[Fwd: [council] Proposed Motion for draft Final Report on Whois and Voting in LA]

[Robin Gross]

.... a counter-proposal by the IPC to reject OPOC and do studies.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[council] Proposed Motion for draft Final Report on Whois and
Voting in LA
Date: 	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:36:41 -0400
From: 	Rosette, Kristina <krosette at cov.com>
To: 	<council at gnso.icann.org>



All,

Set forth below is a proposed motion for inclusion in the draft Final
Report and, if seconded, to be voted upon during the LA meeting.

Kristina

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WHEREAS:
1. The GNSO Council hereby accepts the Working Group report and
acknowledges the tremendous effort by Working Group participants and
ICANN staff.

2. The GNSO Council does not consider the Working Group report as an
adequate basis for any implementation of the Operational Point of
Contact (OPOC) proposal, due to the inability to reach agreement on a
number of key issues identified in the charter of the Working Group.

3. The GNSO Council notes that no comprehensive, objective study has yet
been made of key factual issues regarding the Whois system, and that
future ICANN policymaking could greatly benefit from the results of such
a study.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The GNSO Council thanks all of the volunteers, consultants, staff and
others who have participated in the GNSO's examination of Whois policy
over the last four years.

2. Building on the work done in response to paragraph (c) of the GNSO
Council Resolution #3 of September 6, 2007, the Council requests that
ICANN staff take the necessary steps to proceed with a comprehensive,
objective study on the issues identified by the Whois Working Group, by
the Governmental Advisory Committee in its statement of principles on
Whois, and by the Council. These issues include the characteristics of
gTLD registrants, the uses and abuses of Whois data, and a review and
analysis of the different proxy services available today. Specifically,
the Council directs the staff to present for its review a draft Request
for Proposals for such a study, including a proposed budget and
timeline, and a methodology for outreach to knowledgeable parties,
within 90 days from the date of adoption of this resolution.

3. The GNSO Council will take the results of this study, once completed,
into account in deciding on the next steps in Whois policy development.