<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>Thank you, Sarah, for your work on this Task Force. I know you have done a lot -- and it would be great if you could share with the NCC an idea of the many privacy initiatives and positions you have urged on the Task Force.
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<BR>As I have shared with you and others, Marilyn Cade's (yes, I know you are monitoring this list, Marilyn), view of the world is very different than mine. When I think of the WHOIS, I think of the individuals, political organization leaders, and others who use the Net to share important noncommercial/personal/political ideas, but do not necessarily want to lose their personal privacy to do so. Like telephone numbers, we need an "unlisted" version of the WHOIS registration for noncommercial domain name registrants.
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<BR>But I did not see this idea reflected in the WHOIS report. Sarah, could you share with us your view of the WHOIS report, how it reflects the ideas you put forward, and what you would change to make it a worthwhile report from the view of EPIC?
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<BR>thanks for all your work,
<BR>kathy kleiman acm-igp
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<BR>I would also like to let the NCUC know at this stage that I will have
<BR>to give up my place on the WHOIS taskforce as I am leaving my
<BR>position here at EPIC on Dec 6. I would like to recommend my
<BR>colleague Ruchika Agrawal as my replacement. I am not sure if there
<BR>are any formal steps I should take with regard to this transfer so if
<BR>somebody could let me know that would be great. Otherwise, I will
<BR>presume that it can just take place as soon as I give notice to the
<BR>taskforce itself.
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