Below are summarized the resources along with the useful links to ICANN webpages regarding Whois. --- "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:49:51 +0100 > From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: "'Council GNSO'" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [council] ICANN posts Final Task Force Report On Whois Services > > [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] > > > ICANN posts Final Task Force Report On Whois Services > http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar07.htm > > Final Task force report on WHOIS Services > http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-services-final-tf-report-12mar07.htm > > Proposed Changes to the Whois Service - ICANN Staff Discussion Points > http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/staff-discussion-points-whois-final-15mar2007.htm > To assist the GNSO in its deliberations, and to support the work of the > community, the ICANN staff has prepared 'Staff Notes on Potential > Implementation Issues.' This document details implementation questions > and issues relating to the Task Force policy recommendation and its > minority report — the 'Operational Point of Contact' (OPoC) proposal and > > the 'Special Circumstances' proposal -- and is intended to inform > ongoing policy work on these issues in a constructive way. > > Online Discussion Forum on Final Task Force Report > > Submit comments to: [log in to unmask] > View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2007/ > > A forum has been set up to facilitate further discussion on Whois and > the Final Task Force Report. This forum is not part of the formal policy > > development process, but has been created to allow ICANN stakeholders to > > continue to share and discuss their views on the output of the Whois > Task Force and to inform the process as it moves forward at the GNSO > Council level. > > Next Steps > > The GNSO Council will now begin consideration of the Task Force > recommendations. The Council will hold public discussions on this topic > during the ICANN Lisbon meetings, and will continue its work online and > through conference calls thereafter (updates on Council Whois activities > > can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/). Following > its deliberations, the GNSO Council may make a policy recommendation to > the ICANN Board. Should the ICANN Board receive a recommendation from > the GNSO Council, it must then consider whether to accept it. > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org >