Letter to Privacy Commissioners inviting WHOIS comments

Alain Berranger alain.berranger at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jun 28 23:16:15 CEST 2012


Merci Nicolas,

I spoke to Wendy tonight and there is no hard feeling. I'm going to consult
npoc-voice on the NCUC letter and see what comes out of it.

 I can say that collaboration between NCUC and NPOC is moving in the right
direction and EC members from both Constituencies are reaching across the
old boundary in many ways.

Alain

On Thursday, June 28, 2012, Nicolas Adam wrote:

> Would have been best to be inclusive of other potential supporting
> Constituencies before presenting it to NCUC, IMHO. It changes things
> slightly, politically. We cut ourselves off from a chance to bond more
> thoroughly than we still can.
>
> But I don't mean to distribute blame, I merely mean to give my opinion on
> abstract best practices for future processes.
>
> Nicolas
>
> On 28/06/2012 10:36 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>
> Dear Alain,
>
> On the contrary, one constituency reaches a recommendation and then
> presents it to the other.
> Accept the recommendation or not, but the process is not improper.
> There may be some things that we do together,
> but for the most part constituencies will have separate initiatives.
>
> That is why we have separate constituencies.
> I assume that its why you all wanted a constituency of your own.
>
>
> avri
>
>
> Alain Berranger <alain.berranger at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>  Avri, If one seeks an NCSG position on an issue, starting say from an
> NCUC
> initiative, it seems reasonable to invite SG wide participation from
> the
> beginning. I call that being inclusive as early as possible.
>
> Let's see what NPOC members' feedback we get.
>
> Best, Alain
>
> On Thursday, June 28, 2012, Avri Doria wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> This was an NCUC initiative.  At this point it its looking for
>
> further
>
> support among the NCSG membership.
>
> If it being a NCUC initiative makes it a problem for NPOC, I am sure
>
> we
>
> will all understand.  In any case, the real value is for individuals
>
> to
>
> forward it on to any privacy our data protection officials they may
>
> have
>
> contract with - assuming they support the goal of getting such input
>
> into
>
> the ICANN discussions.
>
> avri
>
>
> Alain Berranger <alain.berranger at GMAIL.COM <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
>  Thanks Wendy,
>
> It would have been nice to be invited when you started the drafting.
>
> I will provide comments soonest convenient, so for now please do not
> associate NPOC with the NCUC letter.
>
> Alain
>
> On Thursday, June 28, 2012, Wendy Seltzer wrote:
>
>  Hi NCUC,
>
> As we discussed Tuesday, a drafting team met yesterday to write a
>
> letter
>
> to privacy commissioners and organizations, noting our concerns
>
> with
>
> the
>
> privacy implications of the RAA draft's WHOIS data collection and
> retention requirements, and inviting them to send comments to the
>
> ICANN
>
> Board.
>
> Thanks especially to Kim for getting us started, and to Joy, Avri,
> Rafik, Sam, and David for help revising. It's drafted on behalf of
>
> NCUC,
>
> as that was where we held principal discussion, but of course NPOC
>
> is
>
> welcome to join as well.
>
> The next step is to send it to Privacy Commissioners and privacy
> organizations, with a cover note if you have direct connections.
>
> I'll
>
> keep a list of contacts we've made (and you can invite them to let
>
> us
>
>

--
Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
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Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
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