Begin forwarded message: > From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 9, 2008 5:47:31 AM PST > To: "'Council GNSO'" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [council] GNSO Council invites Recommendations for Future > Studies on WHOIS > > > > [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] > http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08jan08.htm > > 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] > View comments at: 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. 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] > 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] > More information about policy activities related to WHOIS can be found > at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/ > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]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 e: [log in to unmask]