[council] soliciting your input -- 8 terms related to future WHOIS studies

[Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

At the GNSO Council meeting held on 2 November in Cairo, the Council decided 
that it would be helpful to develop "working definitions" of several terms that 
are being used in the context of Council discussions of possible future studies 
of WHOIS.  At the meeting, Council members identified the following eight terms 
and asked staff to develop initial working definitions that the Council could 
use as a starting point for further discussion and definition.  Before 
developing an initial draft I would like to invite all interested parties to 
send your ideas and suggestions for working definitions of these terms to me at 
policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.  For this initial 
effort, ideas and suggestions are requested by close-of-business 9 December 
2008.  Again, your input will help me offer a well-informed starting point.  
Your further input and ideas (beyond this initial deadline) will also be most 
welcome as the broader discussion continues.

The eight terms identified as needing working definitions are as follows:


·         Undesirable content

·         Misuse

·         Commercial purpose

·         Proxy and privacy services

·         Relay information requests

·         Falsify Whois data

·         Natural persons

·         Adequate protective measures

These terms are used by various community members in recommending testable 
hypotheses that the Council should consider for further study.  The full list 
of study proposals may be found at: 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-study-hypothesis-group-report-to-council-26aug08.pdf.
  You are also invited to identify any other terms relevant to these proposed 
studies that you think also call for working definitions that should be 
developed as a part of this process. Please forward any additional terms you 
identify to me at policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>.

Thanks, Liz Gasster