Fabulous! Great to hear that Peter! Stephanie On 2016-01-09 23:27, PeterGreen wrote: > I have joined the PDP Working Group as an individual participant. > > Best > Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 16:37:49 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Privacy and WHOIS update > To: [log in to unmask] > > This is just a quick note to update list members on what is going on > at ICANN related to privacy and protection of registration data. The > most important development which I need to bring to your attention is > the call for volunteers for the new pdp to develop a replacement for > the WHOIS directory. I have copied the call at the bottom of this > email. Please consider joining, either as an observer or full > participant. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact > me, Tapani Tarvainen, or Kathy Kleiman (in cc). We really need a > great many people to volunteer for this work, as it is extremely > important, and there are many commercial participants already signed > up. It is important to have balanced representation of interests on > these working groups. > > Registrars and technical experts have expressed concern, notably at > the GNSO level, about the RDAP (registration data access protocol) > work that is proceeding even though the work of the PDP on WHOIS > replacement may make this work irrelevant. It is likely a call to put > the brakes on that work may develop. For more information on the RDAP > implementation, look > here:https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdap-profile-2015-12-03-en. > We will be putting in comments, due in 22 days. > > The call for volunteers for the Competition and Consumer Trust Review > Team has resulted in the selection of the team, listed here: > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-12-23-en. This is a > very important review, and members may be interested in following the > work of this team. Further information is available here > http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/cct and members may be interested > in looking at the public opinion survey done by Nielsen in 2015, as it > will no doubt be important for the work of the committee, and be > considered in the context of the the two studies of DNS abuse for > which ICANN is currently tendering. > > The Final report and recommendations of the Privacy Proxy Working > Group has been sent to the GNSO for its endorsement, and will be > discussed at the Marrakech meeting in March. We expect to see a call > for volunteers for the implementation working group shortly. > > Finally, we are proposing to have a privacy meeting in Marrakech, > although we have yet to hear whether this proposal has been approved. > Stay tuned, and please join us for the next monthly discussion on > January 19th. > > Stephanie Perrin > > https://www.icann.org/news/announcements > <https://www.icann.org/news/announcements> > > > *Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) > Working Group to Establish a Policy Framework for a > Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service to Replace > WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS)* > > > *How to Join* > > If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual > participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the sign up > form <http://goo.gl/forms/bb65iIznLv> or send the Word document > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-pdp-next-gen-rds-wg-sign-up-04jan16-en.docx> > [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the GNSO Secretariat > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki page. > > > *In Brief* > > The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks > volunteers to serve on a PDP Working Group to establish a policy > framework for a next-generation gTLD Registration Directory > Service (RDS) to replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS). The GNSO Council > approved the WG's charter > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201511> on 19 > November 2015, tasking this PDP to address concerns with WHOIS by > creating a new policy framework capable of balancing diverse > interests to meet today's needs for gTLD registration data. > > *What This Team Will Do* > > The PDP WG will use a 3-phase process defined in the approved > charter > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf>to > (1) establish gTLD registration data requirements to determine if > and why a next-generation RDS is needed, (2) design policies that > detail functions that must be provided by a next-generation RDS to > support those requirements, and (3) provide guidance for how a > next-generation RDS should implement those policies, coexisting > with and eventually replacing WHOIS. > This PDP WG will provide the GNSO Council with policy > recommendations regarding the issues identified in the Final Issue > Report > <https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf> > [PDF, 1.4 MB] and as defined in the charter approved by the GNSO > Council > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf> > [PDF, 628 KB]. Specifically, this PDP WG is tasked with analyzing > the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to > gTLD registration data and considering safeguards for protecting > that data, determining if and why a next-generation RDS is needed > to replace WHOIS, and creating policies and coexistence and > implementation guidance to meet those needs. > During the first phase of this PDP, the PDP WG will, at a minimum, > attempt to reach consensus recommendations regarding the questions > detailed in the PDP WG’s charter. The PDP WG’s output will > then be submitted to the GNSO Council for approval of its > recommendations regarding IF and WHY a next-generation RDS is > needed to replace WHOIS before moving to the next phase. If the WG > concludes a new policy framework is needed, this output should > include requirements to be addressed by that new framework and any > next-generation RDS. However, if the WG concludes the existing > WHOIS system can adequately address requirements, the WG’s > output should confirm this and identify any necessary changes to > the WHOIS policy framework. > > After Phase 1, if the GNSO Council confirms that a new policy > framework and next-generation RDS are required, the PDP WG will > then proceed to Phases 2 and 3, recommending a new consensus > policy framework to satisfy requirements for a next-generation RDS > established in Phase 1, along with any necessary coexistence and > implementation guidance. Further detail regarding this 3-phase > process and questions to be considered can be found in the PDP > WG’s charter. > > *How This Team Will Work* > > ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this > PDP WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to > the public. The mailing list for the PDP WG will be archived > publicly. The group will collaborate using a public workspace for > draft materials and all final work products and milestones will be > documented on the WG's wiki > <https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois>. > The PDP WG is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf> > [PDF, 350 KB] as well as the GNSO PDP Manual. > > *How to participate * > > There are two ways to volunteer: > Individual Members – anyone interested cann volunteer to join the > PDP WG as a WG member, regardless of whether they are members of > the ICANN community. Members are expected to actively contribute > to mailing list conversations as well as meetings – it is > anticipated tthat the PDP WG will at a minimum meet on a weekly > basis via teleconference. Members are expected to provide > essential input to the process. Members will be required to > provide a Statement of Interest (SOI > <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>). > Mailing list observers – for those who are merely interested in > monitoring thhe WG’s conversations, there is the possibility to > sign up as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access > to the mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted > to post, will not receive invitations to the various meetings or > calls of the WG and will not have to complete a Statement of > Interest. At any point in time, a mailing list observer can join > the WG as a member simply by informing the GNSO Secretariat. > In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through > public consultations and public comment processes that the PDP WG > is expected to organize. > > *How to Join* > > If you are interested in joining the WG as an individual > participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the sign up > form <http://goo.gl/forms/bb65iIznLv> or send the Word document > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-pdp-next-gen-rds-wg-sign-up-04jan16-en.docx> > [DOCX, 72 KB] filled in to the GNSO Secretariat > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki page. > > *Next steps* > > In its motion, the GNSO Council directed that this call for > volunteers be circulated as widely as possible in order to ensure > broad representation and participation in the WG. This call will > remain open until the WG convenes for the first time. At this > juncture, it is anticipated that the PDP WG may convene online in > late January 2015. Following that, regular online meetings will be > scheduled in accordance with the PDP WG’s work plan, which it is > expected to develop as one of its first tasks. > > *Further information and preparation* > For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are > strongly encouraged to review the following materials prior to the > first meeting of the PDP WG: > The Final Issue Report > <https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf> > > The approved charter > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/whois-ng-gtld-rds-charter-07oct15-en.pdf> > > Materials available at the PDP WG's wiki > <https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois> > such as the EWG Final Report and other relevant information. > > > *Background* > > > Created in the 1980s, WHOIS began as a service to identify and > contact entities responsible for the operation of a network > resource on the Internet. Over the years, ICANN's requirements for > gTLD domain name registration data collection, access and accuracy > have undergone some important changes. Yet, after nearly 15 years > of task forces, review teams, and studies, comprehensive WHOIS > policy reform remains the source of long-running discussion and > debate. > In 2012, the ICANN Board launched the Expert Working Group on gTLD > Registration Directory Services (EWG) to help redefine the purpose > of gTLD registration data and consider how to safeguard the data, > and to propose a model for gTLD registration directory services > (RDS) to address accuracy, privacy, and access issues. > Upon publication of the EWG's Final Report in June, 2014, an > informal group of GNSO Councilors and ICANN Board Members > collaborated to propose a Process Framework for structuring a GNSO > PDP to successfully address these challenging issues. This Process > Framework was adopted by the Board in 2015, along with a > reaffirmation of its 2012 request for a PDP to be convened to > define the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access > to gTLD registration data. The Board also asked that the PDP > consider safeguards for protecting data, using the recommendations > in the EWG's Final Report as an input to, and, if appropriate, as > the foundation for a new gTLD policy. > In preparation for this PDP, a new Preliminary Issue Report > <http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/rds-prelim-issue-13jul15-en.pdf> > [PDF, 1.4 MB] was published for public comment > <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rds-prelim-issue-2015-07-13-en> > on 13 July 2015. A Final Issue Report > <https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf> > [PDF, 1.2 MB] was subsequently published on 7 October 2015, > including links to all public comments received, along with a > draft charter for the PDP WG. This draft charter was approved by > the GNSO Council on 19 November 2015 > <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+November+2015>, > enabling the formation of a GNSO working group of community > volunteers to progress this PDP. > More information can be found on the GNSO PDP on Next-Generation > gTLD Registration Directory Service (RDS) page > <http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/rds> and the > WG's wiki > <https://community.icann.org/display/gTLDRDS/Next-Generation+gTLD+Registration+Directory+Services+to+Replace+Whois>, > including the WG's charter, inputs already provided by all SG/Cs > during the public comment period, and an extensive library of > foundational materials to inform the WG's deliberations. In > addition, the WG will reach out to all SG/Cs for feedback on any > items that they believe should be considered that may not have > been specifically called out in the approved charter. > As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, all those interested in > helping to shape the policy framework for a next-generation gTLD > RDS are encouraged to volunteer for this WG. Only with the help of > the entire community can this WG achieve its goal of formally > defining an appropriate purpose of gTLD registration data and > establishing a new policy framework to enable permissible access > to that data with improved privacy and accuracy. > > > > >