FYI --- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Subject: [council] Reminder of recent Council decisions > regarding WHOIS > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:01:19 +1000 > From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "GNSO Council" <[log in to unmask]> > > Hello All, > > Just a reminder of previous decisions of the Council: > > From 12 April 2006: > > "The GNSO Council recommends that the WHOIS task force use the > following > definition: > "The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide > information > sufficient to contact a responsible party for a particular > gTLD domain > name who can resolve, or reliably pass on data to a party who > can > resolve, issues related to the configuration of the records > associated > with the domain name within a DNS nameserver." > as a working definition to allow the task force to proceed on > terms of > reference (2), (3), and (4) (see: > http://gnso.icann.org/policies/terms-of-reference.html )" > > > From 28 July 2006: > > ""The GNSO Council notes that the WHOIS definition approved by > the GNSO > Council on 18 April 06, as a working definition to allow the > WHOIS task > force to proceed with its work, is related to the service that > provides > public access to some of the data collected by registrars. It > is not a > definition of the purpose of the data collected by the > registrars in the > course of registering a domain name for their customers. > > 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: > > (1) Any Council member who voted in favour of the definition > may provide > a brief explanation of the reason for supporting the > resolution and > their understanding of its meaning. An Advisory Committee that > supports > the current definition may also make a statement for the > record through > the appropriate liaison to the GNSO Council. > > (2) The ICANN staff will provide a summary of the other > interpretations > of the definition that have been expressed during the public > comment > period, and subsequently in correspondence from the public and > Governments. > > (3) 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. > > (4) The GNSO Council will take the Final Report (as specified > in clause > 9(c) of the GNSO PDP process) from the WHOIS task force after > the task > force finishes its work on all the terms of reference, engage > in further > dialogue with the Advisory Committees (including the GAC, SSAC > and > ALAC), and consider improving the wording of the WHOIS service > definition so that it is broadly understandable. > > Note that the WHOIS Task force will produce a Task Force > Report (as > specified in clause 7(e) of the GNSO PDP process) later in > 2006 that > addresses all terms of reference. This report will be subject > to a > further public comment process, and the output of this public > comment > will be incorporated into the Final Report. > > Note that the previous clause (3) in the motion posted on 13 > July 2006 > that related to the purposes for collecting data is now the > subject of a > separate motion. " > > > > On 28 March 2007: > > "The GNSO Council resolves: > > 1) To acknowledge the completion of the Whois TF work and note > we have > received and discussed their report, and thank the task force > for their > work > > 2) To create a working group of affected stakeholders: > > - including GNSO constituency, law enforcement and community > participants, > > - whose work is to be completed within 120 days > > - that will work to examine the issues raised with respect to > the policy > recommendations of the task force and make recommendations > concerning > how those policies may be improved to address these issues, > namely: > > a. define the roles, responsibilities, and requirements of the > operational point of contact, and what happens if they are not > fulfilled. > > b. how legitimate interests will access registration data no > longer > published via Whois, > > c. whether a distinction should be made between the > registration contact > information published based on the nature of the registered > name holder > (for example, legal vs. natural persons) or its use of the > domain name. > " > > > > > Regards, > Bruce > > >