<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Overall, I do not have a problem with Bruce's concerns and strategies -- but I not happy at all with the wording of the resolution that he drafted on the fly. I think Rick Weingarten was right to worry.... <BR>
Regards, Kathy<BR>
p.s. working on some wording changes... <BR>
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I know this is coming late, i.e. after the Council meeting today<BR>
in Marrakesh, but just to provide you with some background on<BR>
Bruce's thinking.<BR>
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--- Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au> wrote:<BR>
<BR>
>Subject: [council] Options for WHOIS purpose<BR>
>Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:55:40 +1000<BR>
>From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au><BR>
>To: "Council GNSO" <council@gnso.icann.org><BR>
><BR>
>Hello All,<BR>
><BR>
>In light of the extensive feedback we have received this week,<BR>
>I believe<BR>
>we have the following options:<BR>
><BR>
>(1) Revise definition of purpose<BR>
><BR>
>(2) Keep current definition, but expand on what that<BR>
>definition means<BR>
><BR>
>(3) Leave definition as is for now, until the task force<BR>
>completes its<BR>
>work on recommending any changes to WHOIS (e.g changes to what<BR>
>is made<BR>
>public, and how data that is not public can be accessed by<BR>
>legitimate<BR>
>users). Then re-evaluate the definition.<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
>Lets discuss this further in the Council meeting tomorrow.<BR>
><BR>
>In any case, I recommend that the task force continue its<BR>
>current work<BR>
>program. Any work on purpose should be done at the Council<BR>
>level.<BR>
><BR>
>Note that in cases where the task force decides to remove<BR>
>certain data<BR>
>elements from public access, the mechanism to access those<BR>
>elements may<BR>
>or may not be called part of the WHOIS service in future, and<BR>
>may or may<BR>
>not use the current port-43 protocol. E.g We may end up with<BR>
>a revised<BR>
>"WHOIS service", and a separate "Dealing with bad people"<BR>
>service, or<BR>
>maybe a "Standard WHOIS service" and "Advanced WHOIS service".<BR>
> Rather<BR>
>than worrying about what it is called for now, or worrying<BR>
>about the<BR>
>technical protocols, lets focus on the functional aspects.<BR>
><BR>
>Regards,<BR>
>Bruce Tonkin<BR>
><BR>
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