Hi Robin (and all of our other NCUC Council Reps), Thank you for posting this Council invitation for comments on Whois. As I think about preparing comments, I would be interested to know your thoughts and the background of this new proceeding. Based on the discussions on the Council meetings and lists (and perhaps some informal conversations as well): - what do you think Council is expecting from these comments? - what would you like to see from these comments (what would assist you and past NCUC Whois positions)? - what do you think/know/sense that the Intellectual Property/ Business Constituencies want from this set of comments and will demand? Thanks for the background and insight, and for all your efforts as our Council reps! Kathy Begin forwarded message: GNSO Council invites Recommendations for Future Studies on WHOIS Public comments are invited until 15 February 2008 on recommendations for future studies on the WHOIS system. Submit comments to: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) View comments at: _http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/_ (http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/) Background At the 31 October meeting in Los Angeles, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council voted to conduct several studies of the WHOIS system, concluding that a comprehensive, objective and quantifiable understanding of key factual issues regarding the gTLD WHOIS system will benefit future GNSO policy development efforts. Before defining the details of these studies, the Council is soliciting suggestions from the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS that community stakeholders recommend be conducted. Possible areas of study might include a study of certain aspects of gTLD registrants and registrations, a study of certain uses and misuses of WHOIS data, a study of the use of proxy registration services, including privacy services, or a comparative study of gTLD and ccTLD WHOIS. If you would like to offer suggestions about topics of study on WHOIS, please do so by completing the online form available by clicking on the following link _http://forms.icann.org/cgi/study-suggestions_ (http://forms.icann.org/cgi/study-suggestions) . Please submit a separate online form for each study that you recommend should be conducted and answer all questions with as much detail as possible. Please limit your online answers to 1-2 paragraphs per question. Additional detail and any supporting materials may be emailed to: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) . You are also invited to comment on proposed studies that have already been posted. To do so please reference the specific proposal you are commenting on. Lastly, you may also provide input via email, instead of posting online via the form provided. To do so, please send email to [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) . More information about policy activities related to WHOIS can be found at: _http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/_ (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/) -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org _http://gnso.icann.org_ (http://gnso.icann.org/) IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: _http://www.ipjustice.org_ (http://www.ipjustice.org/) e: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) = **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489