time to move on

[Erick Iriarte Ahon]

At 01:54 p.m. 25/08/2006, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>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.

I think will be necessary continue with the Whois workshop in Sampa.

Erick



>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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