondoyal
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 7:29 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] time to move on

 

Dear Kathy,

 

I join other members to thank you for the good work you have been doing since a long time and wish you best of luck in your new position

 

Best regards,

 

Dave Kissoondoyal, ACMI

President

Internet Society Chapter of Mauritius

PIR .ORG Advisory Council Member

 

From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] time to move on

 

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.