[council] Response to request from GNSO Council for follow up information on WHOIS studies

[William Drake]

Hi

In the past we've indicated a fairly blanket lack of interest in studies.   Now with the process moving forward shall we stick to this stance, or might we want to provide more differentiated input that could help shape the direction?

Best,

Bill 

On Apr 7, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> Under Agenda Item 3 (Whois Studies) on 1 April, Council members were encouraged to discuss and evaluate the Whois studies with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies and be prepared to provide budget direction to submit a request for funds for Fiscal Year 11 at the next Council meeting on 21 April 2010.  In that meeting our goal will be to discuss specific budget recommendations for Whois Study funding.
> 
> If you have not already done so, please discuss this with your respective groups.  I strongly encourage submittal of proposals for funding in advance so if any of your group members have ideas, please submit them to the Council list, preferably at least eight days in advance of 21 April so that the rest of us can share the proposals with our groups before the meeting.
> 
> Thanks, Chuck
> 

> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: March 31, 2010 8:48:11 PM GMT+02:00
> To: "'GNSO Council '" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [council] WHOIS documents posted
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Please note on the 'Issues page' 
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/
> 
> that the following documents relating to WHOIS have been recently posted: 
> 
> # WHOIS Current Activity (updated April 2010)
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-update-01apr10-en.htm
> 
> # Inventory of WHOIS Service Requirements - Initial Report (26 March 2010)
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-initial-report-26mar10-en.pdf
> 
> # Whois Studies Report for GNSO 23 March 2010
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf


> From: Liz Gasster <liz.gasster at icann.org>
> Date: April 6, 2010 2:59:38 AM GMT+02:00
> To: GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [council] Response to request from GNSO Council for follow up information on WHOIS studies
> 
> All,
>  
> On the GNSO Council’s 1 April 2010 call, Council members began to discuss staff’s recent report analyzing information gathered to-date on proposed studies of WHOIS. That report is posted here:http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf , summarized by slides: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/whois-studies-presentation-01apr10-en.pdf.   
>  
> On the call, Council members suggested that it would be helpful to identify the WHOIS policy issues that each proposed study is intended to inform.  Recognizing that there is a long history of debate, Council members also wanted to understand better the nature of the concerns and viewpoints about these studies that have been expressed to-date.  The following is an initial response to that request.  Most of the content was extracted from the original study proposals themselves, since study proposers were asked to specifically state the “utility” of each study being proposed. That means that the ideas stated are often in the words of the study proponents and may not be considered “neutral”.  Some additional ideas were gleaned from past council and working group discussions.  While I’m at it, in the attached I also offer some thoughts and insights shared by others on the potential policy “relevance” of other pending WHOIS studies.  It might be helpful to mention that as I assembled this list I noticed that the list includes many things we might learn; it is less expansive on precisely how policies might change.  It also might be worthwhile for the Council to talk more about that in your upcoming discussion.
>  
> Note that I did not wade into speculating on who the likely proponents or critics of various studies would be.  I tried to extract ideas that have been stated already and I would encourage the Council members to offer the views of their stakeholder groups and constituencies, including amplifying, clarifying or correcting anything I’ve included in this document. 
>  
> Note: This is a working document and does not constitute or reflect the views of ICANN on any pending or proposed WHOIS study. 
>  
> Thanks, Liz
>  
> Liz Gasster
> Senior Policy Counselor
> ICANN
>  


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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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