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<div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I participated last night in the WHOIS discussion. You may recall that in November, Glen asked for constituency input on the RyC recommendations concerning studies <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-whois-study-recommendations-ryc-29oct08.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-whois-study-recommendations-ryc-29oct08.pdf</a>. That was the focus of the call. </div><div><br></div><div>A few observations:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Basically the conversation was a step-by-step walk through of the proposed studies and hypotheses, how people ranked them in terms of prioritization and feasibility etc. Almost all if not everyone on the call was from the US private sector, and the conversation was fairly convivial since everyone who spoke save the registrars and NCUC is on board with doing studies. What differences there were within the group pertained to operational details.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Tim Ruiz asked how he is supposed to rank studies since the registrars are opposed to doing them in the first place, and how this oppositional perspective would be reflected in any proposal. I expressed the same concerns, based on the replies I got in November from Milton and Norbert to the effect that NCUC's stance was to oppose studies and urge action, as well as on the NCUC reply to the TF report<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "> </span></font><font color="#0022f2" style="color: #0022f2"><u><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-services-final-tf-report-12mar07.htm#_Toc161480292">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-services-final-tf-report-12mar07.htm#_Toc161480292.</a></span></font></u></font></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0022F2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3. Avri said that constituencies who didn't support studies should still fill in the questionnaire. We could just rank them all Low Priority or say No Study Needed (I think that was the formulation, can check). She asked that we also render judgments on the technical feasibility of the studies, irrespective of whether we actually supported doing them. We should do this before next Wednesday, when a follow up call will be held. The questionnaire is at <a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion</a>. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you look at the doc you will note that thus far they have only received replies from the RyC, IPC, and BC. They don't expect GAC to bother, but hope that NCUC, RC, ALAC, and ISCPC will provide inputs. I'm not entirely clear on why the NomCom would be doing this but they're listed too. In any event, we might want to coordinate with the RC and ALAC? If the poll ultimately reveals a sharp division among multiple groups presumably it would be at least be harder to justify moving forward, which the RyC, IPC and BC commentary seemed to presume was a done deal. In recognition of potential splits, Avri held out hope that at least the prioritization exercise could identify potential studies that have no support and can be dropped and maybe a few that some strongly support while others do not. Whether this message could be conveyed in one unified motion is unclear.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">4. Needless to say, we'd be in a stronger position to engage in this process if there was coordination within NCUC and with like minded types elsewhere, and if more of us are on the calls. Apparently we can designate alternates if councilors can't make it (being a newbie, I didn't know this), and indeed several of the most active participants from supporting constituencies were not councilors.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Can we agree on how to proceed?</div><div> </div><div>a. Rank all studies Low Priority, or No Study Needed? Differentiate and maybe identify one or two as potentially desirable, to show willingness to compromise? </div><div><br></div><div>b. In parallel, rank the studies' feasibility, irrespective of whether we think they're worth doing? </div><div><br></div><div>c. Reach out to RC and ALAC, or don't bother and just do our bit?</div><div><br></div><div>Who would like to do the coordination and physical inputting of responses?</div><div><br></div><div>Who would like to participate in the follow up call next Wednesday 17th, which I assume will be 18:00 UTC?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">***********************************************************</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">William J. 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