time to move on

[Carlos Afonso]

Dear Kathy and all,

Sorry to hear this -- unfortunately we could not do more to help you in 
this.

In light of the circumstances, I would like to suggest we cancel the 
WHOIS workshop in São Paulo. Please send your opinions to the NCUC list.

fraternal regards

--c.a.

KathrynKL at AOL.COM wrote:
> Dear Friends in NCUC:
> I am sending this note to let you know of my leaving the Whois TF, and 
> shortly, the Constituency.  As many of you know, it has been some time since I 
> represented an organization in the NCUC (ACM's Internet Governance Project) and I 
> have served informally as a legal and policy counsel to our constituency since 
> that time.
> 
> My big contribution, I think, was the Whois Task Force.  Over 4 1/2 years and 
> thousands of hours of work, we:
>                  - achieved recognition of the fact that privacy and data 
> protection exist around the world, protect fundamental rights, and absolutely 
> apply to the personal data in the Whois database.
>                 - publicized the comments and calls for privacy from Data 
> Protection Commissioners, including most recently in Marrakech (where the 
> comments of the Article 29 Working Party Chair received great attention)
>                 - held a pivotal, timely, standing room only conference in 
> Vancouver on Whois issues with a unique combination of ccTLDs, gTLDs, and 
> outside telecom privacy experts.
> 
> But my ability to work on behalf of the NCUC is now ended.  Effective 
> immediately, I must resign my WHOIS TF representation and move on to other projects.  
> I will stay in the Constituency, if you would like, for a week or two -- to 
> help bring a new TF representative up to speed.  But I have to move quickly to 
> other waiting work.  
> 
> There is an important Whois TF meeting this Monday at 10:30 AM EST.
> I hope someone can attend. 
> 
> Regards, Kathy
> p.s.   You will find the Privacy Laws spreadsheet and other Whois documents 
> at NCDNHC.ORG on the Archives page.  NCDNHC.ORG under What's New includes an 
> Agenda for the Vancouver Whois conference with wonderful slides from many 
> speakers. 
> 

-- 

Carlos A. Afonso
diretor de planejamento
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